Seth J

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6h	comment	Where does the minhag of holding a pinky up to the Torah come from? Whoops, I need to read more carefully. I chose the wrong question for my second "dupe".
7h	comment	Witness signing on a get “ben ish ploni” I concur with @DoubleAA. IIRC, it is heavily emphasized in Gittin that the importance of the subjects being identifiable far supersedes that of the subjects being called by their actual given names.
7h	comment	Where does the minhag of holding a pinky up to the Torah come from? Duplicate of Reason behind pinky during hagba and dipping fingers in Havdalah wine
7h	comment	How to say mizonos first on an ice cream cone @msh210 Exactly.
1d	comment	Are Kol Ishah and seeing a woman's exposed hair Isurim DeRabbanan according to the Shulhan 'Aruch? @double aa just now I did. I had skimmed it, saw that he says the Halachah is from the RaMBa"M,, which I knew, and moved on. Didn't catch the Asmachta bit.
1d	comment	Are Kol Ishah and seeing a woman's exposed hair Isurim DeRabbanan according to the Shulhan 'Aruch? @msh210, it would suffice if explained well, because there are many, many individuals who (seem to) assume both to be biblical prohibitions based on certain scriptural verses and passages in the Gemara and RaMBa"M, among others. That the RaM"A and supercommentaries don't seem to contradict or qualify this in some way seems significant.
1d	comment	Are Kol Ishah and seeing a woman's exposed hair Isurim DeRabbanan according to the Shulhan 'Aruch? @DoubleAA, I hope my sidebar isn't distracting. It was meant as background to preempt questions about the disjointedness of the quoted passage, especially the end.
1d	comment	Are Kol Ishah and seeing a woman's exposed hair Isurim DeRabbanan according to the Shulhan 'Aruch? @DoubleAA See edit. Clearer?
1d	revised	Are Kol Ishah and seeing a woman's exposed hair Isurim DeRabbanan according to the Shulhan 'Aruch? added 24 characters in body
1d	asked	Are Kol Ishah and seeing a woman's exposed hair Isurim DeRabbanan according to the Shulhan 'Aruch?
1d	comment	Can Gentile light a Shabbat Candle and do the Prayers? @IsaacMoses indeed. See my edit.
1d	revised	Can Gentile light a Shabbat Candle and do the Prayers? added 812 characters in body
1d	comment	Can Gentile light a Shabbat Candle and do the Prayers? @IsaacMoses, I suspect the former, as it goes hand-in-hand with the ritual, and it is more of an essential element of the ritual itself. I am uncertain if the latter is commonly known outside of practicing Jews, especially individuals looking for a first Jewish experience before considering conversion.
1d	comment	Can a single-parent father be exempt from time-bound mitzvot? @DoubleAA, that's not a "chiddush". It's wrong.
1d	answered	Can Gentile light a Shabbat Candle and do the Prayers?
1d	comment	Shiv'a - mi yodeya? @Menachem, that assumes he had curly hair. Which, actually, he probably did. :)
2d	comment	May one eat cheese that is wormy? Why does this question sound familiar?
2d	comment	Is there an inyan to eat Cheesecake on Shavuos? What is your source that cheesecake is delicious?
2d	revised	Prounciation - IM vs YIM? with ים ending edited body
2d	comment	Must one pray with a minyan? "Must" is clearly a loaded word. Any activity that is dependent upon others is going to pose problems, and any such obligation will have exceptions built into it. IMHO the "must" is on the effort to do so, not on the "requirement" itself. I'd word it as a duty more than a requirement, perhaps, in that prayer without a Minyan is valid.