The Jewish World in the First Century C.E., part 2
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Avodah
- [Avodah] elul slichot January 13, 2025For minyanim that say slichot after the earliest time for talit and tefillin, what is the practice (where you daven) as far as the tzibbur wearing them during slichot? Any explanation for that practice vs the alternative? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] belief January 13, 2025. R' Joel Rich asked: > If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes > the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes > on to say that this is so obvious that anybody who denies it > is doing so because of his wish to willfully throw off the > […]
- [Avodah] Dikduk and the Age of the Chumash January 12, 2025R Prof Joshue Berman recently blogged a review of Proc Aaron Kornkohl's work: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/biblical-grammar-enters-the-culture-wars I was interested. When I was a bachur, RSM zt"l pointed out to me the evolution of only using "asher" - not having a prefix version in Chumash to "sha-" as a prefix in Shofetim or Rus, to "she-" as you […]
- [Avodah] zeh haklal January 11, 2025The mishna often provides a number of specific case examples and then says zeh haklal. Is the assumption that these were all included in the original mishna? Anyone posit that the klalim were added later? Why sometimes are there no klalim and it''s left to the gemara to figure out what the issue at hand […]
- [Avodah] hagba January 10, 2025Any historical sources concerning when (and why) the change in how the torah scroll was housed (what most people would call ashkenazi vs sfardi) and how and when hagba/glila was done? bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] belief January 8, 2025If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes on to say that this is so obvious that anybody who denies it is doing so because of his wish to willfully throw off the yoke of Heaven. How does this square with your experience? […]
- [Avodah] technology psak January 8, 2025Comment on a shiur: I found your medical ethics class regarding CRISPR and IVF et al very interesting. There?s no doubt in my mind that the micro-halachic issues you discussed (eg the physical risks from certain interventions) are particularly important for individual psak today (even retired actuaries love risk/reward analysis). However, I think the really […]
- [Avodah] eulogy January 4, 2025The Gemara uses the following as a proof that eulogizing is for the benefit of the dead. ????? ???? ???? ??????? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ???, ??? ??? ????: ???? ??? ??? ??????? ???? ???? ????. ?? ??? ???? ??? ????, ?? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ?? ???? - ??? ???? ??? […]
- [Avodah] Tense Berachos January 2, 2025(Sorry for the misleading title. It was just too fun for me to pass up.) In his column this week (see below), R Daniel Mann addresses the question as to whether the berakhah should be "shehakol nihyeh" or "nihyah". The reason this is a machloqes acharonim has to do with Chazal's non-simple position about the […]
- [Avodah] Kalah NaAh VeChasudah - Midvar Sheker January 1, 2025In Avodah V43n1, R' Micha noted: > At the end of Bereishis, the brothers tell Yoseif an outright fabrication. (Given Chazal's assumption that Yaaqov didn't actually say such a thing in an incident that isn't in the chumash.) < We seemingly had a[nother] fabrication in last week's *sedra*: compare what the brothers say in 44:8 […]