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- changes in circumstancesJoseph Kaplan: changes in circumstances: [...] I don’t know the answer to the question but I can posit a possibility. If the purpose of tefillat haderech was to institute a bracha on long trips, it could have been defined in what was considered a long trip in those times. That is, most long trips met […]
- May one eat a salad at non-kosher restaurants while on the road?Prof. L. Levine: May one eat a salad at non-kosher restaurants while on the road?: [...] Q. May one eat a salad at non-kosher restaurants while on the road? A. Rav Belsky, zt”l ruled that one may absolutely not eat a salad at a non-kosher or vegan restaurant. Here are several of the reasons: 1. […]
- CoeducationalMicha Berger: Coeducational: [...] FWIW, my own take after reading his two letters to Rabbi Leonard Rosenfeld (who at the time ran HILI) found in R Nati Helfgott's Community, Covenant and Comittment is that RYBS believed it was a lekhat-chillah response to a bedi'eved situation. […]
- CoeducationalJoseph Kaplan: Coeducational: Obviously, I read the Rav’s letters to R. Rosenfeld very differently than you. Since they’re now publicly available everyone can read them and draw their own conclusions. Similarly, my understanding of his attitude towards the Maimonides School is very different from yours. […]
- Tachanun with nefilas apayim when there is no Sefer Torah presentProf. L. Levine: Tachanun with nefilas apayim when there is no Sefer Torah present: [...] Q. I am on vacation and unable to attend a minyan. My custom is to only recite Tachanun with nefilas apayim when there is a Sefer Torah present. If there is no Sefer Torah, should I still sit for Tachanun […]
- CoeducationalMicha Berger: Coeducational: [...] Sorry, but I am not sure you do. Let me make sure I was clear enough that you are disagreeing with what I actually tried to say. We both agree that RYBS held that co-education was the correct and lekhatchilah approach to the reality we're in. […]
- CoeducationJoseph Kaplan: Coeducation: Micha Berger, in further response to me, wrote, in part: [...] Now that I understand your reading better (partially your fault since you could have been a bit clearer and partially mine because I should have been a more careful reader), I'm not sure. […]
- CoeducationalProf. Levine: Coeducational: [...] Historically some day schools were coed, because it was the only way for them to remain viable. R. Avigdor Miller was most certainly not a proponent of coed classes, yet the Chelsea Hebrew Day School which he started was indeed coed. If not, he could never have gotten this day school […]
- CoeducationalJoseph Kaplan: Coeducational: [Please keep the conversation on the Torah issues involved. If you want to discuss the pragmatics of O life, we have Areivim for that. There are posts in this discussion that were rejected for drifting off topic. -micha] On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:21 PM, Prof. Levine <larry62341 at optonline. […]
- How to Kasher a MicrowaveProf. L. Levine: How to Kasher a Microwave: [...] Q. I am on vacation and would like to use the microwave in my hotel room. One must assume that the microwave had previously been used with non-kosher food. How should this microwave be kashered ? A. The microwave oven should be cleaned well and left […]