Avodah
- [Avodah] AI May 7, 2025------------------------------ Rabbi Gil Student (aka The Big Boss Man) introduced an interesting issue in his peace on AI and the golem. https://www.torahmusings.com/2025/04/ai-golem-and-not-so-silly-questions/ AI, Golem and Not-So-Silly Questions ?The more important point is that we do not necessarily have strictly halakhic tools to discuss the status of these unnatural beings. Therefore, we need to access our […]
- [Avodah] eat pre-havdala May 7, 2025One of my grandchildren asked me why we are not allowed to eat before Havdalah. My immediate response was that it was like not being able to eat before kiddush on Friday night. The Rambam links the two to an extent in chapter 29 of hilchot shabbat, but when I looked in the bet Yosef, […]
- [Avodah] Telling LH to AI May 6, 2025Is one allowed to tell LH to AI? Does the issur require that the bad impression of someone actually gets spread, or is any exercising of this bad middah assur? See https://riets.substack.com/p/can-you-speak-lashon-hara-to-chat (below) by R Daniel Z Feldman of YU's Kollel Elyon Tir'u baTov! -Micha Can You Speak Lashon Hara to Chat-GPT? May 05, 2025 […]
- [Avodah] Saying Shema without Tefillin May 5, 2025If a man says Shema on a day that requires Tefillin, when Tefillin are available, and you don't, Ulla says (Berakhos 14b) that he is "ke'ilu mei'id eidus sheqer be'atzmo". R Chiya bar Abba in the name of R Yochanan gives the mashal of an olah without a minchah or a zevach without nesachim. But […]
- [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 > […]