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- [Avodah] forbidden acts? July 24, 2024I found the following in the chavruta on the Yalta story on Chullin 109b. It made me sad because my perception is this may be a common problem today. Your thoughts? ????? ?????? (??? ?? ???? 263) ????, ??????? ??? ???? ??????, ??? ???? ????? ????? ?, ?????? ???? ???? ??????? ?????? ????? ?????, ??????? […]
- [Avodah] Chok July 23, 2024R'Micha responded: Except that it wouldn't explain the numer of non-chuqim. When most of > the laws are equally fixed, why would some be named by their fixed nature? > Lo sirtzah is more malleable than shaatnez? > > Permit me to quote one section of RMF's article in response (and HTH :)): === In […]
- [Avodah] psak rules July 23, 2024On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 06:30:02AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I've asked before about general rules of psak. I just heard R H Schachter > say that each of the machloketim of Abaye and Rava were paskined > individually and that only in yal kgam did they individually hold like > […]
- [Avodah] Chok July 23, 2024On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 11:43:03AM -0400, Michael Poppers via Avodah wrote: > In Avodah V42n49, R'Micha posts: > > I was taken by R J Sacks zt"l's idea for what a choq is... >> And since their role is to ingrain habit and instinct, the word "choq" >> fits the /ch-q-q/ etymology. > […]
- [Avodah] date of churban habayit July 23, 2024In the past, we have discussed the differences in dates between secular scholars and the Talmud (seder olam) regarding the "missing" years of Persian rule and, hence, the date of the destruction of the first Temple. The Talmud considers only four Persian rulers until Alexander the Great. Originally, the secular date (586 BCE) was based […]
- [Avodah] Chok July 21, 2024In Avodah V42n49, R'Micha posts: I was taken by R J Sacks zt"l's idea for what a choq is. See his essay "Descartes' Error" , Much, and probably most, of the human decision-making process is not based in the rational part of our brain. First, we get too many stimuli to be fully aware of […]
- [Avodah] Chok July 19, 2024I was taken by R J Sacks zt"l's idea for what a choq is. See his essay "Descartes' Error" , Much, and probably most, of the human decision-making process is not based in the rational part of our brain. First, we get too many stimuli to be fully aware of all the "inputs", never mind […]
- [Avodah] mezuza checking July 18, 2024On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 06:32:41AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I find the question of checking mezuzot a subset of a broader issue. > Firstly, the strange language of twice in seven years without clarity on > how that was arrived at... And the truth is, the mezuzah does not need […]
- [Avodah] mezuza checking July 17, 2024I find the question of checking mezuzot a subset of a broader issue. Firstly, the strange language of twice in seven years without clarity on how that was arrived at. Secondly, the question as to whether once it was arrived at, is it normative law applicable, no matter what has changed ( writing materials, climate, […]
- [Avodah] psak rules July 17, 2024I?ve asked before about general rules of psak. I just heard R H Schachter say that each of the machloketim of Abaye and Rava were paskined individually and that only in yal kgam did they individually hold like abaye (not that there was a general rule) bsorot tovot joel rich