Iggeres D’Rav Sherira Gaon, part 13: Sevara Vs. Mesora, Lomdus vs. Bekiyus
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- [Avodah] belief January 8, 2025If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes on to say that this is so obvious that anybody who denies it is doing so because of his wish to willfully throw off the yoke of Heaven. How does this square with your experience? […]
- [Avodah] technology psak January 8, 2025Comment on a shiur: I found your medical ethics class regarding CRISPR and IVF et al very interesting. There?s no doubt in my mind that the micro-halachic issues you discussed (eg the physical risks from certain interventions) are particularly important for individual psak today (even retired actuaries love risk/reward analysis). However, I think the really […]
- [Avodah] eulogy January 4, 2025The Gemara uses the following as a proof that eulogizing is for the benefit of the dead. ????? ???? ???? ??????? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ???, ??? ??? ????: ???? ??? ??? ??????? ???? ???? ????. ?? ??? ???? ??? ????, ?? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ?? ???? - ??? ???? ??? […]
- [Avodah] Tense Berachos January 2, 2025(Sorry for the misleading title. It was just too fun for me to pass up.) In his column this week (see below), R Daniel Mann addresses the question as to whether the berakhah should be "shehakol nihyeh" or "nihyah". The reason this is a machloqes acharonim has to do with Chazal's non-simple position about the […]
- [Avodah] Kalah NaAh VeChasudah - Midvar Sheker January 1, 2025In Avodah V43n1, R' Micha noted: > At the end of Bereishis, the brothers tell Yoseif an outright fabrication. (Given Chazal's assumption that Yaaqov didn't actually say such a thing in an incident that isn't in the chumash.) < We seemingly had a[nother] fabrication in last week's *sedra*: compare what the brothers say in 44:8 […]
- [Avodah] Mesora? January 1, 2025On Wed, Jan 01, 2025 at 04:35:09AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: >> >From R' A Zivotofsky: >> Claim: There is a mesorah on turkey. Ask almost anyone from the older >> generation and they will confirm that they and their family and their >> community ate turkey without hesitation. ... > Can you […]
- [Avodah] levels of effort needed above pure din January 1, 2025On Wed, Jan 01, 2025 at 04:38:09AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > An example of various levels of what chazal may have thought of levels of > effort needed above pure din. I'd love to better understand the threshold > calculations and what they mean in shamayim... BTW, RJR's quote, for those who […]
- [Avodah] Kalah NaAh VeChasudah - Midvar Sheker January 1, 2025On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 11:29:36PM +1100, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > R Micha, I am still unsure of your meaning > Is it relevant that YaAkov is arranging a self-serving deception, > he WANTS his father to reach the wrong conclusion > in order to prevent Eisav getting the Beracha […]
- [Avodah] levels of effort needed above pure din January 1, 2025An example of various levels of what chazal may have thought of levels of effort needed above pure din. I?d love to better understand the threshold calculations and what they mean in shamayim. A different example might be going 5 mil for water when the ?requirement? is only to go 4. ? ???? ?????? ???? […]
- [Avodah] Mesora? January 1, 2025>From R? A Zivotofsky: Claim: There is a mesorah on turkey. Ask almost anyone from the older generation and they will confirm that they and their family and their community ate turkey without hesitation. Analysis: I think this is the most persuasive argument for the continued treatment of turkey as kosher. There is indeed a […]