Avodah
- [Avodah] The tzibbur saying Acheinu together December 1, 2024Nowadays/in recent times, the *tzibbur* arguably is also involving itself in/enunciating other aspects of *t'fila* that originally were meant to be enunciated only by the SHaTZ -- three examples are => during Bircas Kohanim, "kohanim am q'doshecha"; => during Mei'ein Sheva, the "magen avos" paragraph; and => at the beginning of Q'dusha, at least the […]
- [Avodah] infusions November 26, 2024I recently heard R H Schacter say that R YBS took an infusion in his old age in order to be able to fast on Yom Kippur. Anyone know any details? bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] schchita/death November 26, 2024Fascinating quantum physics/observer effects from the gemara chulin 121. Any thoughts, halachic or philosophical would be appreciated. 1 a jew shechts a non-kosher animal for a non-jew. If the jew intends that it will be eaten by a non-jew it will be subject to tumat ochlin even though the animal is still shuddering (i) apparently […]
- [Avodah] Al Tifrosh Min Hatzibur November 26, 2024. In today's Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi, halacha 17:10 is mostly about a couple of different scenarios where a person is in shul while the tzibur is saying Shema, and how he must say it together with them. That halacha ends with this: "Likewise, other things which the tzibur says - such as Ashrei, and […]
- [Avodah] How to spell and pronounce Yishmael November 24, 2024> > The name "Yishmael" .... I think it would be quite reasonable for > the Ayin to have a shva, and the Aleph to have a tzere, forming a > compound word: Yish-ma*-el, God-heard. That's the usual way to > construct this kind of name. Betzal-el, Mahalal-el, Nesan-el, > Sh'lumi-el, and many others - […]
- [Avodah] How to spell and pronounce Yishmael November 22, 2024. The name "Yishmael" means "G-d heard". I don't even need Rashi for that; Bereshis 16:11 says it explicitly. If so, I think it would be quite reasonable for the Ayin to have a shva, and the Aleph to have a tzere, forming a compound word: Yish-ma*-el, God-heard. That's the usual way to construct this […]
- [Avodah] shehechiyanu November 20, 2024For purposes of a seasonal shehechiyanu, if a fruit is available all year, but in certain seasons the cost is exorbitant, is shehechiyanu still said? bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] pikuach nefesh November 20, 2024R H Schacter and R A Weiss speak of pikuach nefesh as including non-immediate threats to life. Is there a materiality standard or does any decrease in life expectancy qualify? Bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Oldest Synagogue in Chu"L Found November 19, 2024In Phanagoria, Southern Russia. Built 51 CE, meaning, 20 years before the end of Bayis Sheini. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sywsyzvfyg See the pictures. As is usual for the period, the menoros have round arms. But 7 arms, and decorated in what could be kaftor vaferach, implying that in this distant shul, they believed the BHMQ was using a […]
- [Avodah] The tzibbur saying Acheinu together November 19, 2024While I cannot attest to any connection with the Six-Day War, I can attest that its being recited at all by the tzibbur is relatively recent. In my yeshiva years, not only was it not said together by shatz and tzibbur, it wasn't said by the tzibbur a