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- [Avodah] standard measures? March 28, 2025On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 03:21:29PM +0200, Danny Schoemann via Avodah wrote: > > I don't know what he would do with a kezayis. Would he follow R Chaim > > Volozhiner, because the nearest thing to a subjective olive is using > > the more available olive in NCyour own region and time? […]
- [Avodah] A Complete Unknown? March 28, 2025On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 08:20:19AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I could not help thinking about R'YBS's presentation of repentance from > fear(myira) versus repentance from love (ahava). Often the former is > associated with trying to cut oneself off totally from their past, whereas > the latter is building on […]
- [Avodah] orthodox theology March 28, 2025On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 06:40:21AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > In a recent discussion concerning whether a specific rabbi was within the > pale of orthodox theology, I wondered what percentage of the rank and file > think about theology and what they would define as beyond the pale (or > […]
- [Avodah] hashavat aveida? March 26, 2025On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 06:24:50AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > If you are walking down the street in Jerusalem, passing by a construction > site where an arab worker is speaking on the telephone facing you and 3 > feet past him you see two 100 shekel bills on the street. […]
- [Avodah] trolley revisited March 26, 2025Note to presenter Enjoyed your piece on the trolley problem, it?s something I?ve thought a lot about over the years. A couple of comments: One of the things I?ve thought a lot about is the characterization of Chazal as being consequentialist or deontological, etc. I just wonder if we are trying to put their thoughts […]
- [Avodah] hashavat aveida? March 26, 2025If you are walking down the street in Jerusalem, passing by a construction site where an arab worker is speaking on the telephone facing you and 3 feet past him you see two 100 shekel bills on the street. You can pick them up and continue walking and no one will never notice. Should you […]
- [Avodah] Carrying the aron (ark) while walking backwards March 25, 2025On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 10:15:30PM -0400, Yonatan Kaganoff via Avodah wrote: > According to the Rambam in Hilchos Klei ha-Mikdash ve-ha-Ovdim Bo 2:13: ... > When [the Levites] carry the ark on their shoulders, they should carry it > face to face, with their backs pointed outward and their faces inward. > > […]
- [Avodah] Carrying the aron (ark) while walking backwards March 25, 2025According to the Rambam in *Hilchos Klei ha-Mikdash ve-ha-Ovdim Bo* (???? ????, ????? ??? ????? ???????? ??) 2:13: ????????????????? ?????? ??? ???????? ?????????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ????????????? ?????? ?????????? ????????. When [the Levites] carry the ark on their shoulders, they should carry it face to face, with their backs pointed outward and their faces inward. […]
- [Avodah] Re: standard measures? March 24, 2025RMB: > I don't know what he would do with a kezayis. Would he follow R Chaim > Volozhiner, because the nearest thing to a subjective olive is using > the more available olive in NCyour own region and time? I'm pretty sure it's a Mishna - to use a medium sized olive, each chochom […]
- [Avodah] dmut dyokno March 20, 2025Note to a magid shiur who said that in the workplace one should see dmut yokno shel rabo and ask his advice: Just wanted to note that dmut dyokno kpshuto refers to father who might know his son well and give good advice as well as role modeling. Also, more senior professionals who?ve actually had […]