Arukh HaShulchan Day 1652 YD 380.32-381.6
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- [Avodah] The Ram of the Akeida December 3, 2025. There is a mishna in perek 5 of Pirkei Avos which lists several things that were created at Bein Hashmashos just prior to the Shabbos of Bereishis. My understanding is that they were all miraculous, unnatural things. Good examples are the mouth of Bilaam's donkey, which talked, and the mouth of Miriam's well, which […]
- [Avodah] Modern Orthodox December 3, 2025>From Malka Z. Simkovich in Tradition Postscript Working on this essay gave me occasion to consider the rising tendency among Modern Orthodox American Jews to accept the notion that judaism cannot be authentically practiced outside the Land of Israel. My sense is that such Jews are exposed to the writings of R. Soloveitchik and R. […]
- [Avodah] Right? December 3, 2025In a number of places in halacha we give priority to the right-hand side and turning to the right. It?s interesting that 80+ percent of humans are right-handed. While there are a number of theories as to why this might be(especially compared to other life forms), I wonder if there?s some message as to why […]
- [Avodah] (no subject) December 2, 2025. R' Joel Rich asked: > Does hkbh give one a nisayon that one cannot pass? I guess the > answer depends a lot on how you define the terms but in its > strongest sense doesn?t this imply that anyone who ever sins > hasn?t tried hard enough? I once asked Rav Elazar Mayer […]
- [Avodah] Right to haftara December 1, 2025On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:55:01AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > R' H Schachter reported > that R'YBS held that a yahrtzeit has a "right" to say the haftara. > > Fascinating interplay of priorities -- if saying from a claf is > lchatchila, then what is "the right" being discussed that […]
- [Avodah] Belief? December 1, 2025On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 10:58:40AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Just listened to an interesting podcast interviewing Charles Murray > It's my understanding that post-modern philosophy does not believe you > can prove with 100% certainty just about anything. When I read modern > Jewish philosophy when it often seems grounded […]
- [Avodah] lev bet din matneh December 1, 2025On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 06:28:50AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Is lev bet din matneh a nice way of saying it's "impractical" to apply the > letter of the law in a particular situation (so chazal, HKBH?) must've had > this situational caveat in mind? I see leiv beis din matneh […]
- [Avodah] (no subject) November 30, 2025On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 05:46:04AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Does hkbh give one a nisayon that one cannot pass? I guess the answer > depends a lot on how you define the terms but in its strongest sense > doesn't this imply that anyone who ever sins hasn't tried hard […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things November 27, 2025In Avodah v43n70 someone wrote: > > Just listened to an interesting podcast interviewing Charles Murray > author of the recently released "taking religion seriously". > > He is an 83-year-old former agnostic who said that he changed his > mind due to weight of evidence, not that he is convinced but he > thinks […]
- [Avodah] And so the game continued November 27, 2025> > Not an answer to the question but a related story. A shul received a > set of clafs for haftorot and decided that they should be used every > Shabbat. But since most people couldn't say a haftorah from a claf, > the procedure was to call up the oleh, he would make […]