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- [Avodah] Pirkei Avot chapter 2 mishna 9 September 19, 2024. R' Joel Rich asked: > ... when one sees the eventual reward and punishment for each > of their acts they will never sin. ... > > ... if this is so obvious why do people sin? I would submit > that it may be related to what behavioral economists refer to > as […]
- [Avodah] Davening without a minyan September 19, 2024. I was listening to a shiur from Rav Shmuel Fuerst of Chicago. You can get the shiur at https://torahanytime.com/lectures/307384 At approximately 42:51 in the audio version, or 42:43 in the video, he says (referring to the 3rd bracha after Krias Shema in Maariv in Chu"l), "If you daven b'yechidus you never say Baruch Hashem […]
- [Avodah] Bakoshas Mechila and Being Mefayess September 18, 2024Has anyone heard of the following being practiced or advocated in recent times? The RaMBaMs ruling that one must confess their interpersonal sins in public? Bein Adam LaMakom RaMBaM rules is not to be publicly confessed bcs it is a Chutzpah. It seems this is not just about those interpersonal sins that have publicly humiliated […]
- [Avodah] Kamtza /Bar Kamtza September 18, 2024"Response to a piece on Kamtza /Bar Kamtza: The interesting question to me is whether there is self-awareness. If your analysis of R. Zechariah b. Avkulas is correct, was he aware of the deeper personality issue (paralysis of inappropriate humility) or did he convince himself that the reasons he gave for his inaction(Offering up a […]
- [Avodah] Pirkei Avot chapter 2 mishna 9 September 18, 2024In Pirkei Avot chapter 2 mishna 9 the question is raised as to what is the most important characteristic that one can attach to. Rabbi Simon says that it?s the ability to foresee the results of your current actions. Rabbeinu Yona explains that the reason that this is so important is that when one sees […]
- [Avodah] Kamtza /Bar Kamtza: September 18, 2024Response to a piece on Kamtza /Bar Kamtza: The interesting question to me is whether there is self-awareness. If your analysis of R. Zechariah b. Avkulas is correct, was he aware of the deeper personality issue (paralysis of inappropriate humility) or did he convince himself that the reasons he gave for his inaction(Offering up a […]
- [Avodah] Safeik Plus Mi'ut September 12, 2024I was under the impression that we so ignore a mi'ut that there is no sefeiq sefeiqa unless each safeiq is roughly balanced. This is easy to explain if we take the Ra'a's sevara for sefeiq sefeiqa. Leshitaso, safeiq deOraisa lechumera is itself a din derabbanan. So, the second safeiq would be a case of […]
- [Avodah] HaMotzi meiChaveiro Alav haRaayah September 12, 2024AhSY is learning Hil' Bekhoros, and a recurring issue is who owns a safeiq bekhor. See in particular YD 315:2, but the same idea is repeated in the contexts of specific sources of safeiq. It made me think about homotzi meichaveiro alav haraayah, and if there is a machloqes about why. First, background: If the […]
- [Avodah] Context? September 11, 2024On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 08:14:19PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > After sending out a bio of R Sternbuch to some folks I learn with, I stated > The reason I thought this important is it's my feeling that one component > of understanding responsa is knowing the context of the community […]
- [Avodah] Rambam September 11, 2024On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 08:15:48PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > From a Tradition Magazine book review: > > As the old saw has it, there is Maimonides, Yourmonides, Hermonides, > > etc. In the world of academic scholarship, there may be as many > > versions of Maimonides as there are […]