Halachos and Hashkofos of Sheker part 2
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- [Avodah] lev bet din matneh November 12, 2025Is 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? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] sim shalom to shalom rav November 11, 2025On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 11:20 Micha Berger wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 11:31:33AM +0200, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote: > > Interestingly enough Rav Soloveitchik never said shalom Rav at all he only > > said sim shalom because shalom Rav doesn't appear in the Rambams siddur and > > […]
- [Avodah] sim shalom to shalom rav November 11, 2025On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 11:31:33AM +0200, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote: > Interestingly enough Rav Soloveitchik never said shalom Rav at all he only > said sim shalom because shalom Rav doesn't appear in the Rambams siddur and > was a later geonic invention I don't know how far down the grapevine you […]
- [Avodah] simchat torah November 10, 2025On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 05:49:20AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The rama in o"c 149:1 says it's a mitzvah to accompany the sefer torah back > to the aron. What mitzvah is it? at the end of the sif it records a minhag > to bring children in to kiss the […]
- [Avodah] Where was Dan? November 10, 2025On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 08:22:54PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > > Why do you consider his contemporary generation a more important > > audience than later ones? If you aren't bothered by the Chumash > > referring to places we can't identify, why are you bothered by > > the Dor […]
- [Avodah] mugmar bkeilim November 10, 2025On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 06:07:13AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Does anybody know historically when mugmar was used to perfume clothes, was > it a one time thing for when they were sold or was it an ongoing thing done > every so often for people to perfume their clothes? Laundering […]
- [Avodah] sim shalom to shalom rav November 10, 2025Interestingly enough Rav Soloveitchik never said shalom Rav at all he only said sim shalom because shalom Rav doesn?t appear in the Rambams siddur and was a later geonic invention
- [Avodah] tachanun/chatan November 9, 2025On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 09:16:29AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > R' Joel Rich asked: >> S"A O"C 131:4 states "nahagu shelo lipol al pneichem... bbeit >> hachatan." Does nahagu imply amcha did this and the rabbis didn't >> resist? > Isn't that how ALL minhagim get started? > In fact, my […]
- [Avodah] Did Adam Speak Hebrew? November 7, 2025I know we all assume Adam spoke Lashon haQodesh, but... Sanhderin 38b has Rav Yehudah amar Rav, "Adam haRishon spoin in the Aramaic language." Citing Tehillim 139:17-19 that slips into Aramaic in retelling what Adam said upon his creation -- "im tiqtol Eloak rasha". I have a theory that both are true. We know that […]
- [Avodah] sim shalom to shalom rav November 5, 2025On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 06:08:01AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I have been comparing sim shalom to shalom rav and was wondering about the significance of the ordering of the words (shalom, tova...) and why the > phrase aleinu val kol yisrael is found in sim but not in rav? Who […]