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- [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 […]
- [Avodah] A Complete Unknown? March 20, 2025I had the opportunity to take in the Robert Zimmerman/Bob Dylan Movie ?a complete unknown?. (We can discuss going to movies in general, and those with music or inappropriate behavior, off-line) Of course, this experience triggered memories of my misspent youth, although the readers of the audio round up will know that I from time […]
- [Avodah] Asher Nassi YaChaTa March 18, 2025Vayyikra 4:22 - Rashi; Ashrei HaDor SheHaNassi Nosen Leiv LeHavi Chattos Al Sheggagosoi It is a 'lucky' community, whose leader is attentive to bringing a Sin Offering for his inadvertent sin Kal VeChomer SheMisCharet Al ZedonoSov He will certainly regret his deliberate violations What is the KVeChomer A Nassi forgets it is Shabbos, he writes […]
- [Avodah] did Achashverosh have multiple wives? March 16, 2025From: "Arie Folger" Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 5:21pm > I see no reason to doubt the obvious custom; they didn't go home, > and they could wait forever for being called once again at the king's > whim. That is the obvious meaning of ki im chafatz bah hamelekh venikrrah > besheim. i think […]