On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 6:25am EDT, RYGB wrote: > Does anyone have knowledge and, preferably a reference, as to when > kiddushin and nisuin were consolidated? Rabbinu Tam (Seifer haYashar, shut 47:7) says that Rashi requires making Eirusin and Nissuin on two separate kosos. So someone was dealing with eirusin and nissuin being […]
On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 12:38:11PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > (I did try to research this in my Concordance. It seems that Tanach refers > to Yeshayahu exclusively with the final vav; there is a Yeshaya, but that's > a totally different person... I the US, where "Micha" is a rare […]
. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi is currently in Hilchos Aveilus, and I'm having trouble understanding some of the halachos of the Seudas Havraah, the meal which others give to the avel after the kevura. A basic question is frustrating me, because of the way the Kitzur presents this in Siman 205, and I did not […]
. Consider these examples: Yeshayah / Yeshayahu. Yirmiyah / Yirmiyahu. Eliya / Eliyahu. And others. When a person among us has such a name, they usually have a preference regarding pronunciation and spelling. But my question is about the Neviim and their seforim. Is there an accepted convention for when they end with "ah" and […]
...How many people do you think would find it as kavod habriyot and not walk up the stairs to use the bathroom without it? of course the heter of kavod habriyot does NOT apply to walking up the stairs. i guess your question concerns not very frum people.who would ignore explicit instructions not to use […]
> > I was asked twice this past week and didn't know the answer. > > Does anyone have knowledge and, preferably a reference, as to when > [q]iddushin and nisuin were consolidated? > One should not ask questions that assume facts not in evidence. In this case, the questioner assumes that qiddushin and nisuin […]
> On 24 Aug 2025, at 2:21, mcohen at touchlogic.com wrote: > > ? > ..but is it lchatchila to build one? > > i dont understand the question. > > lchatchila one can build it > lchatchila can use it 6 days > can use it on shabbos in case of kavod habrius (as […]
..but is it lchatchila to build one? i dont understand the question. lchatchila one can build it lchatchila can use it 6 days can use it on shabbos in case of kavod habrius (as i described) only
. R' Danny Schoemann quoted the AI known as Gemini: > While specific responsa that directly and explicitly command > the consolidation of the two ceremonies are not easily found > in extant Geonic literature, the underlying trend and reasoning > are addressed in a broader context. The moral and social > concerns that led […]
. R' Joel Rich asked: > If the transition in general from the bet medrash to the > working world weren?t seen as natural, would that mean that > the "system" has room for improvement? I am really unsure what is being asked here. Is there a presumption that the transition from the bet medrash […]