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Feb 26 |
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What differentiates the Artscroll Talmud compared to other translations? So do you think the difference is basically hashkafic? I'm not really familiar with the dati leumi perspective and even less so with the MO perspective so maybe that's why I perceived such a disparity of support. |
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Feb 26 |
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What differentiates the Artscroll Talmud compared to other translations? @CharlesKoppelman with respect, a lot of these criticisms seem to be ideological in nature rather than substantive critiques that stand regardless of one's hashkafa. Maybe that's just my bias showing, though. |
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Feb 26 |
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What differentiates the Artscroll Talmud compared to other translations? @CharlesKoppelman it didn't really occur to me, but maybe this is a question specific to a particular wing of the orthodox world. What is the objection to Artscroll? |
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Feb 26 |
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What differentiates the Artscroll Talmud compared to other translations? @CharlesKoppelman I would welcome an explication thereof, assuming it is relevant to the question. If you feel that there is not really any significant difference in objection to Artscroll and the others, that would be an answer in and of itself, if properly explained and (preferably) sourced. |
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Feb 26 |
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What differentiates the Artscroll Talmud compared to other translations? For the record, while I study daily from the Artscroll, I have only passing familiarity with the other editions. One glaring issue is that, if I recall correctly, the Steinsaltz does not have the actual daf. This is a first guess at an answer, but I suspect there are many other reasons and the real answer is extremely complex. |
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Feb 26 |
asked | What differentiates the Artscroll Talmud compared to other translations? |
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Feb 26 |
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Are there any Jewish sources that discuss vampires? metzitzah, really? :P how about matzos? |
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Feb 25 |
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Why does it matter that Mordechai was right-handed? @Daniel of course he did, it is well known that Mordechai spoke all the 70 languages, including English. |
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Feb 24 |
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Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition? @Benny if you're questioning your faith over being able to do psychedelic drugs, I strongly recommend you take it up with your rabbi. If you prefer not to take it directly to your own rabbi, might I humbly suggest Rabbi Lazer Brody of Ashdod (rabbi_lazer@yahoo.com), who, being very involved in outreach in Israel, is no stranger to the large Israeli psychedelic community and can surely offer you fair and balanced guidance. |
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Feb 24 |
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Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition? @ShimonbM it's a machlokes how much dina dimalchusa dina covers, but obviously all would agree that it cannot annul a positive mitzvah, such as arba kosos for example. |
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Feb 22 |
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Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition? @Benny I think the error you are making with regards to the law of the land is that there are those in Israel who hold that the zionist government is inherently invalid and its laws have no bearing. I think you will be hard pressed to find traditionally observant Jews in chutz laretz who hold likewise, although the extent to which dina d'malchuta dina applies is certainly debatable, and many would indeed say it does not apply to drug use. |
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Feb 22 |
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Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition? @SethJ also, see here and probably, from there, relevant scientific studies. I am reticent to research this subject further while at work. ;) |
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Feb 22 |
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Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition? @SethJ for the record, as Kordovero notes, cannabis is a (very weak) hallucinogen. |
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Feb 21 |
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About what were rabbis ahead of the times? @DoubleAA in L"M II 10 Rebbe Nachman zy'a says that being b'simcha allows one to have a settled mind. Maybe not physical but at least an emotionally and mentally healthy thing. |
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Feb 21 |
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About what were rabbis ahead of the times? @DoubleAA Reb Noson zy'a says (I think in Likutey Halachos but maybe elsewhere) that a person who is happy will not experience suffering physically from any ailments they might have. Now that I think of it it's probably Yimei Moharnat, in the context of his intestinal illness. |
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Feb 20 |
accepted | Eating by one who doesn't separate glass |
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Feb 20 |
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Origin of the term Yoshke? source |
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Feb 20 |
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Modern Hebrew/Yiddish Names @DoubleAA I don't think it's so strange that he would hold differently than his father, but anyway I wonder if the psak in question rules with regards to names found in Tanach but not as names, like Aryeh or Chaya. |
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Feb 20 |
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Modern Hebrew/Yiddish Names @DoubleAA I don't understand your point - do you think he named himself? |
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Feb 19 |
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How to explain Kashruth simply For understanding of what they can offer us to eat, I have said "raw food vegan, no spicy, onions, garlic, or lemons." |
