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- The chiyuv hishtadlus of parents for childrenMarty Bluke: The chiyuv hishtadlus of parents for children: Rav Slifkin quoted a psak from Rav Zilberstein ( https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHXxuQkIrjU/YJvlXCGteoI/AAAAAAACUE0/5ZptYy3hBh82XV0INVJu_3L00VG98TctgCLcBGAsYHQ/s933/ChildSiren.jpg) [...] parents have no chiyuv to wake up sleeping children when the air raid siren goes off and take them to a shelter. […]
- Moshe Rabenu got rich from the shivrei luchosZev Sero: Moshe Rabenu got rich from the shivrei luchos: [...] As I pointed out on the first go-around, there were traders serving the camp, with all the luxuries of the world available for sale.
- Where on the Mount of Olives would the Para Aduma be prepared?Zev Sero: Where on the Mount of Olives would the Para Aduma be prepared?: [...] But there is no din that you must eat kodshim from where you can see the mikdash. Kodoshim kalim can be eaten throughout Machane Yisrael. Both in the Midbar and in Yerushalayim you could not see the mikdash from most […]
- Are We Trying to Grow?Saul Mashbaum: Are We Trying to Grow?: There are two different types of "sermons," given in shul during the services: one inspirational, one educational. The 'drasha' may indeed be an exhortation to improve – to be more punctilious in observing the mitzvot, to be more diligent in learning Torah. […]
- Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B’omer at night?Prof. L. Levine: Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B’omer at night?: The following is from today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis Q. Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B’omer at night? A. The Shulchan Aruch (493:1) writes that haircuts are not permitted until the morning of the 34th day […]
- Where on the Mount of Olives would the Para Aduma be preparedArie Folger: Where on the Mount of Olives would the Para Aduma be prepared: [...] I believe that the reason is different: The mountains around Shilo formed the equivalent of within the chomat Yerushayaim for the purposes of eating qodashim qalim.Arie Folger, Visit my blog at http://rabbifolger.net/
- GelatinAkiva Miller: Gelatin: . R' Jay F. ("Yaakov") Shachter wrote: [...] I suspect that this is not so much a function of the tendency of poskim in a given area to hold similarly. Rather, I think it is a practical result that in Eretz Yisroel, where there is an effort to provide basic-level […]
- BonfiresProf. L. Levine: Bonfires: Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel has spent time researching the origin and nature of bonfires and has written an article on this topic. He has kindly given me permission to post his article at https://web.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/bonfires_mandel.pdf I think you will find this article an interesting read. YL
- BonfiresMicha Berger: Bonfires: [...] Maybe, if we didn't go around this circle EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Derekh Emori is only assur if it serves no other purpose. CS's rejection of /any/ innovation aside, we permit the Shabbos morning sermon. (And no, I don't really care whether or not you personally find them meaningful or tiresome. […]
- tyuvtaRich, Joel: tyuvta: The following passage in Chulin sparked my interest: [Chullin 28a: Digest recipients, see https://www.sefaria.org/Chullin.28a.13-14 for legible text. -micha] תלמוד בבלי מסכת חולין דף כח עמוד א ת"ש: כיצד מולקין חטאת העוף? חותך שדרה ומפרקת בלא רוב בשר עד שמגיע לוושט או לקנה, הגיע לוושט או לקנה חותך סימן אחד ורוב בשר עמו, […]