Avodah

• [Avodah] mutav sheyihiyu shoggim July 16, 2025
  If a rav says there must be a heter because everyone does it (eg reading Jewish newspapers with ads on Shabbos and not worrying about shtarei hedyotot) may one rely on that and read the newspaper or is it another way of saying mutav sheyihiyu shoggim? if the latter should one avoid it or would […]
• [Avodah] Cruelty to animals July 15, 2025
  . 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 that the loss of blood is so fast that unconsciousness follows immediately. Without expressing any […]
• [Avodah] name calling July 13, 2025
  On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 06:18:31AM +0300, R Joel Rich wrote: >> as it is taught in a baraita: One who calls another a slave shall be >> ostracized. One who calls another a mamzer incurs the punishment of forty >> lashes. If one calls another a wicked person then the insulted person may […]
• [Avodah] (1) Re: The Census Numbers In Bmidbar, and (2) Half-Truths July 10, 2025
  On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 04:32:04PM +0000, Joseph Kaplan via Avodah wrote: > Saying "Hashem is lemaalah min hazeman" doesn't really answer any > questions or give explanations because we humans don't understand what > lemaalah min hazeman means... Fortunately, we can reason with ideas we barely understand. For example, I am writing this […]
• [Avodah] New Year for Trees July 9, 2025
  . 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. Tu B'Shvat is not mentioned at all by the Kitzur in this siman! ArtScroll's footnote […]
• [Avodah] (1) Re: The Census Numbers In Bmidbar, and (2) Half-Truths July 9, 2025
  Saying ?Hashem is lemaalah min hazeman? doesn?t really answer any questions or give explanations because we humans don?t understand what lemaalah min hazeman means. While I understand what each word means, I have no idea how such a concept can possibly work. So I interpret Hashem being lemaalah min baseman as simply saying that we […]
• [Avodah] (1) Re: The Census Numbers In Bmidbar, and (2) Half-Truths July 9, 2025
  A side effect of spending time trying to make a moderation decision is that I had time to think about the content of that exchange as well. > From: > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 17:32:18 +0100 > On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 at 16:25, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote: > > Way back when […]
• [Avodah] retirement? July 9, 2025
  I was told that rav gershon ribner was asked if someone who makes millions should retire and learn or continue to work. he said every yeshiva bochur would say stop and learn but lmayse the gedolim dont advise as such. he doesn?t know why but that?s lmayseh what they say that ? it?s not your […]
• [Avodah] (1) Re: The Census Numbers In Bmidbar, and (2) Half-Truths July 8, 2025
  Modeator's note: This discussion is somewhat on topic, being about HP and free will. But as you will see, it isn't the list's usual fare. With the current less-than-overwhelming volume, I chose to include it. But as a compromise, I am collapsing the following email exchange into a single post. I was able to trim […]
• [Avodah] Lashon Hara in the Torah July 6, 2025
  On Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 09:59:17AM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: >> Hil' Geneivas Daas from comparing that event to the end of Bereishis when >> the brothers entirely lie about Yaaqov asking Yosef to forgive them rather >> than Hashem's only telling Avraham a partial truth. > > Not sure […]