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Akiva Miller: Vayisa m'shalo vayomar: There's a word that appears frequently this week in Parshas Balak, and I'd like to understand it better: mashal (often translated as "parable", not to be confused with the homonym connoting rulership). According to my concordance, the word "mashal" - often translated as […]
Akiva Miller: When was Pi haAretz created?: . I suggested: [...] R' Micha Berger responded: [...] Words can mean slightly different things when they are in different contexts. One of my favorite examples is "melacha", which is defined differently for Shabbos, for Chanuka, and in business. Sometimes a "yad" […]
Chaim Tatel: Who was the safety engineer for the Mikdash?: In Devarim 22:8, the pasuk gives the requirement to put a maakeh (safety rail) on the roof. There are many pictures if the large mizbeach (altar) where the animals were offered in the Mikdash. I have never seen any pictures showing a safety rail on […]
Prof. L. Levine: Kashering a non-kosher Utensil: [...] Q. I understand there are two ways to kasher a utensil that became non-kosher: libun and hagalah. Please define each term and explain when each one is appropriate. A. In Parshas Mattos (Bamidbar 31:23), the Torah describes a purification process for metal utensils taken as spoils of […]
Zev Sero: eating for brachot rather than brachot for eating?: [...] I don't know what exactly is meant by "eating for brachos". Do you mean eating something, e.g. fruit, for the purpose of saying an extra bracha? That is a long-established custom on Shabbos, in order to make up the 100 brachos. What I thought […]
Zev Sero: Who was the safety engineer for the Mikdash?: [...] The beis hamikdash is not "gagecha" or "beveisecha". There is no such requirement. See SA Ch"m 427:3 (and see the SME on this se'if), Rambam Rotzeach 11:2.
Micha Berger: Who was the safety engineer for the Mikdash?: [...] A maaqeh is not directly a safety measure. It is an exercise in internalizing the importance of safety. This is why only homes that are privately owned must have a maaqeh. Not communal property, nor a privately owned storehouse or barn. [...] […]
Micha Berger: Gelatin: [...] I would want to hear details about which "RZ families in Israel". There is a big difference between relying on your host's shitos because they are valid, and between being meiqil on some issues for the sake of kibud av va'eim and shalom bayis, and not making enemies of extended family. […]
Micha Berger: Can One Take In Shavuot Early?: [...] Can you give examples where the CC does object? Actually, I'm more interested in how many cases does the Netziv appeal directly to pesuqim to make a halachic point. The CC's objection doesn't surprise me as much. Tir'u baTov! -Micha
Micha Berger: When was Pi haAretz created?: [...] So you are arguing that "beri'ah" can refer to an event, rather than an object or place? I find the idea startling. I thought the whole point of asiyah meaning both "doing" and generic "making" was because it's in that niche. I don't see how to get […]
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