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- [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 […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 26, 2026On 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 hisletime, late on more and more people considered > him trade -- […]
- [Avodah] The terms Jew and Hebrew January 25, 2026. In the thread "Normal People Don't Care About Those Things", R' Micha Berger wrote: > Similarly, I have no problem using the word Jew for someone > who is subject to the covenants of Sinai and Arvos Moav even > before "Yehudi" was applied beyond sheivet Yehudah (Esther 2:5, > Mordechai is described as […]
- [Avodah] robots on shabbat January 24, 2026In 2024, Germany's courts ruled that fully automated robotic supermarkets must close on Sundays. Let me repeat that: robots got the day of rest. This applies to stores like Tegut's "*teo*" mini-markets, which operate completely without human workers. Just robots, doing robot things, selling you groceries 24/7. This is where "*Sonntagsruhe*" comes in. Since 1919, […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 23, 2026My response to Micha?s post generated several responses by him, and by by Ilana Elzufon I will start Ilana?s post, and the Mendelson issue I wrote 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 […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 22, 2026On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 04:59:40PM +0200, Ilana Elzufon via Avodah wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 9:26AM Meir Shinnar via Avodah wrote: > > 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 […]
- [Avodah] Normal People Don't Care About Those Things January 21, 2026'To the best of my knowledge, Rav Moshe Mendelssohn himself was most definitely Orthodox (although that term may be a bit anachronistic?), even if his ideas later became important in the development of Reform. The view that he himself was somehow Reform seems to be based primarily on ignorance.' Yes it is anachronistic to call […]