Ariel K

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Recent graduate with a BA in Computer Science. Interested in working on useful projects, such as education or search. Blogs: Zappable.com, TorahJournal.com/Blog.

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3h	awarded	Necromancer
2d	answered	Why is Avraham's monotheism not mentioned in the torah?
May 14	comment	How can I know a rav has daas Torah The phrase "Da'as torah" doesn't appear in the Talmud, but "Emunas Chachamim" does. See judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/11617/…
May 13	comment	Why is Shavuos all alone? @IsaacMoses, AFAIK Amazon doesn't let you copy text from their previews of books.
May 13	revised	Why is Shavuos all alone? added 243 characters in body
May 13	answered	Why is Shavuos all alone?
May 9	comment	What parts of the service do you say when late to Shacharit? ok, since u insist..
May 9	revised	What parts of the service do you say when late to Shacharit? added 439 characters in body
May 9	comment	What parts of the service do you say when late to Shacharit? That's what the links are for, but I added clarification.
May 9	revised	What parts of the service do you say when late to Shacharit? added 31 characters in body
May 9	answered	What parts of the service do you say when late to Shacharit?
May 8	answered	Can we visit the Temple Mount?
May 5	revised	How are pre-creation >4000 BCE human civilization and pre-flood >2300 BCE civilizations that continued reconciled with Judaism? added 266 characters in body
May 5	answered	How are pre-creation >4000 BCE human civilization and pre-flood >2300 BCE civilizations that continued reconciled with Judaism?
May 3	comment	How was Saul a Tzadik if he wiped out Nov? I think it would be hard to justify all of Shaul's actions based on moreh b'malchut. I heard that Shaul was a tzaddik but eventually went somewhat mad in a way he didn't have full control over, so could not be considered a rasha. (This may be the רוּחַ-רָעָה mentioned in Shmuel 16:14.)
Apr 18	comment	Do Rabbis have to be Jewish by ethnicity? Mea culpa, there are such opinions. However, it is very difficult, since a ger cannot be a Nasi according to all opinions. Its much simpler to say they were descendants of gerim. See Maharal "אבל יש שפירשו כי הם עצמם גרים היו בודאי זה טעות גמור". Otherwise, there case was an exception to the rule which cannot be applied in other cases (See Igros Moshe).
Apr 15	answered	Sources discussing paying for Torah education
Apr 15	comment	Do Rabbis have to be Jewish by ethnicity? Shemaya and Avtalyon do not help answer whether a ger can be a rabbi, since they were not gerim themselves. (See the second paragraph of wikipedia. C.f. the 'source' for first paragraph.) However, one could probably argue that many modern shul rabbis are not positions of serarah, and therefore a ger can become a rabbi nowadays. And obviously a ger can write/compile a commentary/translation on the Torah.
Apr 14	revised	Is it forbidden to wear a snap-brim Borsolino fedora on Shabbos? it can be forbidden without being a Torah Prohibition (ie rabbinic)
Apr 14	comment	Is it forbidden to wear a snap-brim Borsolino fedora on Shabbos? I don't think most hats have tefach-wide brims. delmonicohatter.com/Borsalino-Fedora-Hats/IT95.htm wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+tefach+in+inches (However, the issue of hats blowing off seems to be a real one.)