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| seen | Oct 19 '12 at 13:49 | |
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Dec 9 |
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Silent aleph (no, I mean really silent) I'm not sure exactly who you are responding to, but yes the aleph in בְּרֵאשִׁית is a מלא tzere vowel. |
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Dec 2 |
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Calculating shabbat candle lighting time what about altitude? |
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Dec 1 |
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Silent aleph (no, I mean really silent) Yosef: Regarding the tsere in ישמעאל, my understanding is as follows: Any of the five long vowels can sometimes be written מלא, i.e. appearing as a written letter. For tzere, chirik, and kamatz, when we write in nikudim, we write the nikud before the the letter that represents the מלא vowel. (See ראשי in Bamidmar 28:11 for example of kamatz aleph, and there are abundant examples of chirik yod.) Only for cholam and shuruk do we write the vowel on the letter, generally vav. I'm no expert on this, so I welcome any more accurate information. |
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Dec 1 |
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Silent aleph (no, I mean really silent) What do the dash and apostrophe represent? |
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Nov 30 |
asked | Why shin and sin? |
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Nov 30 |
asked | Silent letter in Yisachar |
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Nov 30 |
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Silent aleph (no, I mean really silent) I don't have the list of 48 words, but the Feldheim Tanakh does not mark the aleph in ישמעאל as silent, presumably because the aleph is being used as a vowel, representing the sound of the tzere. |
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Nov 30 |
accepted | Relationship between Samekh and Sin |
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Nov 30 |
asked | Silent aleph (no, I mean really silent) |
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Nov 30 |
asked | Relationship between Samekh and Sin |
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Nov 30 |
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Avot keeping Mitzvot More responses to the video: R. Natan Slifkin: rationalistjudaism.com/2010/11/… R. Gil Student: torahmusings.com/2010/11/bears-avos-and-mitzvos.html creator of the video: torahmusings.com/2010/11/… |
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Nov 25 |
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Avot keeping Mitzvot But clearly WAF did not mean to say that the Avot only followed mitzvot that are binding on non-Jews. That's why I wonder what he meant by mitzvot that apply only to Bnei Yisra'el (as opposed to the Avot). |
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Nov 25 |
accepted | History of Capital Punishment |
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Nov 25 |
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Avot keeping Mitzvot Thanks, I edited my question to give examples of seeming contradictions. I wasn't referring to knowledge of the future per se, although this does have the potential to generate logical paradoxes. In any case, you do already address some of the issues I have listed. I will have to look at the Igrot Moshe you cited when I get a chance, but if would care to list some of the answers you found, that would also be useful. Also, I am curious to know what you mean by mitzvot that apply exclusively to Bnei Yisra'el. Which mitzvot are not in that category? |
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Nov 25 |
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Avot keeping Mitzvot added examples of contractions |
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Nov 22 |
asked | Ma'aser kesafim on capital appreciation |
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Nov 22 |
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Hours, minutes, and chalakim I don't really see either of these issues as problems. I don't see a problem per se with using thirds of seconds to announce the molad. And also I don't see why it matters whether people in shul are able convert in their heads from 868 chalakim to... well what would they be converting to anyway? why should people in shul be needing to make any calculations? And if they are calculating the next molad, leaving out the minutes would arguably make it easier, since there is one less unit to deal with. |
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Nov 22 |
answered | Hours, minutes, and chalakim |
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Nov 21 |
asked | Esav & Yishma'el today |
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Nov 21 |
asked | Avot keeping Mitzvot |
