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• Only Torah Judaism
  Prof. L. Levine: Only Torah Judaism: The Rav's (Rav Shimon Shwab, ZT"L) disdain for Sheker was at the core of his thinking when contemplating the so called "branches of Judaism" against which he spoke publicly at Agudas Yisrael forums. The following excerpt from his writings highlights this: […]
• Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B?Omer at night?
  Mendel Singer: Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B?Omer at night?: [...] There's no /stira /because chassidim observe the whole sefira period and do not need to mourn for part of Lag B'Omer in order to get to the count of 33 days. mendel
• diaspora psychology?
  Micha Berger: diaspora psychology?: [...] Didn't Ashkenazim say the same about the Altneuschul (Old-New Synagogue, or the Al-Tenai Synagogue) in Prague? That the tenai was was they would take the stones back with them for bayis shelishi. The very next day Mosaic Magazine sent me a link to this https://en.qantara. […]
• When early shabbos is Rosh Chodesh
  Akiva Miller: When early shabbos is Rosh Chodesh: . In my last post in this thread, I gave examples of how the date is determined by the calendar and the sun for almost all halachos, but for tefilah/brachos the date can be changed voluntarily and deliberately. There are two ways this can be done: If […]
• Triage
  Micha Berger: Triage: [...] I used to semi-regularly get lifts into the city with a nurse who worked in a heart and lung transplant unit. And we often entertained ourselves during the trip discussing some of the more interesting conversations she had with R Dr Moshe David Tendler z"l about her work. […]
• Maharsha - YeGiAh KaPeCha Ki Tov - The Superior System by which to Serve HKBH
  Micha Berger: Maharsha - YeGiAh KaPeCha Ki Tov - The Superior System by which to Serve HKBH: [...] Commonly accepted risks are mutar because shomer pesa'im Hashem. These things have a sociological aspect, not only a statistical one. An unlikely event that most people try to avoid anyway is a more problematic risk than something […]
• yirei shomaim
  Micha Berger: yirei shomaim: [...] As for the SA, you have to look at other idioms, like YD 113:3 "baal nefesh raui lehachmir", 114:1 "baal nefesh tzarikh laasos lo harchaqah tefei". Benjamin Brown ("Soft Stringency in the Mishnah Brurah" [...] - Yeish / tov / raui lehachmir: 458 times - ... lachush: 223 - ... […]
• Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B?Omer at night?
  Zev Sero: Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B?Omer at night?: [...] It's my impression that the whole phenomenon of bonfires in chu"l really only caught on in the 5740s. Traditionally it was only in Meron, I don't know when it spread to the rest of EY, but I don't think it […]
• Segulot thoughts?
  Micha Berger: Segulot thoughts?: Of course the big problem I have with segulos is that - If they apply to non-mitzvos, they give yet another mechanism for someone getting something for reasons other than Hashem providing what is most appropriate for them. With no payoff, as they are not […]
• Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B?Omer at night?
  Micha Berger: Is it permissible to make a wedding on Lag B?Omer at night?: [...] The CC provides two sources that are lenient about the night of Lag baOmer, both from Western Europe.(See MB s"q 15 and Be'eir Heitiev s"q 3, or my post from last week http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol40/v40n033.shtml#06 .) When he says Ashkenazic tradition, I […]