Today’s Arukh HaShulchan Yomi is sponsored לע”נ הרב אליעזר בן יוסף הכהן, Rabbi Eliezer Cohen zt”l of Detroit, by his family, in honor of his yahrzeit this week. Rabbi Cohen was my wife’s main rebbe in high school, and one of the rabbonim/poskim for her family, the Schreibers. May his neshama have an aliyah.
In Avodah V43n63, RJIR asked, "...why the focus on bet hachatan (like bet haavel) and not just in his presence? Is there a higher degree of joy there?" As can be seen from BT Sukah 25b , it's not just about the *chasan* -- it's about him and the *kalla* being together under the *chuppa*; […]
. R' Joel Rich asked: > S"A O"C 131:4 states "nahagu shelo lipol al pneichem ... bbeit > hachatan." Does nahagu imply amcha did this and the rabbis didn?t > resist? Isn't that how ALL minhagim get started? In fact, my understanding is that the main difference between minhagim and d'rabanans is that if it […]
On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:02:03AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Do we believe that moshe rabbeinu and/or shlomo hamelech did not know how > to calculate when the new moon would appear (as Hillel II established)? Rabbi Hillel didn't establish when the new moon would appear. He presided over the last […]
Do we believe that moshe rabbeinu and/or shlomo hamelech did not know how to calculate when the new moon would appear (as Hillel II established)? KT Joel Rich
S?A O?C 131:4 states ?nahagu shelo lipol al pneichem ? bbeit hachatan.? Does nahagu imply amcha did this and the rabbis didn?t resist? Even though tachanun was a rshut (maybe not now) why would one want not to take advantage tosay it? Also, why the focus on bet hachatan (like bet haavel) and not just […]
. R' Joel Rich asked: > From a pure halachic viewpoint ISTM there is no benefit for an > avel to lead services up to, but not including, yishtabach (some > minyanim have no one leading that portion). Is the value that > klal yisrael has invested it with value independent of halacha? You have […]
>From a pure halachic viewpoint ISTM there is no benefit for an avel to lead services up to, but not including, yishtabach (some minyanim have no one leading that potion). Is the value that klal yisrael has invested it with value independent of halacha? GCT Joel Rich
The S?A in O?C 149 discusses the procedures for returning the sefer torah after kriat hatora but in O?C 134 he seems to assume it?s already out in discussing kriat hatora (thus no procedures for taking out). Any ideas why? GCT Joel Rich
When rabbis discuss in a public shiur (vs in yeshiva) the need to observe yom tov sheini shel galiyot ISTM I often hear ?hizharu bminhag avoteichem byadeichem? but not the follow on ?zimnin dgazra hamalchut gzeira vati lkilkulei? (rashi ? you?ll forget how to do the calendar calculation and mess it up). Is this a […]
The rambam uses the expression ?vchen? thousands of times in the yad. Any insights as to what goes before vchen and what goes after and why? (eg avel 14:1 listing bikur cholim, hachnasat kala ?and then saying vchen to gladden the kala and chatan). GCT Joel Rich