Not an answer to the question but a related story. A shul received a set of clafs for haftorot and decided that they should be used every Shabbat. But since most people couldn?t say a haftorah from a claf, the procedure was to call up the oleh, he would make the brachot for the haftorah, […]
? Question how would we categorize an orthodox individual who made the same statement as Dr Murray?? I?d categorize him/her as an Orthodox Jew who thinks that God has a better than 50% chance of being the explanation for our existence. Joseph Sent from my iPhone
Just listened to an interesting podcast interviewing Charles Murray author of the recently released ? taking religion seriously ? He is an 83-year-old former agnostic who said that he changed his mind due to weight of evidence, not that he is convinced but he thinks that God has a better than 50% chance of being […]
Fascinating (to me) report from R? A Lebowitz concerning R Schacter?s position that not all the minyanim in a shul should say the haftara from a claf because people who have yahrtzeit want to say the haftara and they won?t be able to do it from a claf. R? H Schachter reported that R?YBS held […]
Is lev bet din matneh a nice way of saying it?s ?impractical? to apply the letter of the law in a particular situation (so chazal, HKBH?) must?ve had this situational caveat in mind? KT Joel Rich
On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 11:20 Micha Berger wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 11:31:33AM +0200, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote: > > Interestingly enough Rav Soloveitchik never said shalom Rav at all he only > > said sim shalom because shalom Rav doesn't appear in the Rambams siddur and > > […]
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 11:31:33AM +0200, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote: > Interestingly enough Rav Soloveitchik never said shalom Rav at all he only > said sim shalom because shalom Rav doesn't appear in the Rambams siddur and > was a later geonic invention I don't know how far down the grapevine you […]
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 05:49:20AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > The rama in o"c 149:1 says it's a mitzvah to accompany the sefer torah back > to the aron. What mitzvah is it? at the end of the sif it records a minhag > to bring children in to kiss the […]
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 08:22:54PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > > Why do you consider his contemporary generation a more important > > audience than later ones? If you aren't bothered by the Chumash > > referring to places we can't identify, why are you bothered by > > the Dor […]
On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 06:07:13AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Does anybody know historically when mugmar was used to perfume clothes, was > it a one time thing for when they were sold or was it an ongoing thing done > every so often for people to perfume their clothes? Laundering […]