New Series! Meseches Kalla Rabbasi, part 1
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- [Avodah] agency June 26, 2025RJRich asked: > Rabbi Fuerst posited the following case: A group of siblings agreed to > purchase a set of 12 cups for their parents as a gift. Sibling A did the > ordering and when the cups came two of them were cracked. The > merchant told him to keep the cups and the […]
- [Avodah] name calling June 25, 2025------------------------------ ??????????: ????????? ?????????? ??????? ? ????? ???????????. ????????? ? ?????? ??? ?????????????. ???????? ? ?????? ?????? ?????????! as it is taught in a baraita: One who calls another a slave shall be ostracized. One who calls another a mamzer incurs the punishment of forty lashes. If one calls another a wicked person then the […]
- [Avodah] agency June 25, 2025Rabbi Fuerst posited the following case: A group of siblings agreed to purchase a set of 12 cups for their parents as a gift. Sibling A did the ordering and when the cups came two of them were cracked. The merchant told him to keep the cups and the merchant would send another full set. […]
- [Avodah] The Census Numbers In Bmidbar June 23, 2025In Avodah v43i32 someone wrote: > > If you look at the numbers 12 of the 13 tribes end in 00 and the 13th > Yehuda ends with 50. > No, it was Gad (see Bmidbar 1:25), not Yehudah (Bmidbar 1:27) > > So the numbers seem to be clearly rounded and so says the […]
- [Avodah] Lashon Hara in the Torah June 23, 2025The Torah discloses Miryam's indiscretion but not that of Aharon HaCohen [although we ought to ask if the T did not why did Chazal] Rashi explains it teaches us even though she respected and loved MRabbenu and only had the best intentions Why does the T disclose the indiscretion of Sarah Immenu? BTW, would someone […]
- [Avodah] My Current Futile Life Project June 18, 2025Another one, tangentially provoked by this phrase in Micha's last message: "... shemeih de-"Qudeshah Berikh Hu'!" ... getting people not to put unnecessary "h"s at the end of transliterated Hebrew and Aramaic words. You can argue either way when the word ends with a "he" without mappiq (I have my own strongly held position, others […]
- [Avodah] AI-EOL June 18, 2025I believe I?ve heard r schachter say that when the family makes the decision for the patient, they are supposed to make the decision that they believe the patient himself would have made that situation If that?s the case, maybe AI would be in a better position than some families. Interesting to think about. Bsorot […]
- [Avodah] My Current Futile Life Project June 17, 2025Yet another one -- getting the Chazan for Mevorkhim haChodesh to call the months of "Av" and "Marcheshvan" by their real names! Both "Menachem Av" and "Cheshvan" are people confusing cute pshetlach with peshat. --- And: "Az, 'bekol raash gadol' adir vechazaq, mashmi'im kol..." Last, in Qaddish: "... shemeih de-"Qudeshah Berikh Hu'!" Just because Ashkenaz […]
- [Avodah] My Current Futile Life Project June 17, 2025On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 09:43:43PM +0300, Michael Mirsky via Avodah wrote: > I have another subscription. How about getting people to say "shiluach > haken". Or restoring the rest of the names of parshiyos whose names are also detatched semichot. Why is the parashah Shemos, "Names of", but the other is changed from […]
- [Avodah] My Current Futile Life Project June 16, 2025I have another subscription. How about getting people to say "shiluach haken". Michael Mirsky