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  1. Why physical strength matters in Jewish life

    It may be one of the most overlooked religious obligations of our time. Not prayer. Not charity. Not…
    #Israel #News #fitness #halacha #health #Jewishlaw #telaviv
    europesays.com/3168970/

  2. Religious rights org. condemns chief rabbi for harmful mikveh comments

    Religious-services rights organization ITIM filed a complaint Tuesday against Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef, accusing him of using…
    #Israel #News #chiefrabbi #halacha #HighCourtofJustice #itim #jerusalem #mikveh #womensrights
    europesays.com/3116350/

  3. Child #3, away at college, goes to CVS and buys #chametz. Yesterday. Using my credit card. 🤦 I find this out when I get the email receipt from CVS.
    Normally I pay for his food at college.
    There's a lot of #halacha I'm not so strict about, but not #Pesach.
    "I need you to not be buying chametz with my credit card on Pesach," I tell him. He apologizes.
    "I am taking that out of the money I owe you, because I can't be owning chametz on Pesach."
    He agrees.
    #Jewstodon #Mazeldon

  4. Child #3, away at college, goes to CVS and buys #chametz. Yesterday. Using my credit card. 🤦 I find this out when I get the email receipt from CVS.
    Normally I pay for his food at college.
    There's a lot of #halacha I'm not so strict about, but not #Pesach.
    "I need you to not be buying chametz with my credit card on Pesach," I tell him. He apologizes.
    "I am taking that out of the money I owe you, because I can't be owning chametz on Pesach."
    He agrees.
    #Jewstodon #Mazeldon

  5. Child #3, away at college, goes to CVS and buys #chametz. Yesterday. Using my credit card. 🤦 I find this out when I get the email receipt from CVS.
    Normally I pay for his food at college.
    There's a lot of #halacha I'm not so strict about, but not #Pesach.
    "I need you to not be buying chametz with my credit card on Pesach," I tell him. He apologizes.
    "I am taking that out of the money I owe you, because I can't be owning chametz on Pesach."
    He agrees.
    #Jewstodon #Mazeldon

  6. Child #3, away at college, goes to CVS and buys #chametz. Yesterday. Using my credit card. 🤦 I find this out when I get the email receipt from CVS.
    Normally I pay for his food at college.
    There's a lot of #halacha I'm not so strict about, but not #Pesach.
    "I need you to not be buying chametz with my credit card on Pesach," I tell him. He apologizes.
    "I am taking that out of the money I owe you, because I can't be owning chametz on Pesach."
    He agrees.
    #Jewstodon #Mazeldon

  7. Child #3, away at college, goes to CVS and buys #chametz. Yesterday. Using my credit card. 🤦 I find this out when I get the email receipt from CVS.
    Normally I pay for his food at college.
    There's a lot of #halacha I'm not so strict about, but not #Pesach.
    "I need you to not be buying chametz with my credit card on Pesach," I tell him. He apologizes.
    "I am taking that out of the money I owe you, because I can't be owning chametz on Pesach."
    He agrees.
    #Jewstodon #Mazeldon

  8. What an interesting #halacha question! Does the definition of "cooking" (bishul) depend on the context or day of the week? The practical answer is that you can't eat this food, but the interesting question is *why*. judaism.codidact.com/posts/294

  9. What an interesting #halacha question! Does the definition of "cooking" (bishul) depend on the context or day of the week? The practical answer is that you can't eat this food, but the interesting question is *why*. judaism.codidact.com/posts/294

  10. What an interesting #halacha question! Does the definition of "cooking" (bishul) depend on the context or day of the week? The practical answer is that you can't eat this food, but the interesting question is *why*. judaism.codidact.com/posts/294

  11. What an interesting #halacha question! Does the definition of "cooking" (bishul) depend on the context or day of the week? The practical answer is that you can't eat this food, but the interesting question is *why*. judaism.codidact.com/posts/294

  12. What an interesting #halacha question! Does the definition of "cooking" (bishul) depend on the context or day of the week? The practical answer is that you can't eat this food, but the interesting question is *why*. judaism.codidact.com/posts/294

  13. A #halacha question to ponder: Is the flower of the oat plant kosher for Passover, if, for example, brewed as a tisane and drunk?

    (I have my own answer, but I'm very curious to hear other opinions!)

    #Passover #Pesach #kosher #BoostsWelcome

  14. A #halacha question to ponder: Is the flower of the oat plant kosher for Passover, if, for example, brewed as a tisane and drunk?

    (I have my own answer, but I'm very curious to hear other opinions!)

    #Passover #Pesach #kosher #BoostsWelcome

  15. A #halacha question to ponder: Is the flower of the oat plant kosher for Passover, if, for example, brewed as a tisane and drunk?

    (I have my own answer, but I'm very curious to hear other opinions!)

    #Passover #Pesach #kosher #BoostsWelcome

  16. This is a really interesting piece about the Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot (2nd day of a festival in the #diaspora), particularly if you’re interested in #Halacha.
    #Judaism #Pesach #Jewish

    https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-extra-day-that-need-not-be/

  17. This is a really interesting piece about the Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot (2nd day of a festival in the #diaspora), particularly if you’re interested in #Halacha.
    #Judaism #Pesach #Jewish

    https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-extra-day-that-need-not-be/

  18. This is a really interesting piece about the Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot (2nd day of a festival in the #diaspora), particularly if you’re interested in #Halacha.
    #Judaism #Pesach #Jewish

    https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-extra-day-that-need-not-be/

  19. This is a really interesting piece about the Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot (2nd day of a festival in the #diaspora), particularly if you’re interested in #Halacha.
    #Judaism #Pesach #Jewish

    https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-extra-day-that-need-not-be/

  20. #Israel / Head of Israeli Yeshiva: according to the Halacha, all residents of Gaza should be killed, including elderly and babies; IDF standing orders take precedence

    The head of a “Yeshivat Hesder” [a program which combines advanced #Talmudic studies with military service] in Jaffa, whose students serve in the #IDF after their studies there, said at a conference that took place yesterday (Thursday) that according to the Halachic principle, all residents of #Gaza should be killed. When asked specifically about elderly people and babies, he answered: "The same."

    [Hebrew] youtube.com/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn or yewti.be/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes
    #JewishHalach
    #Talmud
    #Halacha
    #Genocide

  21. #Israel / Head of Israeli Yeshiva: according to the Halacha, all residents of Gaza should be killed, including elderly and babies; IDF standing orders take precedence

    The head of a “Yeshivat Hesder” [a program which combines advanced #Talmudic studies with military service] in Jaffa, whose students serve in the #IDF after their studies there, said at a conference that took place yesterday (Thursday) that according to the Halachic principle, all residents of #Gaza should be killed. When asked specifically about elderly people and babies, he answered: "The same."

    [Hebrew] youtube.com/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn or yewti.be/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes
    #JewishHalach
    #Talmud
    #Halacha
    #Genocide

  22. #Israel / Head of Israeli Yeshiva: according to the Halacha, all residents of Gaza should be killed, including elderly and babies; IDF standing orders take precedence

    The head of a “Yeshivat Hesder” [a program which combines advanced #Talmudic studies with military service] in Jaffa, whose students serve in the #IDF after their studies there, said at a conference that took place yesterday (Thursday) that according to the Halachic principle, all residents of #Gaza should be killed. When asked specifically about elderly people and babies, he answered: "The same."

    [Hebrew] youtube.com/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn or yewti.be/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes
    #JewishHalach
    #Talmud
    #Halacha
    #Genocide

  23. #Israel / Head of Israeli Yeshiva: according to the Halacha, all residents of Gaza should be killed, including elderly and babies; IDF standing orders take precedence

    The head of a “Yeshivat Hesder” [a program which combines advanced #Talmudic studies with military service] in Jaffa, whose students serve in the #IDF after their studies there, said at a conference that took place yesterday (Thursday) that according to the Halachic principle, all residents of #Gaza should be killed. When asked specifically about elderly people and babies, he answered: "The same."

    [Hebrew] youtube.com/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn or yewti.be/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes
    #JewishHalach
    #Talmud
    #Halacha
    #Genocide

  24. #Israel / Head of Israeli Yeshiva: according to the Halacha, all residents of Gaza should be killed, including elderly and babies; IDF standing orders take precedence

    The head of a “Yeshivat Hesder” [a program which combines advanced #Talmudic studies with military service] in Jaffa, whose students serve in the #IDF after their studies there, said at a conference that took place yesterday (Thursday) that according to the Halachic principle, all residents of #Gaza should be killed. When asked specifically about elderly people and babies, he answered: "The same."

    [Hebrew] youtube.com/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn or yewti.be/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes
    #JewishHalach
    #Talmud
    #Halacha
    #Genocide

  25. Dear Avigal,
    We offended the husband of my wife's best friend by not allowing him to participate via Zoom in our Passover Seder last year. When I saw him recently I sympathized with his desire to be with his family who were visiting us and I assured him that it was nothing personal - others had asked for this in the past, and we said the same.

    He is brogas. Never wants to speak to us again. Says we don't understand that family togetherness is the whole megila, the highest value, etc.

    I apologized again for the hurt that this exclusion caused him, but said that this is our policy and it was nothing personal.

    I can't apologize for what we did, because we'd do it again. I can only apologize for the fact that what we did caused him such pain and invite him to be with us in person in the future.

    Now he's in town and pointedly not visiting us. On one hand, fine! Grow up!

    But do I have an obligation to continue to apologize? And for what?

    #jewish #tshuva #apology #halacha

  26. Dear Avigal,
    We offended the husband of my wife's best friend by not allowing him to participate via Zoom in our Passover Seder last year. When I saw him recently I sympathized with his desire to be with his family who were visiting us and I assured him that it was nothing personal - others had asked for this in the past, and we said the same.

    He is brogas. Never wants to speak to us again. Says we don't understand that family togetherness is the whole megila, the highest value, etc.

    I apologized again for the hurt that this exclusion caused him, but said that this is our policy and it was nothing personal.

    I can't apologize for what we did, because we'd do it again. I can only apologize for the fact that what we did caused him such pain and invite him to be with us in person in the future.

    Now he's in town and pointedly not visiting us. On one hand, fine! Grow up!

    But do I have an obligation to continue to apologize? And for what?

    #jewish #tshuva #apology #halacha

  27. Dear Avigal,
    We offended the husband of my wife's best friend by not allowing him to participate via Zoom in our Passover Seder last year. When I saw him recently I sympathized with his desire to be with his family who were visiting us and I assured him that it was nothing personal - others had asked for this in the past, and we said the same.

    He is brogas. Never wants to speak to us again. Says we don't understand that family togetherness is the whole megila, the highest value, etc.

    I apologized again for the hurt that this exclusion caused him, but said that this is our policy and it was nothing personal.

    I can't apologize for what we did, because we'd do it again. I can only apologize for the fact that what we did caused him such pain and invite him to be with us in person in the future.

    Now he's in town and pointedly not visiting us. On one hand, fine! Grow up!

    But do I have an obligation to continue to apologize? And for what?

    #jewish #tshuva #apology #halacha

  28. Dear Avigal,
    We offended the husband of my wife's best friend by not allowing him to participate via Zoom in our Passover Seder last year. When I saw him recently I sympathized with his desire to be with his family who were visiting us and I assured him that it was nothing personal - others had asked for this in the past, and we said the same.

    He is brogas. Never wants to speak to us again. Says we don't understand that family togetherness is the whole megila, the highest value, etc.

    I apologized again for the hurt that this exclusion caused him, but said that this is our policy and it was nothing personal.

    I can't apologize for what we did, because we'd do it again. I can only apologize for the fact that what we did caused him such pain and invite him to be with us in person in the future.

    Now he's in town and pointedly not visiting us. On one hand, fine! Grow up!

    But do I have an obligation to continue to apologize? And for what?

    #jewish #tshuva #apology #halacha

  29. Dear Avigal,
    We offended the husband of my wife's best friend by not allowing him to participate via Zoom in our Passover Seder last year. When I saw him recently I sympathized with his desire to be with his family who were visiting us and I assured him that it was nothing personal - others had asked for this in the past, and we said the same.

    He is brogas. Never wants to speak to us again. Says we don't understand that family togetherness is the whole megila, the highest value, etc.

    I apologized again for the hurt that this exclusion caused him, but said that this is our policy and it was nothing personal.

    I can't apologize for what we did, because we'd do it again. I can only apologize for the fact that what we did caused him such pain and invite him to be with us in person in the future.

    Now he's in town and pointedly not visiting us. On one hand, fine! Grow up!

    But do I have an obligation to continue to apologize? And for what?

    #jewish #tshuva #apology #halacha

  30. Rambam at the end of Hilchos Talmud Torah rules that a talmid chacham is not allowed to forgo his honour when it is challenged in public - he must pronounce "nidui" (a harsh punishment) on the one who belittled him, because his honour is the honour of the Torah.

    sefaria.org.il/Mishneh_Torah%2

    Now, what would Rambam rule in a case where the belittler - for whatever reason - was unable to control his speech, and involuntarily blurtted out an insult?

    #torah #halacha #rambam

  31. Rambam at the end of Hilchos Talmud Torah rules that a talmid chacham is not allowed to forgo his honour when it is challenged in public - he must pronounce "nidui" (a harsh punishment) on the one who belittled him, because his honour is the honour of the Torah.

    sefaria.org.il/Mishneh_Torah%2

    Now, what would Rambam rule in a case where the belittler - for whatever reason - was unable to control his speech, and involuntarily blurtted out an insult?

    #torah #halacha #rambam

  32. Rambam at the end of Hilchos Talmud Torah rules that a talmid chacham is not allowed to forgo his honour when it is challenged in public - he must pronounce "nidui" (a harsh punishment) on the one who belittled him, because his honour is the honour of the Torah.

    sefaria.org.il/Mishneh_Torah%2

    Now, what would Rambam rule in a case where the belittler - for whatever reason - was unable to control his speech, and involuntarily blurtted out an insult?

    #torah #halacha #rambam

  33. The teshuvot for trans-inclusive Judaism are really interesting.

    (Of course I immediately clicked on the circumcision and conversion one)

    svara.org/twc/

    #Mazeldon #JoiningTheTribe #Halacha

  34. The teshuvot for trans-inclusive Judaism are really interesting.

    (Of course I immediately clicked on the circumcision and conversion one)

    svara.org/twc/

    #Mazeldon #JoiningTheTribe #Halacha

  35. The teshuvot for trans-inclusive Judaism are really interesting.

    (Of course I immediately clicked on the circumcision and conversion one)

    svara.org/twc/

    #Mazeldon #JoiningTheTribe #Halacha

  36. The teshuvot for trans-inclusive Judaism are really interesting.

    (Of course I immediately clicked on the circumcision and conversion one)

    svara.org/twc/

    #Mazeldon #JoiningTheTribe #Halacha

  37. The teshuvot for trans-inclusive Judaism are really interesting.

    (Of course I immediately clicked on the circumcision and conversion one)

    svara.org/twc/

    #Mazeldon #JoiningTheTribe #Halacha

  38. Neat #halacha question: can #Jewish Mastodon help?

    There's debate, I know, on whether it's kosher to pray from a #siddur #app. For those who say yes (w/distractions turned off), what is the status of the phone while doing so? Is it #kodesh (holy), like an actual siddur is, meaning if you touch something that isn't you have to wash your hands before proceeding? Or is it just a phone, and only the app has special status? Got #sources? Answers here good, there even better!

    judaism.codidact.com/posts/287

  39. Neat #halacha question: can #Jewish Mastodon help?

    There's debate, I know, on whether it's kosher to pray from a #siddur #app. For those who say yes (w/distractions turned off), what is the status of the phone while doing so? Is it #kodesh (holy), like an actual siddur is, meaning if you touch something that isn't you have to wash your hands before proceeding? Or is it just a phone, and only the app has special status? Got #sources? Answers here good, there even better!

    judaism.codidact.com/posts/287

  40. Neat #halacha question: can #Jewish Mastodon help?

    There's debate, I know, on whether it's kosher to pray from a #siddur #app. For those who say yes (w/distractions turned off), what is the status of the phone while doing so? Is it #kodesh (holy), like an actual siddur is, meaning if you touch something that isn't you have to wash your hands before proceeding? Or is it just a phone, and only the app has special status? Got #sources? Answers here good, there even better!

    judaism.codidact.com/posts/287

  41. Neat #halacha question: can #Jewish Mastodon help?

    There's debate, I know, on whether it's kosher to pray from a #siddur #app. For those who say yes (w/distractions turned off), what is the status of the phone while doing so? Is it #kodesh (holy), like an actual siddur is, meaning if you touch something that isn't you have to wash your hands before proceeding? Or is it just a phone, and only the app has special status? Got #sources? Answers here good, there even better!

    judaism.codidact.com/posts/287

  42. Neat #halacha question: can #Jewish Mastodon help?

    There's debate, I know, on whether it's kosher to pray from a #siddur #app. For those who say yes (w/distractions turned off), what is the status of the phone while doing so? Is it #kodesh (holy), like an actual siddur is, meaning if you touch something that isn't you have to wash your hands before proceeding? Or is it just a phone, and only the app has special status? Got #sources? Answers here good, there even better!

    judaism.codidact.com/posts/287

  43. This was quite interesting.

    I’m too tired to look it all up now but I have two basic questions. Maybe someone can help me?:

    1. Who decides/how are the rabbis who make #Halacha decisions in Conservative Judaism selected (elected?). How does this fit with the history of rabbinic #Judaism?

    2. Reform Judaism’s Responsa are similarly given by a selected/elected body? What’s the process?

    reformjudaism.org/rise-reform-

    #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Mazeldon

  44. This was quite interesting.

    I’m too tired to look it all up now but I have two basic questions. Maybe someone can help me?:

    1. Who decides/how are the rabbis who make #Halacha decisions in Conservative Judaism selected (elected?). How does this fit with the history of rabbinic #Judaism?

    2. Reform Judaism’s Responsa are similarly given by a selected/elected body? What’s the process?

    reformjudaism.org/rise-reform-

    #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Mazeldon

  45. This was quite interesting.

    I’m too tired to look it all up now but I have two basic questions. Maybe someone can help me?:

    1. Who decides/how are the rabbis who make #Halacha decisions in Conservative Judaism selected (elected?). How does this fit with the history of rabbinic #Judaism?

    2. Reform Judaism’s Responsa are similarly given by a selected/elected body? What’s the process?

    reformjudaism.org/rise-reform-

    #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Mazeldon

  46. This was quite interesting.

    I’m too tired to look it all up now but I have two basic questions. Maybe someone can help me?:

    1. Who decides/how are the rabbis who make #Halacha decisions in Conservative Judaism selected (elected?). How does this fit with the history of rabbinic #Judaism?

    2. Reform Judaism’s Responsa are similarly given by a selected/elected body? What’s the process?

    reformjudaism.org/rise-reform-

    #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Mazeldon

  47. This was quite interesting.

    I’m too tired to look it all up now but I have two basic questions. Maybe someone can help me?:

    1. Who decides/how are the rabbis who make #Halacha decisions in Conservative Judaism selected (elected?). How does this fit with the history of rabbinic #Judaism?

    2. Reform Judaism’s Responsa are similarly given by a selected/elected body? What’s the process?

    reformjudaism.org/rise-reform-

    #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Mazeldon