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- [Avodah] Yom Tov sheini July 5, 2024My thoughts on Joel?s question (42/46) are simple. As the analyses of Yom Tov sheini get more complex and bring in concepts of minhag, ma?arit ayin, airports being deserts (pretty nice and accommodating deserts), zilzul Yom Tov sheini, chutz la-aretz Shabbat minyanim in Yerushalayim for weeks following some yomim tovim, and more, I think it?s […]
- [Avodah] Archeological Indication of Shelomo haMelekh's Empire July 3, 2024>From https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2024/07/recent-excavations-support-the-biblical-narrative-of-ancient-judeas-power Tir'u baTov! -Micha Recent Excavations Support the Biblical Narrative of Ancient Judeas Power Mosaic Magazine -- Essays / Jul 2, 2024 at 7:09 PM The book of Kings, describing the glory of King Solomons reign, states: And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house […]
- [Avodah] yom tov sheini July 3, 2024found the following online: My father, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt?l, ruled that the airport has the status of a desert. Therefore, a resident of Eretz Yisroel is allowed to travel from Eretz Yisroel by plane to the airport on Yom Tov Sheini. Once there, that resident of Eretz Yisroel may do melachah while still […]
- [Avodah] cohanim? June 26, 2024Are there any Cohanim today who claim to be a cohain myuchasim (vs cohanei chazaka)? If so, is such a claim halachically valid? bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] requests in rosh chodesh musaf June 24, 2024On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 06:31:24AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Any thoughts on the ordering of the requests in rosh chodesh musaf, in > particular why are mchilat cheit and slichat avon at the end when in the > weekday shmoneh esrai they are at the beginning? (I understood their > […]
- [Avodah] 2nd day yom tov June 21, 2024On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 06:37:31AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The S"A (OC 496:3) discussed an israel in chul on 2nd day yom tov not being > bound by restrictions unless he is within the tchum of a jewish community. > Does this apply to bnai chul who keep one day […]
- [Avodah] shechina image June 21, 2024On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 06:35:32AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The S"A O"C 98:1 says that in tfila one should think as if the shechina is > opposite them. What mental images do you conjure up to accomplish this? Since I don't visualize the shechinah, I can't answer this. But in […]
- [Avodah] Onaah and economic models June 21, 2024On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 02:09:14PM +0200, Arie Folger via Avodah wrote: > The premise behind coming onaah is that good are commodities asked they > have an approximate market price. This is definitely true for some good, > but it's it the rule out the exception? A major problem we have for understanding […]
- [Avodah] Onaah and economic models June 21, 2024On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 02:09:14PM +0200, Arie Folger via Avodah wrote: > The premise behind coming onaah is that good are commodities asked they > have an approximate market price. This is definitely true for some good, > but it's it the rule out the exception? A major problem we have for understanding […]
- [Avodah] material success June 19, 2024On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 05:47:21AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > My comment on the most recent Tradition : > https://traditiononline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tradition-Spring-2024-SUMMIT.pdf > > A very sad read. I'd suggest that much of the phenomenon is due to the > wrong frame of reference (what everyone else has) rather than > ... 'Zusha, […]