Arukh HaShulchan Day 1648 YD 379.1-380.5
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- [Avodah] Par He'elem Davar - Poetic Justics October 27, 2025Sitting in on a Daf Yomi Shiur (Zevachim 41a) Shabbos afternoon it hit me: The Par He'elem Davar was brought when the public followed a mistaken ruling on a matter that deOraisa is not spelled out black-and-white in the Torah. (If the Sanhedrin erred on an obvious point, they shouldn't have been listened to. What […]
- [Avodah] Names in Aramaic and other languages October 26, 2025. This is a follow-up to my post of about 7 hours ago. I suddenly realized that there are *many* people who use different names depending on the language, country, or culture they are in. In Megilas Ester: Hebrew: Hadassah, Persian: Esther In the gospels: Hebrew: Shaul, Latin: Paul At this keyboard: Hebrew: Akiva, English: […]
- [Avodah] Names in Aramaic and other languages October 26, 2025. [My questions here are more linguistic, and less Torah, so I considered posting this to Areivim. But I'm hoping for responses that are based on Onkelos' translation style, so that's why I'm sending it to Avodah.] In my learning of Onkelos, I have noticed that it is not unusual for a place to have […]
- [Avodah] ben sorer et al October 26, 2025Has anyone heard a good explanation as to why the gemara sanhedrin does not say that the argument is resolved by the fact that there is testimony that each case (ben sorer, bayit hamenuga) did actually occur? kt joel rich
- [Avodah] mugmar bkeilim October 26, 2025Does anybody know historically when mugmar was used to perfume clothes, was it a one time thing for when they were sold or was it an ongoing thing done every so often for people to perfume their clothes? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] value independent of halacha? October 23, 2025On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 10:17:26PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > 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 […]
- [Avodah] yom tov sheini October 23, 2025On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 05:10:40PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > 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" […]
- [Avodah] Evolving Practices (Was: Kiddushin and Nisuin October 23, 2025On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 09:51:27AM EDT, R Akiva Miller commented on a quote by RYGB about the shift to making eirusin and nisuin back-to-back: >> This makes a lot of sense. The paucity of tangible records >> of the evolution of the practice remains remarkable. > I'm not sure, but I think RYGB […]
- [Avodah] A woman reciting Birchas Gomel at the Bimah on shabbos October 23, 2025On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 03:14:18PM +1000, Isaac Balbin via Avodah wrote: > The Poskim certainly discuss a woman saying HaGomel from the Women's > gallery. Some of those women's galleries would be curtained, others > would be behind the men, raised etc I wonder if the custom in Vilna to let women say […]
- [Avodah] Are We to Humiliate Sinners as Mitzvah Tochacha? October 23, 2025On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 05:57:50PM -0500, Brent Kaufman via Avodah wrote: >> the commandment is for us to admonish our fellow Jew, not to bring >> about his or her repentance > This is an important statement, but is it accurate? Is this splitting hairs > or is our mitzvah truly detached from […]