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comment What's so special about Leah?
@DoubleAA OK. I wasn't aware of it. Thanks for clarifying.
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comment What's so special about Leah?
@nikmasi 1) running after mitzvot - זריזין מקדימין למצוות- is certainly positive; 2) being a prophet is something one can achieve only after having Ruach HaKodesh, which is achieved only after trailing the whole messilat yesharim, as mentioned by the Ramcahl, that cites the known Braitah (Avoda Zara 20b): Therefore said R Pinchas Ben Yair: Torah brings Zehirut, Zehirut brings Zerizut ... Kedusha brings Ruach HaKodesh. This isn't only a mere positive character trait, its devine evidence of having an oustanding character.
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comment What's so special about Leah?
@nikmasi it seems that Gershon Gold has given a makor: Rashi on Bereshit 30:21. She prayed for it the prayer was apparantly accepted.
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comment Do Sefardim keep Rashi time or Rabbeinu Tam time?
@Yehoshua yes: ShuT Shemesh UMagen (שמש ומגן), part 1, Siman 5.
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answered Are there two things from which kares can cut one off?
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comment removing a dislocated hair out of one's beard on shabbat
@msh210 I hope it's more clear now. Please tell me otherwise.
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comment removing a dislocated hair out of one's beard on shabbat
@msh210 I'll do my best as I can't find an online one.
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comment Should the Shliach Tzibur say end-verses quietly to himself before saying them out loud?
@msh210 thanks anyway!
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comment Should the Shliach Tzibur say end-verses quietly to himself before saying them out loud?
@DoubleAA in second thought, even when not in end of blessings, if the last verse includes Shem Hashem, it might also be problematic.
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comment Should the Shliach Tzibur say end-verses quietly to himself before saying them out loud?
@DoubleAA (answering second comment second :-)) Although "Not that it causes great harm" is not my main argumnet, you're absolutely right. I didn't refer in my answer to the end of blessings. Although msh210 helps me (dan lechaf zechut), I can say that I did have in mind to indicate that I exclude blessings and to explicitly apply the answer to Korbanot, Psukei Dezimra and the such.
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comment Should the Shliach Tzibur say end-verses quietly to himself before saying them out loud?
@DoubleAA first, as this is a minhag - and as neither I, nor anyone else in this site up to now, has found a source for the minhag - I based my description on my observations (mostly) in Israel. It includes too various Ashkenzaim and Sepharadim to bother to mention. However, I accept that it'd be good to indicate it in the answer. Second, in my answer I asume that (1) the logic can be based on even one widely acceptable minhag and (2) that the Sepharadim in Israel (and a few places abroad) answers that requirement.
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