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Sep 16 |
answered | In Kaddish — what consolation can we offer G-d? |
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Sep 14 |
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Polyphasic Sleep and Halacha @MosheYitzhak Many people change at least a little for an afternoon nap, especially on Shabbat. So this would be quite practical. |
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Sep 13 |
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In an average shul, how long before sunset does a combined weekday Mincha/Maariv service start? @msh210 I think the edit was unneccesary. If it really irked you as originally written, this is fine. |
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Sep 13 |
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In an average shul, how long before sunset does a combined weekday Mincha/Maariv service start? Had when I lived there. AFAIK they still have minyanim at that time. |
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Sep 13 |
answered | In an average shul, how long before sunset does a combined weekday Mincha/Maariv service start? |
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Sep 13 |
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How can I make a long summer shabbat a delight? @AdamMosheh, I never especially liked that sort of folk roshei teyvot. "shopping b'shabbat taanug" works just as well as a roshei teyvot, as of course does any other verb beginning with shin. |
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Sep 13 |
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Us'shuva us'fila utz'daka maavirin… so what? @msh210, who says they are emphasizing the right things? There is a chassidic story whose moral is: better to emphasize "ana Hashem ki ani avdecha" in Hallel than "ana Hashem hoshiana na". Nevertheless, the emphasis everywhere I've been is on the latter. |
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Sep 13 |
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Can you fulfill the obligation to pray if you can't hear the leader? Perhaps those who knew how to daven (and motzi themselves) stood in back & those who needed to hear the shatz stood close enough to do so. |
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Sep 11 |
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Saying “I love you” during nidda I'm mostly guessing/theorizing, but I'd say it is because niddah can be a time when there is less feeling of love, and telling your wife that you love her creates emotional closeness to bridge the physical distance. This may be somewhat akin to something else she said: There is sometimes a feeling soon after Shabbat/yomtov of reticence to touch the light switches, forgetting that Shabbat has ended. This feeling can occur with a spouse after niddah. She thinks it should not. "Your wife is never muktze." |
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Sep 10 |
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Dead Fly on Hot Oily Pan 60 is calculated by volume and the pan doesn't count. I can find sources if I need to, but I am quite sure here. Sixty based on volume is from a AskOU session. |
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Sep 10 |
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Saying “I love you” during nidda Oh, she is a kallah teacher. |
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Sep 10 |
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Hilchos nidda: leftovers Explained nechira |
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Sep 10 |
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Saying “I love you” during nidda Her husband is Rabbi Yaakov Luban, who works for the Orthodox Union and has a congregation in Edison, NJ. |
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Sep 10 |
answered | Saying “I love you” during nidda |
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Sep 10 |
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Does a fan or light on Shabbos need a Blech? Depends on how likely you are to flip switches if you don't put this on. My wife & I still tape some light switches that we know are likely to be flipped if not taped. |
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Sep 10 |
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Why doesn't a ben niddah acquire the status of a mamzer? I think both comments miss the obvious example: a married woman. Once she stops being married, she could be with this other fellow. |
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Sep 10 |
answered | Hilchos nidda: leftovers |
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Sep 10 |
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Sharpening a Knife on Shabbos This is a good answer, but can be vastly improved with sources. |
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Sep 9 |
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Specific punishments for specific sins added 74 characters in body |
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Sep 9 |
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Specific punishments for specific sins My issue with @MonicaCellio's answer (also mentioned by hodofhod below) is that in both cases, the language there seems pretty clear that this is THE reason. 'For 3 sins, X punishment happens' suggests that only these three. 'Why are children born mute? {sin x}' implies only sin x is punished that way, no? |
