Michael Sandler

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Mar 14	comment	Can God destroy Himself? Yes AND No. :-)
Feb 21	comment	Obligation of community to support those who study Torah? @DoubleAA I would be sincerely interested in an elaboration of the halachas and sources involved. There should be more answers to this question.
Feb 20	comment	Obligation of community to support those who study Torah? My Rosh Yeshivah was the late Rabbi Azriel Goldfein z"tzl, who got smicha at Telz Yeshivah and who was a talmid muvhak of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter. I have heard a shiur by Rabbi Gifter wherein he declares: "I am not an Orthodox Jew, I am a Torah Jew!", and Rabbi Goldfein held the same. In my experience he opposed the stratification of Judaism (he would have cringed to be called Chareidi or Modern Orthodox) so it is difficult to pigeonhole his hashkafa with a label.
Jan 15	comment	Mistaken shehakol - correct it? Thanks, Fred, that's what I thought. Why don't you put your comment into an answer?
Nov 15	comment	How is shechitah done without machinery? @Ariel It might have been uncommon privately, but it was definitely done regularly in the Temple, so there must have been a standard procedure.
Aug 4	comment	Conversion and starting a family @micstas Yes, the children of a hidden Jewish matrilineal line are Jewish, but ancestry like this is difficult to prove conclusively, and without documents or witnesses an Orthodox Jewish Court would probably require the full conversion process.
Aug 2	comment	Nudity at home? This source applies whether you are alone or not. I am looking for a perspective specifically in front of others.
Aug 1	comment	Nudity at home? I apologise if my question is a bit unclear. I am principally looking for source texts or tradition on the subject. I assume it is bad or frowned on and I am expecting to see answers supporting that, but I would welcome sources who disagree.
Aug 1	comment	Nudity at home? Thank you, @ba. I am looking for more specific sources about nudity in front of members of the household.
Aug 1	comment	Shalom Aleichem in Kiddush Levanah If I recall correctly. it was casual, passing advice from a madrich/counsellor whose name I have forgotten.
Jul 27	comment	Delaying using the toilet @msh210 Great editing and links! Have a ♦. :-)
Jul 23	comment	Eating after Kiddush Friday Night without Motzi? Sydenham shul in Johannesburg, South Africa does this. It has become a popular event.
Jul 20	comment	What's wrong with 'Hip Hip Hooray'? I have certainly heard it at birthday parties before. If it's antiquated then South Africa just hasn't noticed. :-) The more religious the family or the crowd the less chance of it being said.
Jul 17	comment	Freshly laundered clothes in the nine days Ooooh. First World Problem, not Friend With Privileges. 'k.
Jul 17	comment	How to respond to excessive talking in a synagogue @AdamMosheh Thank you. ;-) I am not making it up. I really do this when the talking gets too much. It shows my feelings and shuts out the noise at the same time.
Jun 25	comment	Ice-cream scoop on Shabbos Thanks @Menachem! I'm afraid I just couldn't think of a reason why not to use it, but if you are making a shape out of the food it seems some say it's forbidden. If you put your comment into an answer I will accept it.
Jun 25	comment	Ice-cream scoop on Shabbos @Menachem On its own. I know that cooking the ice-cream is not allowed.
Apr 30	comment	Removing mezuzah spoils doorpost That will certainly damage the doorpost
Mar 1	comment	Is buying a lottery ticket a lack of faith? You have correctly identified the essence of my question as relating to hishtadlus in parnassah, and I thank you for clarifying my own thinking. :-) Your answer and comments address profound matters of emunah, but I maintain that you have not answered the question fully. I will contemplate an answer of my own.
Mar 1	comment	Is buying a lottery ticket a lack of faith? I have skimmed through your sources and did not find support for or allusion to reward proportional to effort. On the contrary: "However, the effort is not what helps, but is only an abstract necessity (independent of the Providence that brings us sustenance)". Please clarify.