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May 19	comment	Why would somebody become a nazir? See also Sefer HaChinuch (§ 374), who portrays the nazirite vow as a tool that the Torah provides for people to occasionally undertake when they feel the need to withdraw from immersion in society and the pleasures of the world and thereby blunt their physical desires and focus on his service of the Almighty. The gemara (Nazir 4b) provides an example of a man whose evil inclination threatened to overpower him when he saw how handsome he was. The man took the extraordinary measure of immediately taking the nazirite vow that would require him to shave of his beautiful hair.
May 19	comment	Do we embarrass someone in cheirem? Note that the Taz (YD 334:1) writes that we should withhold measures that would push a person away from Judaism.
May 19	comment	Sofek in Bircas HaTorah — why not say all of the brachas? "Asher bachar banu" is the b'racha that fulfills the obligation from כי שם השם אקרא, whereas the other b'racha is merely a birkas hamitzva, which is an unrelated rabbinic obligation. In Birkas HaMazon however, all the blessings are extensions of the same biblical obligation of ואכלת ושבעת וברכת (even though the fourth one is generally accepted to be rabbinic), so the obligation is not fulfilled in it's proper form unless all of the blessings are recited. Therefore they must all be recited to avoid זילזול.
May 19	comment	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin? +1 Nice answer.
May 19	comment	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin? @DoubleAA Thanks for the reference; I edited my answer accordingly.
May 19	answered	Does torah study refine one's character?
May 19	comment	How to say mizonos first on an ice cream cone That was my first instinct (practical advice essentially), but then I considered that it may be impractical in some cases (e.g. no other food available and unstable ice cream balanced on the cone), which likely motivated the question.
May 19	revised	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin? added 19 characters in body
May 19	comment	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin? @DoubleAA Do you mean 1:5?
May 19	revised	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin? added 4 characters in body
May 19	comment	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin? @DoubleAA True, I'll change it to "may apply." Ideally, I should include a source that discusses the particular case of an androgenus in this context, but I doubt that I'll have time to research where such a source is (if it exists).
May 19	revised	How to say mizonos first on an ice cream cone sp.
May 19	comment	How to say mizonos first on an ice cream cone The question in the title is not exactly the same as the one in the body. Regarding the one in the title, see here.
May 19	comment	Gemarah on Baal Teshuva @Bochur613 "א"ר יוחנן כל הנביאים כולן לא נתנבאו אלא לבעלי תשובה אבל צדיקים גמורים עין לא ראתה אלהים זולתך ופליגא דר' אבהו דא"ר אבהו מקום שבעלי תשובה עומדין צדיקים גמורים אינם עומדין שנאמר (ישעיהו נז) שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב לרחוק ברישא והדר לקרוב ורבי יוחנן אמר לך מאי רחוק שהיה רחוק מדבר עבירה מעיקרא ומאי קרוב שהיה קרוב לדבר עבירה ונתרחק ממנו". So both types of people are destined for a great reward, but there is a machlokes regarding who is destined for a greater reward.
May 19	answered	How do we know that homosexual relations is a sin?
May 17	revised	Why is semicha specifically to ordain a Rabbi to give psak? title
May 14	revised	Finding Kosher Fruit Flavored Snacks tags
May 14	comment	Finding Kosher Fruit Flavored Snacks Is this what was described on oukosher.org?