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Jan 18 |
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Understanding the servants' hard/soft hearts @ichangedmyid b a didn't say the Avadim were advisers, but that they "were his hired slaves, sort of like advisors"( and I say they were his servants, rather than his slaves). Also, regardless, even though he didn't have to listen to them( even with advisors, he'd have no obligation to listen to them), why need there be a reason for him doing so? |
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Jan 18 |
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Learning Hilchos Chalev and Seder Kodshim as segulah for Refuah @Yehoshua Yes, Siman 588(תקפח), but it turns out that would be in the editions based on the Berlin edition( in turn based on the Parma manuscript), like the one here. In those based on the Bologna edition, it( at least, the relevant part) is in Siman 261(רסא), like here. |
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Jan 16 |
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Learning Hilchos Chalev and Seder Kodshim as segulah for Refuah I'm not sure about as being a Segulah for Refu'ah, but Sefer Chasidim ( in Siman 588, also in Siman 1) says that one who learns a Torah subject that is a "Met Mitzvah", i.e. that others don't study( he gives Seder Kodashim as an example), is greatly rewarded. Maybe R. Chaim was suggesting learning those subjects to increase your friends merit( for them being today's "Met Mitzvah"), which could pay back in answering prayers for Refu'ah. |
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Jan 16 |
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Understanding the servants' hard/soft hearts Re: #1( and to an extent #2): Why not accept Or ha-Chayim's explanation for it in 10:7( s.v. "Ad Matai Yihiyeh etc.")? Re: #3: I'd say "servants" would be a better translation than "slaves", and +1 for b a's comments. |
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Jan 16 |
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Bringing merit to the public Can you bring a more specific source for "one who causes another to learn torah also gets the reward for that person's torah study"? |
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Jan 13 |
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Can a convert become a synagogue president? Why or why not? Re: the synagogue president getting stepped on by everyone, I thought it was always that way( "כמדומין אתם ששררה אני נותן לכם - עבדות אני נותן לכם" Horayot 10a-b), so I don't see how that's a mitigating circumstance. |
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Jan 11 |
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Can a convert be a prophet? @BruceJames One could argue Billaam was given the gift of prophecy only to prove to gentiles that they did not refrain from repenting for lack of a prophet to guide them in God's ways( see Rashi on Bamidbar 22:5 s.v. "'Eretz Benei Amo"). So, one couldn't learn from that about gentiles qualifying to become prophets, or mi-Qal va-Chomer whether Gerim qualify either. |
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Jan 7 |
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Story with Rav Safra — halacha l'maseh? Does Baba Batra 88a( s.v. "Tanu Rabanan", just before the Mishnah) qualify as a "sources in the realm of halacha that speak about this sort of situation and how one should be nohag"? |
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Jan 7 |
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Arguments for Rabbinical Law What do you mean when you say "direct Torah Laws"? Torah she-Bikhtav alone, or also the Torah shebe-Al Peh that was given with it? |
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Jan 7 |
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Why did Avraham prefer the daughters of Aner, Eshkol and Mamre over Eliezer's daughter? More direct links to the verses cited. |
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Jan 7 |
suggested | suggested edit on Why did Avraham prefer the daughters of Aner, Eshkol and Mamre over Eliezer's daughter? |
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Jan 7 |
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Why did Avraham prefer the daughters of Aner, Eshkol and Mamre over Eliezer's daughter? What about Siftei Chakhamim's answer( Ot Tav at Bereshit 24:39)? |
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Jan 6 |
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Why did David HaMelech tell Shlomo to punish Shimei Ben Geira? @JimThio What does this have to do with the question asked, or more importantly, with the answer I gave? |
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Jan 6 |
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Why did David HaMelech tell Shlomo to punish Shimei Ben Geira? @JimThio I don't understand your comment: Who was he supposed to be forcing to swear? Where not to go? |
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Jan 6 |
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Is one a heretic if he does not believe in Kabbalah? @DoubleAA Point taken. My bad. On the other hand, ichangedmyid's link to the rationalistjudaism.com article also gives it( from the email sender there) as being in vol. 1 p. 221, which makes me wonder if it really is on p. 274. In the end, I have to concede that only finding the actual book, and checking inside will resolve the issue. |
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Jan 5 |
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Is one a heretic if he does not believe in Kabbalah? @DoubleAA Re: the poll: I'd say Me'ein Omer, following the style used for Yabi'a Omer, though the pun with Ma'ayan probably is also intended. |
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Jan 5 |
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Is one a heretic if he does not believe in Kabbalah? @DoubleAA According to the forum post here( last few lines of the post), it is in vol. 1. Also, the fact that your original source didn't give a volume number suggests that it's the first, as often only subsequent volumes are numbered. |
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Jan 5 |
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Does Rambam include the Oral Torah in his eighth principle? @yoel From the introduction to the Mishneh Torah, it would seem that Perush[ah] ha-Mequbal refers to the Mitzvah that Mosheh commanded "to the elders, to Yehoshua, and to all the rest of Israel"( Haqdamah sec. 3), and was passed from one generation to the next, which is called Torah shebe-Al Peh. This is distinguished from the Gezerot, Minhagot, Taqanot, and Dinin Pil'iyim that were enacted and decided in subsequent generations( Haqdamah sec. 25-27). |
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Jan 3 |
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How was Saul a Tzadik if he wiped out Nov? @DoubleAA Thanks, I missed that part about him not going to God, in verse 14 there. I've edited my answer accordingly. Mind you, it means that there seems to be a contradiction between Chronicles I 10:14, and Samuel I 28:6, which says Saul did ask God, but wasn't answered "neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets". |
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Jan 3 |
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How was Saul a Tzadik if he wiped out Nov? Edited from Double AA's comment into the last paragraph. |
