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Jun 8	comment	G-d's Name in Fridge Magnets (Erasing) @DoubleAA Doesn't it sound like the considerations in question relate exclusively to the ma'aseh and not to the machashava, thus having more to do with the definition of k'siva than with intent? (This would be similar to how we learn out laws of writing a get from writing anything on shabas - e.g. chak tochos.)
Jun 8	comment	Why do we still do chazarat hashatz? The last paragraph makes it sound like this is a conflict of dinim d'Oraisa in which a prohibition is at stake, but if I understand the sugya correctly that is a minority opinion like which we do not generally hold.
Jun 7	comment	Colored underwear during seven clean days Whence the idea that l'vanim evolved from libunim?
Jun 6	comment	Kabala in Halacha @Menachem This is great! Thanks.
Jun 3	comment	How do you improve your Kavvanah [concentration]? This is reminiscent of Ramba"n's advice in his famous igeres pertaining to learning Torah. He recommends finding a way that each bit of learning applies to one's own life right after learning it.
Jun 3	comment	How can I stop spacing out during davening? Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/190/… Possible duplicate: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/1780/…
May 31	comment	Is the hadran a shevua? Hello bchol beisi neeman and welcome to Mi Yodeya! Thanks for your interesting question. It would be more informative to those who might answer and more descriptive to those who might read it if you excerpt or refer to the exact text that gives rise to the question. While you are here, consider registering your account to gain all of the abilities of a Mi Yodeya User.
May 30	comment	How to write “Isaiah 41,10” in Hebrew? It is pretty common to separate the two letters with double apostrophes: מ"א
May 25	comment	Source of shabbat evening kiddush text? . . . "Avudraham", on the other hand, I don't claim to have any idea about.
May 25	comment	Source of shabbat evening kiddush text? @AriA I hold of this orthography because in English we do not verbalize gemination so the second "b" is extraneous in spelling and the vowel quality of kamatz and patach (for Ashkenazim, as interpreted by me) is different but not as different as "a" from "o" in [my pronunciation of] English in most contexts, while both are within the range of possible "a"s in [my pronunciation of] English. It would be nice to distinguish them but the poverty of the literon makes this the choice on which akpid.
May 25	comment	How do we know that we have free will? @jake I believe that is exactly what the mishna, g'mara, and Ramba"m meant as well. Ramba"m only says explicitly that the two things people can choose are good and evil.
May 25	comment	How do we know that we have free will? Please note that Ramba"m there is paraphrasing a mishna in Avos (3:15).
May 24	comment	Sefiras HaOmer - if you know that you will miss a day @AdamMosheh I didn't know there were more than one, not do I remember his first name. He wrote several books about the chagim that have been translated into English.
May 20	comment	Did the Terumas haDeshen write a challah recipe? Stanley Ginsberg, welcome to Mi Yodeya and thanks for your authoritative correction to the premise of the question. Consider registering your account to gain the privileges associated therewith as you stick around the site.
May 20	comment	Voting in a church? This is a sub-branch off the "yes" branch of the question "may one enter a church?" which I believe id very context-dependent. I.e. there have been times and places where communities very strictly forbade it for societal reasons and others in which Jews were not permitted to vote so it was a moot point. So for practical advice be sure to consult your local competent legal authority.
May 20	comment	Is the sefer Toldos Yeshu accepted in the yeshiva circles? I think these are two separate questions. One is about a literary phenomenon. The other is about history and document authentication.
May 15	comment	How do you pronounce Hashem's name when there is a prefix? @DoubleAA מפיק is Aramaic for מוציא. No need to translate them differently.
May 15	comment	What do angels do in heaven? Thanks for the reference!
May 14	comment	Does anyone know of a public domain recording of Tanakh chapters or verses? Thanks @DoubleAA. Not trying to incriminate anyone here. I will place a bold disclaimer.
May 14	comment	Prounciation - IM vs YIM? with ים ending Hello EEE and welcome to Mi Yodeya! Thanks for the great question on precise Hebrew pronunciation. Could you cite the text to which you refer?