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Avodah
- What Will be with Simchas Torah?Chana Luntz: What Will be with Simchas Torah?: Taking this to Avodah. I wrote on Areivim on Monday, 14-S-2020, 10:41pm EDT: [...] BTW you should know that leining at night is not the Sephardi (either Edot HaMitzrach or Spanish & Portuguese) minhag. So while it might be that the Ashkenazi justification for leining at night […]
- Which parts of Selichos must be omitted if a minyan is not present?Prof. L. Levine: Which parts of Selichos must be omitted if a minyan is not present?: [...] Q. Which parts of Selichos must be omitted if a minyan is not present? A. Shulchan Aruch (OC 565:5) writes that the “Yud Gimmel Middos Harachamim” (thirteen attributes of mercy, Shemos 34:6-7) may not be recited unless there […]
- Can One Order a Package Knowing It May Arrive on ShabbosMicha Berger: Can One Order a Package Knowing It May Arrive on Shabbos: [...] Can it depend on who makes the decision? What if I ask one set of people to deliver my package, but another set of people make it impossible for them to get into the warehouse / vehicle on Sunday? And if […]
- Avos - ShepherdsAlexander Seinfeld: Avos - Shepherds: The Avos Forefathers - (and Moshe Rabbeinu and Dovid HaMelech and others) were shepherds. Did they eat sheep? The few times when eating from the flock is mentioned, it seems to be goats (eg, Rivka feeding Yitzchak).
- Can One Use a Public Grill?Prof. L. Levine: Can One Use a Public Grill?: [...] Can One Use a Public Grill? | Lifestyle | Kosher.com<https://www.kosher.com/lifestyle/can-one-use-a-public-grill-1259> Shailah of the Week by Rabbi Zvi Nussbaum Rabbinic Coordinator, Kosher Hotline Administrator for the Orthodox Union Since a campground grill has been used to cook non-kosher foods (non-kosher meats and fish...), it may not […]
- Pas YisroelProf. L. Levine: Pas Yisroel: See https://www.crcweb.org/Pas%20Yisroel%20article%20.pdf Pas Yisroel during Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah<https://www.crcweb.org/Pas%20Yisroel%20article%20.pdf> Pas Yisroel By: Rabbi Dovid Cohen Administrative Rabbinic Coordinator, cRc Background In the times of the Mishnah, and possible even earlier, Chazal www.crcweb.org
- Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4wolberg at yebo.co.za: Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4: "And therefore at this time it is forbidden to recite the Shema and Tefillah and all brochas except in Hebrew. And so paskened the Geonei Olam for about [the last] eighty years. And this is the essential halocha." I have several questions about this. 1. […]
- 10PM SlichotRich, Joel: 10PM Slichot: Anyone know why R' Moshe in O"C 2:105 didn't suggest pre-shacharit slichot rather than 10Pm slichot as a stand in for chatzot (midnight) slichot on the first night of slichot when there was a clear and present danger? Kvct Joel Rich THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE […]
- Hashem your G-dMichael Poppers: Hashem your G-d: Another example, seen via this week's ShMOT: Deu 31 […]
- 10PM SlichotZev Sero: 10PM Slichot: [...] The teshuva isn't about the first night, it's about all the days of selichos, and the situation is that it's impossible to do it either at midnight *or* before dawn. He takes it for granted that selichos must be said at night, Kumi Roni Valayla, and at an Eis Ratzon, […]