Monthly Archives: ‍‍ Tamuz / Menachem Av 5769 - July 2009

Qitzur Shulchan Arukh 62:3

Posted on ‍‍10 Menachem Av 5769 - July 31, 2009 by micha

ג: הנושא ונותן באמונה, אינו חושש לאונאה. כיצד. חפץ זה בכך וכך לקחתיו, כך וכך אני רוצה להשתכר בו, אע”פ שהוא נתאנה בלקיחתו, וכל המתאנה אינו רשאי להונות אחרים בשביל זה, מכל מקום זה מתר, שהרי זה כמפרש לו, שלא … Continue reading →

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תשעה באב

Posted on ‍‍9 Menachem Av 5769 - July 30, 2009 by micha

אמא! אמא! Memories of a more recent churban… Last year, Nariman House was a way-station in Mumbai for lost Israelis searching India for spirituality, and a place where a Jew in a strange place on business could feel at home. … Continue reading →

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Tanakh and Allegory

Posted on ‍‍8 Menachem Av 5769 - July 29, 2009 by micha

Someone on scjm asked the following question: Mainly for those who think some of the tanach is parable Tanach parable or historical? How much is parable & how much is historical? all parable? parable up to exodus? parable to david … Continue reading →

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Qitzur Shulchan Arukh 62:2

Posted on ‍‍7 Menachem Av 5769 - July 28, 2009 by micha

ב: כשם שיש אסור אונאה במשא ומתן, כך יש אסור אונאה בשכירות ובקבלנות ובחילוף מטבע Just as there is a prohibition of cheating in buying and selling, so too there is a prohibition of cheating in hiring, contract work, or … Continue reading →

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Qitzur Shulchan Arukh 62:1

Posted on ‍‍7 Menachem Av 5769 - July 28, 2009 by micha

סִימָן סב – הִלְכוֹת מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן Chapter 62: Laws of Buying and Selling א: צריך לזהר מאד שלא להונות את חברו. וכל המאנה את חברו, בין שהמוכר מאנה את הלוקח, בין שהלוקח מאנה את המוכר, עובר בלאו, שנאמר, וכי תמכרו … Continue reading →

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How Should I Respond? — Part II: Email from Agudah

Posted on ‍‍6 Menachem Av 5769 - July 27, 2009 by micha

I received the following in my email box. I am heartened to see that we as a community are seeking constructive response. I am writing to friends and supporters of Agudath Israel to call your attention to an important gathering … Continue reading →

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How Should I Respond?

Posted on ‍‍3 Menachem Av 5769 - July 24, 2009 by micha

When they gossip in Vilna, they desecrate Shabbos in Paris. – Rav Yisrael Salanter Some take Rav Yisrael Salanter’s causality to be metaphysical. I don’t think that fits R’ Yisrael’s general approach to life. Mussar is fully comprehensible without invoking … Continue reading →

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Parashas Matos and Kol Nidre

Posted on ‍‍28 Tamuz 5769 - July 20, 2009 by micha

My neighbor, R’ Eli Radinsky, recently drew the following similarity to my attention. There is an obligation to begin add time to Yom Kippur, an obligation true of Shabbos and every holiday, but happens to be derived from a verse … Continue reading →

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Finding Spirituality

Posted on ‍‍18 Tamuz 5769 - July 10, 2009 by micha

R’ Rich Wolpoe shared with us on Avodah this challenge: My friend’s thesis is that Judaism w/o Qabbalah or Hassidus is mechanical and lifeless. And so he challenged me as follows: To List aspects of Jewish Spirituality that were devoid … Continue reading →

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