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Aug 16 |
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Why aren't Tefillin called Totafot? @avi, can you think of any other brocha that uses Aramaic? |
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Aug 12 |
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Why do tzitzit have fabric-squares on the corners of the garment? clarified measurements |
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Aug 12 |
answered | Why do tzitzit have fabric-squares on the corners of the garment? |
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Aug 11 |
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Why aren't Tefillin called Totafot? Isn't it unusual that even the brochos use the Aramaic? |
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Aug 10 |
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Are Jews racist against non-Jews? Oh, my mistake, I think I misunderstood what you wrote. I see what you mean now. |
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Aug 10 |
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Are Jews racist against non-Jews? @avi, read it again. It says that what Amalek did was to attack us. The mitzvah is to constantly remember that they attacked us, to speak of it constantly, to arouse people to wage war against them and hate them, in order that it not be forgotten or the hatred towards them lessened with the passage of time. The obligation to urge bnei adam to wage war against them certainly raises an interesting question. It would seem that we are commanded to urge the nations to wipe out evil from amongst themselves. |
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Aug 8 |
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Are Jews racist against non-Jews? We are commanded to hate Amalek. Incidentally, the Sudilkover Rebbe shlita says that this is the only thing a Jew is permitted to hate. |
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Aug 8 |
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Is the material permitted to learn on Tisha B'av available online? What about that which is not strictly Halachic, namely Chasidus and Musar? |
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Aug 8 |
accepted | The Tur's word counts for Shemoneh Esreh |
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Aug 7 |
asked | The Tur's word counts for Shemoneh Esreh |
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Aug 7 |
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Bathing before Shabbos Chazon @Avi, how then do you understand "Minhag Yisroel Torah he"? |
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Aug 7 |
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How is it that one is allowed to have an alarm on shabbos? Huh, good point. I assumed he was ruling based solely on the Shulchan Aruch, but I neglected to actually look at the source. Perhaps we might say that today everybody knows one can set an alarm before Shabbos, so it's like a clock which chimes on the hour. B"N I'll look at the Rema and ask my Rav. |
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Aug 7 |
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How is it that one is allowed to have an alarm on shabbos? added 464 characters in body |
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Aug 7 |
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Bathing before Shabbos Chazon I confess not to understand at all the Rav's position. To denigrate our customs as "meaningless" is extremely troubling and in fact contrary to the essence of the Torah. |
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Aug 7 |
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Bathing before Shabbos Chazon The Rav's points are wise and insightful, but what of the principle that Jewish customs are equivalent to the Torah? Presumably the Rav is adjuring against Sefardim and Mizrachim adopting the Ashkenazi minhag out of excessive piety - otherwise it is difficult to understand his position. |
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Aug 5 |
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How is it that one is allowed to have an alarm on shabbos? added 337 characters in body |
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Aug 5 |
answered | How is it that one is allowed to have an alarm on shabbos? |
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Aug 5 |
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Bathing before Shabbos Chazon So for one who wears black and white during the week and only wears a nicer suit and hat for Shabbos, this seems to apply. What about one who wears jeans during the week? What about one who is particular to wear black and white on monday and thursday? |
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Aug 5 |
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Bathing before Shabbos Chazon That seems stranger to me as I was under the impression that we certainly suspend any mourning prohibitions during Shabbos itself. |
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Aug 5 |
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Bathing before Shabbos Chazon Thank you, the Rema works for me. |
