A talk at the Leil Hoshannah Rabbah Simchas Beis HaSho’eivah of Cong. Anshei Palisades about how to approach Simchas Torah 5785 in light of the events of the past year. How sadness and happiness are not contradictory but complementary, and the unique happiness of Ditzah.
The text of the story of Reb Yisroel Salanter zt”l and Simchas Torah can be found (in Hebrew) at:
https://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/10/atzvus-and-simcha-sadness-and-happiness.html
. R' Joel Rich commented: > One of the things I?ve thought a lot about is the character- > ization of Chazal as being consequentialist or deontological, > etc. I just wonder if we are trying to put their thoughts > into our paradigms or whether they had their own different > paradigm which was […]
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 06:27:21AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > One of the things I've thought a lot about is the characterization of > Chazal as being consequentialist or deontological, etc. I just wonder if we > are trying to put their thoughts into our paradigms or whether they had > […]
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 03:21:29PM +0200, Danny Schoemann via Avodah wrote: > > I don't know what he would do with a kezayis. Would he follow R Chaim > > Volozhiner, because the nearest thing to a subjective olive is using > > the more available olive in NCyour own region and time? […]
On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 08:20:19AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I could not help thinking about R'YBS's presentation of repentance from > fear(myira) versus repentance from love (ahava). Often the former is > associated with trying to cut oneself off totally from their past, whereas > the latter is building on […]
On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 06:40:21AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > In a recent discussion concerning whether a specific rabbi was within the > pale of orthodox theology, I wondered what percentage of the rank and file > think about theology and what they would define as beyond the pale (or > […]
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 06:24:50AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > If you are walking down the street in Jerusalem, passing by a construction > site where an arab worker is speaking on the telephone facing you and 3 > feet past him you see two 100 shekel bills on the street. […]
Note to presenter Enjoyed your piece on the trolley problem, it?s something I?ve thought a lot about over the years. A couple of comments: One of the things I?ve thought a lot about is the characterization of Chazal as being consequentialist or deontological, etc. I just wonder if we are trying to put their thoughts […]
If you are walking down the street in Jerusalem, passing by a construction site where an arab worker is speaking on the telephone facing you and 3 feet past him you see two 100 shekel bills on the street. You can pick them up and continue walking and no one will never notice. Should you […]
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 10:15:30PM -0400, Yonatan Kaganoff via Avodah wrote: > According to the Rambam in Hilchos Klei ha-Mikdash ve-ha-Ovdim Bo 2:13: ... > When [the Levites] carry the ark on their shoulders, they should carry it > face to face, with their backs pointed outward and their faces inward. > > […]
According to the Rambam in *Hilchos Klei ha-Mikdash ve-ha-Ovdim Bo* (???? ????, ????? ??? ????? ???????? ??) 2:13: ????????????????? ?????? ??? ???????? ?????????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ????????????? ?????? ?????????? ????????. When [the Levites] carry the ark on their shoulders, they should carry it face to face, with their backs pointed outward and their faces inward. […]