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- [Avodah] Onkelos on the word "es" April 23, 2025. I just noticed that in Shmini 11:13-19, Onkelos usually leaves the word "es" (aleph tav) untranslated. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Any idea why he generally translates it (as "yas", yod tav) in almost the whole Chumash, but not here? Akiva Miller
- [Avodah] Learning? April 23, 2025Comment to blog discussing a girl?s elementary school?s gemara celebration two thoughts If it's not a mitzvah for women to learn gemara, why wouldn't we say ????? ???? ???? ????? ??? ?? ?? ???? ? ?"?: ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ????? ???? ???, ?????: ?? ?? ????? ?' ????. and why (for boys as […]
- [Avodah] bitachon April 22, 2025On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 02:53:08PM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I was listening to an interesting shiur discussing the Chazon Ish's many > nisyonot (physical health, childlessness, wife) and how he met them all > with the bitachon that he was in good hands. Not that all would necessarily > be […]
- [Avodah] ֳ—ֲ???ֳ—ֲ¢ֳ—ֲ©ֳ—ֲ” ֳ—ֲ™ֳ—ֲ“ֳ—ֲ™ ֳ—ֲ˜ֳ—ֲ•ֳ—ֲ‘ֳ—ֲ¢ֳ—ֲ™ֳ—ֲ??? ֳ—ֲ‘ֳ—ֲ™ֳ—ֲ??? ֳ—ֲ•ֳ—ֲ???ֳ—ֲ×ֳ—ֲ??? ֳ—ֲ???ֳ—ֲ•ֳ—ֲ???ֳ—ֲ¨ֳ—ֲ™ֳ—ֲ??? ֳ—ֲ©ֳ—ֲ™ֳ—ֲ¨ֳ—ֲ” ֳ—ֲ???ֳ—ֲ₪ֳ—ֲ ֳ—ֲ™ April 22, 2025On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 12:13:50PM -0400, Henry Topas via Avodah wrote: > In the lead up to Pesach, I am trying to formulate a thought around the > chastisement of the malachim by Hashem as cited in Sanhedrin 39b... > > The question I have is whether we have brought down any similar […]
- [Avodah] violation results April 22, 2025On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 10:24:41AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > When the gemara correlates certain violations with certain results, other > than just saying it's a violation (eg not washing ntilat yadaim resulting > in poverty), is it positing a value judgement on a level of the violation, > existential cause […]
- [Avodah] bitachon April 11, 2025I was listening to an interesting shiur discussing the Chazon Ish?s many nisyonot (physical health, childlessness, wife) and how he met them all with the bitachon that he was in good hands. Not that all would necessarily be good in the way most people would think. The speaker saw this as superhuman belief. While I […]
- [Avodah] nki kappaim April 11, 2025Is the common practice for anyone who touches a megillah to wash their hands first? (especially for megilat esther which is more likely to be touched by the general public)? Bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] sidur - history and variations April 6, 2025On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 05:05:52PM -0400, mcohen--- via Avodah wrote: > there have been multiple discussions on avodah about aspects, additions > and differences to the sidur that i think would have been resolved by > this insightful article on the history of development of the sidur by > Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky > […]
- [Avodah] sidur - history and variations April 4, 2025fyi there have been multiple discussions on avodah about aspects, additions and differences to the sidur that i think would have been resolved by this insightful article on the history of development of the sidur by Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky https://dialoguemagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dialogue_No4_RLopiansky.pdf
- [Avodah] מעשה ידי טובעים בים ואתם אומרים שירה לפני April 3, 2025In the lead up to Pesach, I am trying to formulate a thought around the chastisement of the malachim by Hashem as cited in Sanhedrin 39b: ???? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ?????? ???? ????. The question I have is whether we have brought down any similar incidents of Hashem raising this same issue when other […]