Iggeres D’Rav Sherira Gaon, part 13: Sevara Vs. Mesora, Lomdus vs. Bekiyus
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- [Avodah] pump toilet August 24, 2025..but is it lchatchila to build one? i dont understand the question. lchatchila one can build it lchatchila can use it 6 days can use it on shabbos in case of kavod habrius (as i described) only
- [Avodah] Kiddushin and Nisuin August 24, 2025. R' Danny Schoemann quoted the AI known as Gemini: > While specific responsa that directly and explicitly command > the consolidation of the two ceremonies are not easily found > in extant Geonic literature, the underlying trend and reasoning > are addressed in a broader context. The moral and social > concerns that led […]
- [Avodah] Transitions August 24, 2025. R' Joel Rich asked: > If the transition in general from the bet medrash to the > working world weren?t seen as natural, would that mean that > the "system" has room for improvement? I am really unsure what is being asked here. Is there a presumption that the transition from the bet medrash […]
- [Avodah] Kiddushin, Nisuin and Electric Pump Toilets August 21, 2025Thank you for all the responses! As to Kiddushin and Nisuin, thanks for the information from AI. You obviously are good at crafting questions! However, the bottom line is that we don't know when, precisely, the custom disappeared and whether it was a takkanah or just an historical development sometime during the time of the […]
- [Avodah] Kiddushin and Nisuin August 21, 2025> > R' Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer asked I was asked twice this past week and didn't know the answer. > Does anyone have knowledge and, preferably a reference, as to when kiddushin and nisuin were consolidated? The Tur (1269-1343) mentions it in Even HaEzer, chapter 62 as the current practice. ??????? ??? ?????? ????? ??? […]
- [Avodah] pump toilet August 20, 2025but is it lchatchila to build one? bsorot tovot joel rich On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 4:43?AM mcohen--- via Avodah < avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote: > Do you have a reference for the heter for electric flush toilets? .. > > > > Heard from RS Miller multiple times. > > > > and […]
- [Avodah] pump toilet August 20, 2025Do you have a reference for the heter for electric flush toilets? .. Heard from RS Miller multiple times. and see pg 2 here [ https://www.bikurcholim.ca//wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shabbos_reference_guide_5781_pages.pdf ]( https://www.bikurcholim.ca//wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shabbos_reference_guide_5781_pages.pdf ) and its pashut (once you have the hanacha that we in NA are not choshaish for the CI on electricity)
- [Avodah] Transitions August 19, 2025If the transition in general from the bet medrash to the working world weren?t seen as natural, would that mean that the ?system? has room for improvement? bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Kiddushin and Nisuin August 18, 2025Asked this of ChatGPT as well.? ?Got the following in seconds (again - can't vouch for its accuracy): Background - In biblical and early rabbinic times, kiddushin (erusin) and nisuin were two separate stages, often months apart. - Kiddushin created a formal bond of betrothal, prohibiting the woman to others but not yet permitting marital […]
- [Avodah] pump toilet August 18, 2025Found the following on ChatGPT (AI) in seconds. Can't vouch for its accuracy. But worthy of note: Halachic Perspectives 1. Automatic Toilets and Kavod HaBriyot A Q&A on MiYodeya (Judaism Stack Exchange) cites Rabbi Josh Flug (Sukkot To Go 5770), who permits using an automatic-flush toilet if no other restroom is reasonably available, relying on […]