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- [Avodah] Psak in hashkafa August 14, 2025The 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. Here is a quote from one of the Rambam's (Sotah 3,3 the language is almost the same in […]
- [Avodah] pump toilet August 13, 2025On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 05:50:47PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > May (one should) lchatchila build a below grade pump toilet knowing that it > will be used on Shabbat? According to the Taz (OC 340:2), pesiq reisha is derabbanan. In which case, it may even be mutar to flush the toilet, […]
- [Avodah] pump toilet August 12, 2025May (one should) lchatchila build a below grade pump toilet knowing that it will be used on Shabbat? bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Is there such a thing as psak in hashkafa? Fascinating August 12, 2025Is there such a thing as psak in hashkafa? Fascinating https://www.yutorah.org/ reading/lecture.cfm/1144365 Rabbi Dovid Miller-Halacha and Morality: The View of the Rav (and R Dessler) Bsorot tovot Joel Rich
- [Avodah] Kavod Rav August 11, 2025? R Reuven Feinstein mentioned that the Maharam Mrutenberg did not visit his father because of the halachic question who would stand for whom. He did not answer his own question concerning how this fits into kibud av as a hashkafa. Thoughts?? I wonder how true this story is. (We know that there are many […]
- [Avodah] kavod av August 6, 2025R Reuven Feinstein mentioned that the Maharam Mrutenberg did not visit his father because of the halachic question who would stand for whom. He did not answer his own question concerning how this fits into kibud av as a hashkafa. Thoughts? bsorot tovot joel rich
- [Avodah] mutav sheyihiyu shoggim August 6, 2025On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 08:49:43AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > The devil is in the details. There's no way to answer your question without > knowing more context, and exactly how HE phrased that which you quote as > "there must be a heter because everyone does it"... Let's start building […]
- [Avodah] Cruelty to animals August 6, 2025On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 02:26:32PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > When Torah is accused of cruelty to animals, I often see people respond > that shechita is totally painless to the animal. They say that the knife is > so sharp as to be no worse than a paper cut, and […]
- [Avodah] New Year for Trees July 30, 2025On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 12:52:45PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > In Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi, today begins Siman 173, Hilchos Orlah. I was > surprised to find that - according to the Kitzur - the critical dates for > establishing the age of a tree are 16 Av and 1 Tishre. […]
- [Avodah] fyi - m'mekomos on TIDE as l'chatchila (from Rabbi
Reisman) July 30, 2025On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 05:07:03PM -0400, mcohen via Avodah wrote: > Rabbi Reisman -- Parshas Korach 5785 ... > Now this is not the setting to go through the entire response, but I'd > like to share Rav Yerucham's response. Rav Yerucham did not, to our > knowledge, write a letter back, but […]