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- [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 […]
- [Avodah] counts November 26, 2025Any insights into why after listing out the various prayers, the Rambam in tfila 1:8 summarizes the counts on various days? Is he adding something? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] (no subject) November 26, 2025Does 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? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Right to haftara November 23, 2025Not 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 the brachot for the haftorah, […]
- [Avodah] Belief November 23, 2025? Question how would we categorize an orthodox individual who made the same statement as Dr Murray?? I?d categorize him/her as an Orthodox Jew who thinks that God has a better than 50% chance of being the explanation for our existence. Joseph Sent from my iPhone