Expanding the Boundaries of Kedushah
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- [Avodah] Yosef advise pharaoh February 26, 2025Why did Yosef advise pharaoh to plan for the seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in a way which would centralize the entire Egyptian economy under the pharaoh's direct control? bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] Teyqu - Peirush or Hevel? February 23, 2025After R' Simon Montagu's response, I did some more research on this - and the findings are distressing. The title page in Latin actually says it all. Here's Google's translation (after lifting the text with Google Lens: A WORK OF THE BOOK OF HEBREW BY THE LEARNERS A GRAMMAR Elaborated by the Hebrew Elias Levites, […]
- [Avodah] tests? February 19, 2025Rabbi X touched on something that I have thought about a lot over the years which is, is it possible that someone is given a test that the best result they can achieve is one of imperfection (that the absolute best they can achieve is to be a lesser sinner.) For example, if current research […]
- [Avodah] permanent mutav sheyihiyu shogegin February 19, 2025How should we feel about seemingly permanent mutav sheyihiyu shogegin (e.g. allowing rhythmic table drumming on shabbat according to some authorities.) Thoughts? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] tosfot's style February 18, 2025On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 05:46:29AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > 3.Also, anything on why tosfot (realize different authors) sometimes says > vteima, mihu, im tomar etc? Not only different authors -- different schools of thought spanning over 2 centuries. There is little reason to expect any patterns or consistency without at […]
- [Avodah] Meaning of a particular trope February 17, 2025A congregant of mine has asked me why the word "Vayishma" at the beginning of Parshas Yisro has the gershayim trope. It seems a rare situation and I have not found any of the usual peirushim dealing with this. Looking for a sefer or peirush which might provide guidance on this subject and would be […]
- [Avodah] Teyqu - Peirush or Hevel? February 16, 2025On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 10:08?PM Danny Schoemann wrote: > > 2. I never claimed he converted. I wrote that his Wikipedia biography was > full of references to X-tians. > You strongly implied it by attributing Fagius's reference to "Meshihenu vego'alenu" to him, and suggesting this is why he characterized the Teku notarikon […]
- [Avodah] Teyqu - Peirush or Hevel? February 16, 2025R' Simon Montagu responded > > Astaghfirullah! > > > You are quoting from Paul Fagius, the Christian translator of the Tishbi > into Latin, not from Eliyahu Bahur himself, who was not a Christian and > never became a Christian. See > http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2007/02/did-elias-levita-become-christian-also.html > Heaven forbid! Chalila V'Chas. 1. I was quoting from a […]
- [Avodah] The 7 mitzvos of Bnei Noach February 16, 2025Daf Yomi recently learned the sugya and I was left with a number of fundamental questions. 1. What is the mechayev for Bnei Noach to keep the 7 mitzvos? We have matan Torah where we accepted the Torah. Where is the equivalent by the Bnei Noach? 2. How are they supposed to know what to […]
- [Avodah] The impracticality of Torah criminal law February 16, 2025On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 5:42PM Micha Berger wrote: >> 1. The parallel justice system is not described anywhere, not in the >> written Torah and not in the oral Torah. Why not? Do we have any idea what > Tzedeq tzedeq tirdof and other such phrases that become platitudes are > about having […]