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Apr 25	comment	Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos Here is a link that describes the same: 'filters' that work by surface contact with water, not as a screen. When they say 'surface contact' you can understand that, at a very fine level, the surface is very rough and water flows into all these craggy fissures and contaminants get stuck in the 'sharp corners', then the cleaned water flows back out.
Apr 25	comment	Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos White balls of the sort your mention are generally for the removal of chlorine and some other chemicals. They are not a screen that water passes through, though in both cases something that was previously in the water is left behind. A third kind of filter uses carbon in a similar way to the white balls, but leaving more. Some filters involve a UV light, which I think is more complex even when always-on: in this case the light destroys microorganism by cutting them into smaller bits. The cut bits may remain ('benignly') in the water that you drink.
Apr 19	comment	Is idolatrous belief forbidden for Jews, or is it just practice? I agree with @Ariel's source. I think that if there is room to further split this hair, it is not worth contemplating unless someone has been put before the specifics of the situation and one is deeply-rooted in the bases of the law.
Apr 19	comment	Is idolatrous belief forbidden for Jews, or is it just practice? I am saying that if one thinks of those other gods in the way we consider Hashem, then it would be idolarity. To consider them gods in some sense like 'supernatural forces that grant insight / real things to those others that worship them' - there would seem to be no transgression. But without a source to cite for this kind of interpretation, I answer only to give you the direction of my study.
Apr 16	comment	Why do people call cancer the machalah? I wonder that Satmar rov reb yoel is saying the choice of words here is not a minhag, but that to use the name of thing thus עֲשִׂיתֶֽם, but maybe if you don't use the name then it is like a prayer that Hashem may עָשָׂ֔הוּ otherwise.
Apr 16	comment	Why do people call cancer the machalah? Alzheimers and Parkinsons can't disappear
Apr 16	comment	Why do people call cancer the machalah? @Dave if I knew the name of every person I passed on the street then I (maybe nefesh or ruach) would be more consumed with the attention; but not knowing their names, I can allow the crowd to pass by.
Dec 25	comment	When did hashem stop the sun? sorry, still building the rest of the list. My copy of World's in Collision is in a storage, where other references are readily indexed. Please excue the half-answer in the meantime.
Dec 24	comment	How tall was Adam? @DoubleAA I agree these are good questions. I will look to find good sources that can illuminate the discussion. Mostly, I think I have jump beyond conclusion to think that a large stature is concomitant with purity.
Dec 23	comment	How tall was Adam? @MonikaMichael `הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ, בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, וְגַם אַחֲרֵי-כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל-בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם, וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם: הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם, אַנְשֵׁי` Genesis 6:1. If we take it that giants and half-humans were of such stature, then surely a pure being, as Adam was, could have held greater stature.
Dec 11	comment	tap water on Pesach Some discussion on kavush from the OU
Nov 1	comment	Firefighting on shabbat @DoubleAA i'm contemplating a scenario where one sees no other option for family livelihood. I think it's off-topic from this question+thread. Then maybe there is Pikuach Nefesh for one's children. Situational at most, and one would endeavor to move on from such a job.
Nov 1	comment	Firefighting on shabbat Perhaps שלומ בית could influence the necessity to perform the job, and thus the job-necessary function of saving property.
Oct 26	comment	May a Jew Trick or Treat? Would the situation change if the Jewish family was a long time in Ireland, where 'all hallows eve' and related customs are the trend of one's neighbors? I suppose I'm thinking less of the practice of trick-or-treating, and more of the decorations like harvest gourds and cats.
Oct 17	comment	Was the Hebrew Alphabet also given with the Tablets and Law? @OptionParty, this would be an interesting answer if you have references for it. Thank you for helping others to shinan'tam as well
Oct 9	comment	Which alphabet were the original Torah scrolls in? This really needs references. We are not a talky-talk site, we are students.
Oct 8	comment	Why did Israeli sportsmen keep their hats on during their national anthem? Your question itself is about Jewish life, so it's reasonable it may be on-topic. I won't speculate about why the downvote.
Oct 8	comment	Why did Israeli sportsmen keep their hats on during their national anthem? Your question maybe is being downvoted because it's being read péjoratively. I presume they kept the hats because the way of their nationality understands that covering the head is important. Their time - their rules.
Oct 7	comment	Why does it say (negatively) in אום נצורה “She sits and waits for Shabbos to go out"? This was the sense of meaning I first heard, but I like the accepted answer very much, too.
Sep 30	comment	What constitutes eating on a fast day? You should be cautious of doing this for physiological reasons: the chewing action stimulates nerves that release stomach acids. This practice can lead to stomach ulcers! The same relates with chewing gum on an empty stomach.