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- [Avodah] LeOlam baHem Taavodu May 12, 2024AhSY is spending weeks on YD 267, the ever-practcal Hikhos Avadim. Se'ifim 134-135 discusses le'olam bahem ta'avodu. (135 adds the Rambam to the point made in 134.) Toras Kohanim emphasizes what is exluded: you can give an Eved Kenaani whatever work you wish, but that only applies to actual work. You can't simply abuse an […]
- [Avodah] klalei psak May 12, 2024On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 04:29:47PM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: >> Rav Asher Weiss-The Rules of Rendering a Halachic Decision >> https://torahanytime.com/lectures/283345 On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 13:31:30 -0500 I had a chance to listen and commented: ... > Talmud Reclaimed, by R Shmuli Phillips (who is easily reachable on Facebook), > […]
- [Avodah] kheref ayin May 12, 2024On Sun, May 05, 2024 at 09:25:05AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > If that's what you are suggesting, what's new here? For all problems, great > and small, we need both tefilla and hishtadlus. Something I don't hear people discuss WRT bitachon + hishtadlus = success... Yaaqov prepared for Esav's approach in THREE […]
- [Avodah] mutav sheyihyu shogegim May 12, 2024On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 01:59:21PM +1100, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > I can't see how Mutav applies once we've ALREADY advised them of their > misdeed, they are ALREADY Mezid if they repeat and Mezid if they do not > repent [Bein ALaMakom] or do not make restitution [Bein ALeChaveiro]. […]
- [Avodah] (no subject) May 9, 2024Oops, I forgot the main point: > My point is that > the Kitniyoy Ban NEVER applied > but to foods that were actually COOKED like porridge > If they were NOT COOKED > even if they may have a type that would sometimes be cooked > it was not included in the ban Actually, […]
- [Avodah] Kitniyot during Pesach May 9, 2024On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 12:19:16AM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > My point is that > the Kitniyoy Ban NEVER applied > but to foods that were actually COOKED like porridge Mustard? In any case, corn meal IS cooked like porridge. It's called grits in the US, mamliga in Yiddish. […]
- [Avodah] (no subject) May 9, 2024Toby Katz responding to my post, re Kitniyot during Pesach, wrote that corn and peanuts are both New World foods They were unknown at the time the Kitniyos ban was promulgated Furthermore they ought not be included just as potatoes are not banned on Pesach. even though potato flour can be cooked and baked like […]
- [Avodah] inspect one’s property May 8, 2024The Chafetz Chaim in Seder Olam chapter 11 takes the Gmara in Chulin 105 concerning Shmuel and how often to inspect one?s property as a metaphor for how often to do a cheshbon hanefesh (self- introspection). He foreshadows Rabbi JB Soloveitchik?s loneliness in realizing that in the end, even though you have a loving family, […]
- [Avodah] kheref ayin May 5, 2024. R' Joel Rich asked: > My Thought -While it certainly is true that we need to believe that > hkbh has a plan and can reverse everything kheref ayin, we need to > guard against the possible reduction of our incentives to be an > active part of the resolution of the situation. You? […]
- [Avodah] kheref ayin May 2, 2024My Thought -While it certainly is true that we need to believe that hkbh has a plan and can reverse everything kheref ayin, we need to guard against the possible reduction of our incentives to be an active part of the resolution of the situation. You? Bsorot tovot joel Rich