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Jul 16 |
answered | Segulah for Children? |
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Jul 15 |
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Vacuuming during the Nine Days Neither had I, 'till I heard it... |
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Jul 15 |
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Vacuuming during the Nine Days The logic was that the cleaning accomplished by vacuuming a carpet is the same level of cleaning that occurs when one washes a garment. The person who I heard this from is a respected Rov, who I don't think would so easily misunderstand the issue. Perhaps the original psak was in regard to shampooing a carpet, but that would probably be obvious that it's forbidden. |
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Jul 15 |
answered | Do you have to close the window if someone's cold? |
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Jul 15 |
asked | Vacuuming during the Nine Days |
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Jun 30 |
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Who wrote the 1950s-era super-patriotic Prayer for the United States of America? If it doesn't appear anywhere else, that would seem to be the case. |
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Jun 21 |
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Who wrote the 1950s-era super-patriotic Prayer for the United States of America? It turns out that he simply modified the standard "HaNosein Teshuah" formula to address the president and vice-president. This prayer was said for many generations, referring to whoever happened to be in power at the time. For the history and some interesting images, see tinyurl.com/4duxyo. (A random source in Hebrewbooks, referring to Czar Nikolai: tinyurl.com/36shzxc.) |
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Jun 20 |
answered | Who wrote the 1950s-era super-patriotic Prayer for the United States of America? |
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Jun 20 |
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Modern nations and Umos Haolam With regard to the first four, it is pretty clear that these were meant as "nicknames" rather than actual identities of peoples or places. For a nice discussion about this, see here: mavenyavinarchive.blogspot.com/2006/12/… |
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Jun 14 |
answered | Hard Yeshivish phrases to translate |
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Jun 8 |
accepted | Carnation Instant Breakfast substitute |
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Jun 8 |
asked | Carnation Instant Breakfast substitute |
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Apr 26 |
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B'rachah on Shiluach HaKen There is discussion about that point... R' Chaim Kanievski deals with it in his sefer Nachal Eisan, I believe he is the one who decided that it should be "L-" rather than "al". |
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Apr 25 |
answered | Hashem and time |
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Apr 25 |
answered | B'rachah on Shiluach HaKen |
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Apr 4 |
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Custom to refrain from eating meat at the Pesach Seder? I assume you say "Ashkenazim" in the sense of people from communities originating in Germany. (Ashkenazim in general certainly do not have a custom to refrain from eating non-roasted lamb.) |
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Apr 2 |
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Custom to refrain from eating meat at the Pesach Seder? Thanks for that answer! It seems to me that Taz was merely postulating the existence of such a custom in order to resolve the words of the Tur, but he was not personally familiar with people or places who in fact acted that way. I wonder if Yahu is correct about this stringency being "mined" from the Taz without an actual basis in tradition. |
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Apr 2 |
accepted | Custom to refrain from eating meat at the Pesach Seder? |
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Mar 29 |
asked | Custom to refrain from eating meat at the Pesach Seder? |
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Mar 26 |
answered | What's in the new bit of Jerusalem Talmud? |
