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| bio | website | linkedin.com/in/avidouglen |
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| location | Israel | |
| age | 38 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | May 10 at 11:32 | |
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Oct 28 |
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Noach: why the people's food mentioned first yes, but people's food is more important? |
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Oct 25 |
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Which Kosher Certifications are trusted by all? @avi I don't disagree, I was referring to the focus on a specific Rav's hechsher, to the exclusion of others, particularly in Israel. |
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Oct 24 |
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Which Kosher Certifications are trusted by all? As I mentioned in a comment above, this is most often a political/business statement. There are just as many competing insistances on "everything only R'Machfoud" or "it has to be R'Landau" etc. |
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Oct 24 |
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Which Kosher Certifications are trusted by all? @ShmuelBrill as I commented above, this is for (mainly) political reasons, and not so much from a halachic standpoint. |
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Oct 24 |
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Which Kosher Certifications are trusted by all? There are also several issues with conflicting stringencies, so it would anyway be impossible to get two opposing groups to agree on the halacha. For example, shmitta products - there are those who ban Jewish product, and there are those who ban product of land "sold" to gentiles. |
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Oct 24 |
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Which Kosher Certifications are trusted by all? This is not accurate - the 2 Israeli ones are not allowed in many places. Though to be fair, you did say "widely eaten", and not universal... So I guess it is close enough. |
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Oct 24 |
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Which Kosher Certifications are trusted by all? What @msh210 said. A lot of the differences between Kashruyot (at least in Israel, though I hear the same of US/UK) has more to do with politics (and, perhaps, "business"), than with halachic stringencies. |
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Oct 24 |
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Did all animals come into the Teiva? why not? If you take historical, scientific and literary context into account as part of your literal reading, it pretty much mostly fits. |
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Oct 23 |
answered | Why do we say “Shmini Atzeres Hachag Hazeh”? |
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Oct 11 |
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What is the difference between dati, chasidish, and charedi? @msh210 Ah, not exactly what I meant... I was referring to the group usually called "Dati'im", most commonly referring to the Dati Leumi community, which excludes Chareidim (for the most part, though there are overlaps). |
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Oct 11 |
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What is the difference between dati, chasidish, and charedi? @msh210 Sadly, in Israel it is a very thick line. Very different outlook, political parties, society, etc. One of the only times these groups are lumped together are when anti-religious groups pejoratively address "you dosim".... |
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Oct 11 |
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What is the difference between dati, chasidish, and charedi? @Curiouser, that's part of the Israeli Chareidi outlook - many of them claim that no, Dati'im don't observe Jewish laws. Shocking as that is, I have heard many times the term tinok shenishba applied to Dati Leumi in a derogatory fashion. |
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Oct 10 |
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What is the difference between dati, chasidish, and charedi? @follick I agree almost completely, though there are other aspects of course. However, one point that is not accurate is that Chassidim are not a proper subset of Chareidim - there are plenty of "Dati Leumi" that are Chassidish. As you said, followers of Baal Shem Tov, and his way of life and Judaism. Not necessarily congruent with being Chareidi. |
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Oct 10 |
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What is the difference between dati, chasidish, and charedi? @msh210 surprising as it is, that is the case here. Sadly, American Chasidim (and other chareidim) that make aliyah are often confused by this, and by the time they realize the difference they are already part of the Israeli Chareidim. Historically, this goes back to kaspei chaluka, but that is of course not the whole story... And yes, most (almost all, though that is slowly changing a bit) Chareidi communities view going to the army as "going off the path". |
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Oct 9 |
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Why is Ein Kelokeinu not said on Yom Kippur? Rinat Yisrael (which is considered authoritative in many regions) does have it, both in nusach Ashkenaz and Sfarad (don't know about Edot Mizrach)... |
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Oct 5 |
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On days when Kohanim Duchan, why do the Kohanim only do it once and not in each Shemoneh Esrei? Something just occurred to me, this is probably a Eretz Yisrael / Galut type of thing, isn't it? I keep forgetting that Birkat Kohanim is not done all the time outside of Israel :) |
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Oct 5 |
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On days when Kohanim Duchan, why do the Kohanim only do it once and not in each Shemoneh Esrei? Which Machzor? For which Chag? At least for 3 R'galim, my Rinat Yisrael has the Kohen version in Shacharit too. RH too. |
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Oct 5 |
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On days when Kohanim Duchan, why do the Kohanim only do it once and not in each Shemoneh Esrei? I'm confused... Why do you think they don't do birkat kohanim in Shacharit? Perhaps the kohen simply arrived too late (that has happened by us in the past :) )? |
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Oct 4 |
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חס ושלום! (whatever that means) @msh210 what about "חוס על עמך" and the like? It's the same root. |
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Oct 1 |
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Uman for Rosh Hashanah? No, of course not, that was obvious flippancy. However, there is room to discuss the difference between beseeching their deceased rebbe to intercede on their behalf, instead of doing all that is necessary. |
