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- [Avodah] shechina image June 21, 2024On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 06:35:32AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The S"A O"C 98:1 says that in tfila one should think as if the shechina is > opposite them. What mental images do you conjure up to accomplish this? Since I don't visualize the shechinah, I can't answer this. But in […]
- [Avodah] Onaah and economic models June 21, 2024On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 02:09:14PM +0200, Arie Folger via Avodah wrote: > The premise behind coming onaah is that good are commodities asked they > have an approximate market price. This is definitely true for some good, > but it's it the rule out the exception? A major problem we have for understanding […]
- [Avodah] Onaah and economic models June 21, 2024On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 02:09:14PM +0200, Arie Folger via Avodah wrote: > The premise behind coming onaah is that good are commodities asked they > have an approximate market price. This is definitely true for some good, > but it's it the rule out the exception? A major problem we have for understanding […]
- [Avodah] material success June 19, 2024On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 05:47:21AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > My comment on the most recent Tradition : > https://traditiononline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tradition-Spring-2024-SUMMIT.pdf > > A very sad read. I'd suggest that much of the phenomenon is due to the > wrong frame of reference (what everyone else has) rather than > ... 'Zusha, […]
- [Avodah] requests in rosh chodesh musaf June 19, 2024Any thoughts on the ordering of the requests in rosh chodesh musaf, in particular why are mchilat cheit and slichat avon at the end when in the weekday shmoneh esrai they are at the beginning? (I understood their weekday placement was based on prioritizing the closeness of our relationship with HKBH before asking for our […]
- [Avodah] shaliach tzibbur practices June 19, 2024Has anyone heard a reason why the practice of the shaliach tzibbur saying the bracha on hallel first (followed by the kahal) was established? Similarly, the rabbi/shaliach tzibbur counting sfira? (other than so everyone knows the date or so to be yotzei with him if you forgot a day) bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] Beha'aloscha - Anan - Travel Plans June 16, 2024Shavua Tov - Gut Voch In next week's parsha, much discussion takes place over the great detail in describing the relationship between the anan and the timing of the movement of B'nai Yisrael. In fact, the word Yomayim is understood to suggest that an encampment might last a year or longer. Later, when Moshe Rabeinu […]
- [Avodah] the meaning of name June 14, 2024There is a gemara that discusses the meaning of names of a person as reflecting something about that person Now in science It might sound far-fetched, but psychological researchers claim to have found evidence that your name can determine the direction of your life. In a study published in the *Journal of Personality and Social […]
- [Avodah] 2nd day yom tov June 14, 2024The S?A (OC 496:3) discussed an israel in chul on 2nd day yom tov not being bound by restrictions unless he is within the tchum of a jewish community. Does this apply to bnai chul who keep one day in israel and then travel back to chul? In either case if they land in a […]
- [Avodah] shechina image June 14, 2024The S?A O?C 98:1 says that in tfila one should think as if the shechina is opposite them. What mental images do you conjure up to accomplish this? Bsorot tovot Joel Rich