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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Sep 27	comment	Am I liable to be stoned for my devotion to Hashem and the Jewish people? Also, 'liable to death' is an expression used for certain sins, but it doesn't mean there's any punishment from human courts.
Sep 27	comment	Am I liable to be stoned for my devotion to Hashem and the Jewish people? It doesn't apply to someone learning because he's interested in conversion. And it doesn't apply to all areas of Torah.
Sep 25	comment	Is deodorant allowed on Yom Kippur? spray, stick is just more of an issue
Sep 25	comment	Is deodorant allowed on Yom Kippur? I heard from R. M. Willig that it is forbidden on both, though some disagree.
Sep 23	comment	Learning secular topics for parnassah This quote doesn't address the question of what extent one may study secular studies for parnassah.
Sep 12	comment	Extent of matrilineal descent see judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/7775/…
Jul 31	comment	Is Metzitzah B'peh a must? and that the gemara implies its not so important for the bris itself, its just a safety measure.
Jul 31	comment	Is Metzitzah B'peh a must? also by mentioning that they should do it in a safer manner.
Jul 31	comment	Why do some people oppose Tav haYosher? See cross-currents.com/archives/2012/02/17/…
Jul 23	comment	“Silk-Screened” Sifrei Torah So m'safek, cannot use it shul. Though I wonder if it might be a good idea for to commission one for himself to be yotzei the mitzvah of writing a torah.
Jul 23	comment	“Silk-Screened” Sifrei Torah OK, but R. Bleich feels that R. Abadi's argument is not convincing enough, so they do not have enough proof to justify an entirely new practice.
Jul 18	comment	Does one need to perform a delayed brit milah at the first possible time? See Bereishis 17, Kiddushin 29. The count of the mitzvah isn't really relevant. The mitzvah is initially on the father without any chiyuv karet, but then falls to the son when he becomes older with a chiyuv karet. See Rambam Milah 1:1 who states this explicitly. (Commentators there cite Yevamos 70b and Shabbos 133a as sources for this.)
Jul 18	comment	Does one need to perform a delayed brit milah at the first possible time? @doubleAA, i'm not sure what ur saying. a minor is not obligated in mitzvos, (prob.) cannot make a shliach, and 4 sure cannot get punishments, never-mind a baby! the father does milah on his son because it is 1 of the mitzvos of the father on a son, but it doesn't mean there's a chayiv karet on him.
Jul 17	comment	Does one need to perform a delayed brit milah at the first possible time? Mitzvot do not apply to a baby, the only question is the chiyuv of the father. Though maybe the chiyuv of milah on one's son is comparably serious, even if there's no karet for not doing it.
Jul 17	comment	Does one need to perform a delayed brit milah at the first possible time? The karet is on a person who doesn't circumcise himself, not on the father's chiyuv on his son.
Jul 11	comment	Unusual number of males among the 70 who went to Egypt @msh210 This is a simple way to calculate it on WolframAlpha: wolframalpha.com/input/?i=3+heads+in+72+coin+tosses (Though to be fair should add chance of 0-2 heads also, since that would be even more unusual.)
Jul 11	comment	Should I do an easy chore if an overweight parent requests it? There is no basis for the question, of course you should do it. You could ask a question if they had asked for very unhealthy food, but this case is not comparable.
Jul 5	comment	How to respond to excessive talking in a synagogue @ShmuelBrin Choshen Mishpat I §38
Jun 28	comment	Walking by an Automatic Door on Shabbos Psik Reisha D'Lo Nicha Ley
Jun 27	comment	How to respond to excessive talking in a synagogue sources: rechovot.blogspot.com/2010/01/breakaway-minyanim-sources.html, vbm-torah.org/archive/mb/83mb.htm see also r.m.moshe's very machmir teshuva about breakaway minyanim.