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- [Avodah] dibbur May 15, 2024The Rambam in the peirush hamishnayot (Avot 1:16) categorizes types of dibbur. 1. Mtzaveh (commanded) 2. Asur (forbidden) 3. Maus {disgusting} 4. Ahava (beloved) and 5. Mutar (permitted. How do you understand 4 ? Is it a mitzvah or an inyan (and the flip for 3)? Is HKBH indifferent in cases of 5.? Bsorot tovot […]
- [Avodah] choices May 15, 2024If adam harishon had been given a choice of eating from the eitz hachaim or eitz hadaat, which one should he have picked (pun intended)? Why? Bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Rabbi Akiva's Students' Deaths as Soldiers in Bar
Kochba's Army? A thorough critique of the theory May 14, 2024> > > https://asif.co.il/wpfb-file/6_2-pdf/ > > > by R. Shmuel Yismach, Igud Yeshivot HaHesder > > < > https://asif.co.il/files_author/%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%91-%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%90%d7%9c-%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%97/ > > > > RMB: The idea that the Y-mi's "iskarah" wasn't a lung disease (askara) but > the > type of low-ranking Roman soldier who carried a dagger (sicarii) also fits > Igeres R Sherira […]
- [Avodah] Tochacha May 14, 2024R Micha, I am sorry but I believe you are mistaken in saying - Lehalakhah (MB 608:9) it is prohibited to offer tokhachah more than once. That Halacha is limited to giving PUBLIC Tochacha This is clear in the Rama [608:2] And MBerrurah [608:8] ? where he clearly declares one is obligated to offer Tochacha […]
- [Avodah] Examples of disrespect among chachamim circa R. Akiva and
the deathly consequences May 13, 2024Rabbi Ari Kahn cites two Gemaras in which Rabbi Akiva himself criticizes a chacham for lack of sufficient respect for another chacham, and the deathly consequence Rabbi Akiva attributed to such behavior. (My translations.) *Nedarim 40a* ? one of Rabbi Akiva's disciples fell sick, but Sages did not visit him. Rabbi Akiva entered [his house] […]
- [Avodah] El Al Flights To JFK Airport In New York May 13, 2024This posting appeared in our sister mailing list Areivim, v42i22: > > Every few years it seems the issue of a Cohen on an airplane flying > over a cemetery comes up. > > I was at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, Long Island today. There > are over 250,000 graves there. > > After […]
- [Avodah] Rabbi Akiva's Students' Deaths as Soldiers in Bar
Kochba's Army? A thorough critique of the theory May 13, 2024On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 06:31:24PM -0400, Zvi Lampel via Avodah wrote: > https://asif.co.il/wpfb-file/6_2-pdf/ > by R. Shmuel Yismach, Igud Yeshivot HaHesder > The idea that the Y-mi's "iskarah" wasn't a lung disease (askara) but the type of low-ranking Roman soldier who carried a dagger (sicarii) also fits Igeres R Sherira Gaon referring to […]
- [Avodah] Tochacha Limitations Purpose May 13, 2024On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 12:49:53AM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > If I may begin with R Micha?s concluding comment > since the gemara severely limits the situations where tokhachah is > appropriate, > given our skills at saying things the first time in a way that would be > […]
- [Avodah] Tochacha Limitations Purpose May 13, 2024If I may begin with R Micha?s concluding comment since the gemara severely limits the situations where tokhachah is appropriate, given our skills at saying things the first time in a way that would be heard, I believe this is entirely incorrect There is no such exemption or limitation There is no such Gemara Mutav […]
- [Avodah] Kitniyos May 12, 2024It seems that the Kitniyos ban may have been misinterpreted. The ban may well only apply to cooked and baked Kitniyot but not to raw,fresh Kitniyot such as sweet peas, sugar snaps etc.and peanuts and peanut butter. INTRODUCTION It is vital to recognise that the Kitniyos ban was initiated when home-baking Matza [486:3] throughout Pesach […]