The gemara sometimes refers to poalav v?chamarav (see avoda zara 63a). Is this just a common expression or is there a possible halachic difference between a worker and a donkey driver? KVCT Joel Rich
On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 02:57:23PM +0300, Marty Bluke wrote: > That is exactly what I wrote. > hashkafa which is not relevant to Halacha. My intent wasn't to argue, but to emphasize how much less broad that rule is than it appears. Many of the arguments between communities that are both shomerei Shabbos […]
On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 14:42 Micha Berger wrote: >> The Rambam writes in 3 places in the Perush Hamishnayos (Sanhedrin 10,3, >> Sotah 3,3, Shavuos 4,1) and in the Sefer Hamitzvos lo taaseh 133 that there >> is no psak on hashkafa which is not relevant to Halacha. > But there are pesaqim […]
On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 10:18:37PM +0300, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote: > The Rambam writes in 3 places in the Perush Hamishnayos (Sanhedrin 10,3, > Sotah 3,3, Shavuos 4,1) and in the Sefer Hamitzvos lo taaseh 133 that there > is no psak on hashkafa which is not relevant to Halacha. But there […]
..I wouldn't accept this from a human, much less from an AI. In my opinion, it sounds very much like someone who tried to research the question, was unable to find anything solid, and produced something that sounds plausible, yet has no sources whatsoever beyond citing certain names. when doing AI research of any significance […]
On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 6:25am EDT, RYGB wrote: > Does anyone have knowledge and, preferably a reference, as to when > kiddushin and nisuin were consolidated? Rabbinu Tam (Seifer haYashar, shut 47:7) says that Rashi requires making Eirusin and Nissuin on two separate kosos. So someone was dealing with eirusin and nissuin being […]
On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 12:38:11PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > (I did try to research this in my Concordance. It seems that Tanach refers > to Yeshayahu exclusively with the final vav; there is a Yeshaya, but that's > a totally different person... I the US, where "Micha" is a rare […]
. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi is currently in Hilchos Aveilus, and I'm having trouble understanding some of the halachos of the Seudas Havraah, the meal which others give to the avel after the kevura. A basic question is frustrating me, because of the way the Kitzur presents this in Siman 205, and I did not […]
. Consider these examples: Yeshayah / Yeshayahu. Yirmiyah / Yirmiyahu. Eliya / Eliyahu. And others. When a person among us has such a name, they usually have a preference regarding pronunciation and spelling. But my question is about the Neviim and their seforim. Is there an accepted convention for when they end with "ah" and […]