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| bio | website | iit.edu/~kbloom1 |
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| location | Chicago, IL | |
| age | 30 | |
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Sepharadi Jew in Chicago.
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Jul 22 |
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Saving a Life During Tefillah @Adam: He asked about shemoneh esreh specifically. What's d'oraita there that would be a problem? |
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Jul 17 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Jul 11 |
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Why was Chanah called an “Ishah Kesheirah”? deleted 2 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body |
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Jul 11 |
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Why was Chanah called an “Ishah Kesheirah”? I saw it somewhere, but I don't remember where. |
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Jul 11 |
answered | Why was Chanah called an “Ishah Kesheirah”? |
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Jul 4 |
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Should I be shuckling? Swaying from side to side probably fills the halachic opinions requring להתנועע just as well as swaying forwards and backwards does. I don't think the word implies any particular direction. |
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Jun 28 |
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Efshar LeSoḥato Asur - because or even though? added 186 characters in body |
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Jun 28 |
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Efshar LeSoḥato Asur - because or even though? @SethJ: You're right. I misunderstood, and your understanding better fits with my understanding of the word סוחט, which means to squeeze rather than extract. (Like squeezing a fruit for its juice is סוחט in Hilchot Shabbat.) You might get a better explanation at adultyeshivala.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/…. I think that the grammatical phenomenon I described is still correct, and I'll update my answer to reflect the better translation. |
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Jun 27 |
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Efshar LeSoḥato Asur - because or even though? added 77 characters in body |
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Jun 27 |
answered | Efshar LeSoḥato Asur - because or even though? |
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Jun 24 |
answered | When does one become considered shomer shaboss? |
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Jun 24 |
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Does the act of masturbation cause a change in one's spiritual/religious status vis-a-vis what he may and may not do? @DoubleAA: Choshen Mishpat 34:2 is a great source for the general principle (particularly the Rema there), but the connection to masturbation is a very specific example of a general principle, and I wouldn't expect to see it mentioned there. |
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Jun 24 |
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Does the act of masturbation cause a change in one's spiritual/religious status vis-a-vis what he may and may not do? @DoubleAA: I read the general rules in Dinei Mamonot (available in English translation) by R' Ezra Batzri. The connection to masturbation specifically is my own inference from what he wrote about "wicked people" being disqualified from being witnesses, and the halachic definition of "wicked people". |
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Jun 22 |
answered | Does the act of masturbation cause a change in one's spiritual/religious status vis-a-vis what he may and may not do? |
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Jun 20 |
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Starting a Jewish Library added 33 characters in body |
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Jun 19 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jun 3 |
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What if there's a Minyan of Aveilim? ohr.edu/2258 |
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Jun 3 |
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What if there's a Minyan of Aveilim? Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 26:14 says that it's a custom. It also says that if a person (regularly?) led services on Shabbat before becomign a mourner, he can continue to do so even while he's a mourner. |
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Jun 3 |
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What if there's a Minyan of Aveilim? No, but it seems like an obvious inference. |
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Jun 3 |
answered | What if there's a Minyan of Aveilim? |
