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comment Firefighting on shabbat
tAs far as I know there is no permission to extinguish fire to save only property. If ther eis a danger of spreading or to life and limb (which there almost always is) then of course the fire must be extinguished.
Dec
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comment Firefighting on shabbat
if we were ever short we had mutual aid from other neighboring towns. there were also backups on call.
Oct
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answered Firefighting on shabbat
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answered Source listing all Jewish wedding customs?
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awarded  Yearling
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comment Sefer Milhamot Hashem - from Bamidbar 21:14
thanks, its been a hectic few months, when things get crazy something has to give.
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asked Sefer Milhamot Hashem - from Bamidbar 21:14
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awarded  Student
May
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comment Limits on Shikhiha Leket and Peah
that makes sense and it also connects in someways to the conversation around the possibility of hefker le'aniim. IE can I be mafkir something only for a group of individuals. You may be right but it doesnt sit well with me.
May
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comment Limits on Shikhiha Leket and Peah
so there is mamash no limit? Wow I am surprised.
May
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asked Limits on Shikhiha Leket and Peah
May
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comment Where do matza bakers find flour that's definitely never gotten wet?
you were right! sorry they were still pretty cool videos.
May
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comment Are conservative, reform and those “off the derech” part of 'amcha'?
what I meant was that the cost benefit equation goes gets weighed as part of the Halakhic reasoning when addressing any question. The fact that the risks are so high tilts the poskim in a particular direction. It is the same thing in cases of being matir mamzeirim. The risk for the mamzer is so high that poskim have always looked for any way to say that this particular person is not a mamzer. Of course all this has to be within Halakhic parameters and never God Forbid stray beyond them.
May
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answered Where do matza bakers find flour that's definitely never gotten wet?
May
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comment Are conservative, reform and those “off the derech” part of 'amcha'?
I think that what @LazerA has keyed up on on his answer above is that there is much to lose from excluding people and little to gain while if we include people then there is always hope that they may return to Derekh Hashem.
May
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revised Are conservative, reform and those “off the derech” part of 'amcha'?
changed arukh laner to binyan tzion
May
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comment Are conservative, reform and those “off the derech” part of 'amcha'?
I think that Conservative Jews are Omrei Mutar. Many know that there is an halakh and that melakha is assur on shabbat yet they believe it is mutar to drive on shabbos. Reform Jews are more complecated. I think that in essence they are tinokot shenishbu. They were raised in an environment that promoted an anti-halakhic life style. this is deeply troubling but seems to fit the category of tinok she'nishba according to R Ettlinger. (it is the binyan tzion I have corrected the answer)
May
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answered Are conservative, reform and those “off the derech” part of 'amcha'?
May
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answered How does Judaism deal with God and paradoxes?