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- [Avodah] intravenous feeding on yom kippur January 15, 2026There are authorities who allow intravenous feeding for yom kippur and those who discourage it. While it is certainly not mandated, all other things being equal, what would you tell someone who came to you with a concern that they would not be able to make it through the whole fast and asked what you […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 14, 2026Several points 1. the first person I know who is explicit about actions being primary is Mendelson. While he is viewed now by many as Reform,in his lifetime he was viewed by most to be Orthodox. 2. One has to define what one means by the Orthodox community carefully. In my daughter's dayschool in Philadelphia, […]
- [Avodah] hashmaat kol January 14, 2026On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 06:14:00AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > What's your understanding of the trigger level for noise which > evaluating hashmaat kol on shabbat? Igeros Moshe vol 6 / OC 4:60.6 says hashma'as qol is about sounding like a melakhah was done on Shabbos. If by "trigger level" you […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 14, 2026On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 01:11:14PM -0500, Meir Shinnar via Avodah wrote: > Wrt discussion about role of belief in determining Orthodoxy, I know of > many classics tshuvot discussing status of mechallel shabbat befarhsia.. > There are not that many early tshuvot discussing belief as determining > status, even though the Rambam clearly […]
- [Avodah] hashmaat kol January 14, 2026What?s your understanding of the trigger level for noise which evaluating hashmaat kol on shabbat? KT Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 7, 2026Wrt discussion about role of belief in determining Orthodoxy, I know of many classics tshuvot discussing status of mechallel shabbat befarhsia.. There are not that many early tshuvot discussing belief as determining status, even though the Rambam clearly believes it does. This question is closely related (albeit broader)to one early tsuhva - the tshuva of […]
- [Avodah] Truth, Absolute Truth, Prophecy January 6, 2026On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 05:38:38AM -0500, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > This problem appears in many other situations as well. To me, the above is > very similar to the practice of writing a will (in a halachically > acceptable manner, of course) which has the practical effect of overriding > Hashem's […]
- [Avodah] stripes January 1, 2026On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 06:15:20AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > [I]f the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to > tcheilet... That's a big "if", and relates to RAE's question: On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 08:48:24PM +0000, allan.engel--- via Avodah wrote: > A more elemental […]
- [Avodah] stripes December 31, 2025A more elemental question, what is a tallis? On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 at 18:57, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > f the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to > tcheilet, then why would one who > If the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a […]
- [Avodah] stripes December 31, 2025f the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to tcheilet, then why would one who If the reason the stripes on a tallit is to be a memory/allusion to tcheilet, then why would one who was wearing tcheilet have a tallit with stripes? (perhaps it became normative practice and is […]