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- [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 […]
- [Avodah] priotitizing mitzvot December 31, 2025Notes 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 within our community. In that context, it?s probably worth thinking about the message to Jews in the […]
- [Avodah] AI appliances and shabbat December 29, 2025From what I've heard, it's also coming to security systems and more home tech at CES. It's a technology that combines low-cost implementation, privacy benefits and user-friendliness, which means this type of sensing is very easy to adopt for a variety of use cases.>> what about shabbat? -- Eli Turkel
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things December 29, 2025On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 06:09:20AM +0000, Toby Katz via Avodah wrote: > In?Avodah Digest, Vol 43, Issue 72?dated 12/2/2025? >?From: "Jay F. Shachter" >> Normal people don't care about beliefs.? Normal people care >> about observable behavior.? Reality is that which can be seen and >> felt.?..... Lemaaseh I think this is true. […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things December 29, 2025In?Avodah Digest, Vol 43, Issue 72?dated 12/2/2025? ?From: "Jay F. Shachter" ?Subject: [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things?>>Normal people don't care about beliefs.? Normal people care aboutobservable behavior.? Reality is that which can be seen and felt.?..... The part of Judaism thatcares about abstract beliefs that do not manifest themselves inobservable behavior is […]
- [Avodah] Choices December 24, 2025RJR: Dr. can switch to be off first 2 days of sukkot shift for a prior Friday 10 AM to 10 PM. There are a number of halachic issues but I?d like to focus on two: Is the affirmative choice to switch shifts comparable to affirmatively putting yourself into a situation of ones versus not […]