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- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 31, 2026I appreciate the point that a concept can exist before a word is coined to describe it, and that's usually the course of events. But the use of the term orthodox to describe people who lived before the era it came into use does not work well, I think. Even it you want to apply […]
- [Avodah] HKBH does not fashion commandments that might cause people
to sin January 31, 2026The Gemara Yuma 67b brings differing opinions re the YK scapegoat's remains being permitted or prohibited Rava observes it is most likely, and that is how we Pasken that they are permitted because HKBH does not fashion commandments that might cause people to sin. Can someone explain the Nachal Eisan is prohibited from use, this […]
- [Avodah] Easy Tractate for Beginners January 29, 2026RSS: I have a near 70-yr old friend at shul -- he's a senior (he's "on the path" and while he's extremely smart (Ph.D. in Math) he doesn't have any classical Jewish education. He wants to dip his toe in the waters and read an Artscroll tractate of Gemara for the first time. He had […]
- [Avodah] Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society Spring 1997
-Talking During Tfila" January 29, 2026Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society Spring 1997 -Talking During Tfila" Any ideas how to get a copy? I left messages at a # given to me by RJJ but never got a response KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Easy Tractate for Beginners January 28, 2026I have a near 70-yr old friend at shul -- he's a senior (he's "on the path" and while he's extremely smart (Ph.D. in Math) he doesn't have any classical Jewish education. He wants to dip his toe in the waters and read an Artscroll tractate of Gemara for the first time. He had picked […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 28, 2026On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 09:05:35PM -0500, Meir Shinnar wrote: > > I happen to think his seeds were far more likely to leed to Reform > > than not. > So now whether you are Orthodox depends on your ability to predict > the future?? RMB is describing the modern issue of?cancel culture?, […]
- [Avodah] longevity January 28, 2026Interesting thought from R? Steinman quoted by R? Rimon. The reason life expectancy has gone up so much in Israel is that in pre-moshiach times we will be fighting esav who excelled at respect for parents and so in order to defeat him we must more excel in that mitzvah. The increased longevity and the […]
- [Avodah] Kach Shamati January 28, 2026Rashi uses the phrase kach shamati 94 times in shas. Many times he seems to be setting up for disagreeing with the comment that proceeded this but other times not. What exactly do you think he?s telegraphing when using this phrase? What does it mean when he doesn?t use it? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 28, 2026> On Jan 26, 2026, at 5:12?AM, Micha Berger wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 09:08:58PM -0500, Meir Shinnar via Avodah wrote: >> Looking at my post, I wasn't sufficiently clear. I fully agree with >> Ilana that Mendelson is Orhtodox My point is that while Mendelson was >> considered Orthodox in […]
- [Avodah] priotitizing mitzvot January 26, 2026On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 06:14:30AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Notes to a magid shiur -Thoughts? >> I certainly agree with you that the advice that it's time to be selfish is >> pretty poor advice, especially in times where there seems to be no lack of >> individual selfishness, even […]