Avodah
- [Avodah] prayer April 30, 2025What does the fact that eli mistook chana for a shikora (drunk) because she was praying with her lips moving but her voice not heard say about how most people prayed at that time? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Material Ownership April 30, 2025There are certain times when a partnership with a non-Jew affects halacha (eg pidyon bchor). Is there a minimum percentage ownership required? Bsorot Tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Learning? April 28, 2025On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 11:12:46AM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Comment to blog discussing a girl?s elementary school?s gemara celebration And then no one in digest mode could follow his question because the digest mangles Hebrew. > two thoughts If it's not a mitzvah for women to learn gemara, why wouldn't […]
- [Avodah] Ein MeFarsemin HaDavar April 28, 2025Rashi Chulin 12a writes, Ein MeFarsemin HaDavar Are we to assume this is not the same as Halachah VeEin Morin Kein? And what might be the difference? What are the guidelines that direct us to not publicise such rulings? Does that apply exclusively to Bein Adam LaMakom or also to BALeChaveiro? Best, Meir G. Rabi […]
- [Avodah] Unanswerable Questions April 27, 2025Sometimes, in life, we are faced with unanswerable questions. I recently experienced this myself, while I was reading Avodah Vol 43 Issue 26, and found myself confronted with the following question: > > Comment to blog discussing a girl?s elementary school?s gemara celebration > two thoughts If it's not a mitzvah for women to learn […]
- [Avodah] Onkelos on the word "es" April 24, 2025Rav Refael Posen has a long note on this in his "Parshegen" (available online at onkelos.alhatorah.org). tl;dr -- it's for aesthetic stylistic reasons On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 2:09?AM Akiva Miller via Avodah < avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote: > . > I just noticed that in Shmini 11:13-19, Onkelos usually leaves the word > […]
- [Avodah] Onkelos on the word "es" April 24, 2025On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 06:54:00PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > I just noticed that in Shmini 11:13-19, Onkelos usually leaves the word > "es" (aleph tav) untranslated. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Any > idea why he generally translates it (as "yas", yod tav) in almost the whole > […]
- [Avodah] Onkelos on the word "es" April 23, 2025. I just noticed that in Shmini 11:13-19, Onkelos usually leaves the word "es" (aleph tav) untranslated. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Any idea why he generally translates it (as "yas", yod tav) in almost the whole Chumash, but not here? Akiva Miller
- [Avodah] Learning? April 23, 2025Comment to blog discussing a girl?s elementary school?s gemara celebration two thoughts If it's not a mitzvah for women to learn gemara, why wouldn't we say ????? ???? ???? ????? ??? ?? ?? ???? ? ?"?: ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ????? ???? ???, ?????: ?? ?? ????? ?' ????. and why (for boys as […]
- [Avodah] bitachon April 22, 2025On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 02:53:08PM +0300, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > I was listening to an interesting shiur discussing the Chazon Ish's many > nisyonot (physical health, childlessness, wife) and how he met them all > with the bitachon that he was in good hands. Not that all would necessarily > be […]