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Joseph did you look on my comments on the above Rambam?
The above should be she learns on her ‘own’.
I asked a question above why we make kiddush levona according Ptolemy? The answer is simple, it doesn’t matter whose moon it is as long we get light from it.
Maybe, if she learns on her, shows willingness to learn, she will be more careful not to jump to conclusions and misunderstand, whreas if the father forces her to learn, she will not exert herself to understand.
The Rambam above is very strange. First he says, women get a reward for learning. It does not say but women should not be learning on their own, which would logically follow, but he says that the father should not teach the daughter. Why do you get a reward for something you should not be doing? This indicates that they are not obligated but can learn on their own.
Look up the Tiferes Yonasan on the dor hafloga where he writes בידוע שיש מקום ישוב על הלבנה it is known that the moon is a place that can be inhabitat.
According to Copernicus it makes sense to make kiddush levonah on our moon as the moon orbits the earth. Ptolemy holds that the moon has a separate orbit the questiion applies, why we make kiddush levonah?
In the miskan curtains where made with red thread which was used for heauty sake among other colors, but by the metzorah it designates his sin of the mouth. So he has to go towards one extreme or towards the other either towards humility or towards haughtiness. Sometimes a person sins because of humility, depression and he doesn’t care what he does.
catch yourself, why tie a red string which has a connotation of sin?
There is a Smak who says to make a kal vechomer from the goyim who sit like a statue in church. Some excuse us that we feel comfortable as being at home in shul.
Can you go into a McDonalds to get a soda?
Learning the daf yomi, Brochos 6,2, whoever relies on others for support, his face changes to different colors. I heard in the name of the Chasam Sofer that this refers to a Rav who relies on others, he acts differently towards them.
Another idea similar but different.. People who are jealous say, I am just as good as you are , so the seeing the red string reminds him of his sins which might bring above to check the books for him to see whether he is worthy of it and thereby he might be punished. This will take away his jealousy and repent so he can see white. Yermiah 2 warns that people who say, I did not sin, might get punished. The Binah Leitim explains the expression אנכי נשפט אןתך על אמרך לא חטאתי, it should have said שופט אותך? He explains that when we say, I did not sin, we are making Hashem our adversary in judgement, who says you did sin and therefore, there will not be a forgiveness, but if he admits his sin, he will be forgiven.
Why does it say, stop the talking in shul, rather than stop talking in shul? Aren’t the gaboim responsible to stop the talking? You only make them angry if you tell them to stop talking. They know there are not suppose to talk and they still talk. If they talk they feel that they have a heter. The Rav should emphasize the importance of not talking.
I made a shidduch wih my wife a’h, she knew the girl and I knew the boy.
When saying or looking with jealousy on the good fortune of someone can awaken the accusers above (kitrug) to check his books whether he is worthy of it. As mentioned above, the red stting acknowledges his guilt, thereby quieting the kitrug, giving him foregiveness and protecting the child by showing mercy. Maybe the first born has the might and is in a bigger danger to be punished in
the sins of the parents.Why did not the parent tie the red string? Maybe the custom was that the midwife would do the will of the parent when the child was born and the red string served two functions, one for recognizing the first born, second against ayin hara.
rightwriter, didn’t you see what I said above from the historian Seder Hadaros that Raziel Hamalach handed down his sefer to Adam Harishon?
The above is on the passage עוף השמים ייליך את הקול the birds of the heavens carry the sound.
The Otzae Yisroel quotes the targum on Koheles (10,20) Then person should be careful what he says because Raziell Hamalach spreads his words on Har Sinai and Eliyohu flies on wings and tells what is being said secretly to the residents of the world so his nsme is secrets of G-d. (no one knows but G-d).
rightwriter, on the red strings, I gave you some explanation above.
The symbol Magen David is kabalistic depicting the seven sefiros where Malchus or David is in the middle. and the others are on the six edges. It was used in 1354 where Karl IV commanded the Jews of Prage to have a red flag with a magen david on it. The Igros Moshe (O’CH 3,15) questions whether you should remove it from the curtain on the aron hakadesh that was placed there some time ago? He rules we don’t have to as there is no basis for it, but there is a benefit to show Hashem rules over the whole universe in all six directions. The Otzar Yisroel says that the symbol can be found in the Sefer Raziel Hamalach. There is a small book called the Cosmic Bagel by Yitzchak Shimon Hurwitz describes the kabalistic aspect of it in great detail.
Avi K, it only says no mechitza. It does not say mixed.
Should be above can apply the computer saying. GIGO.
TLIK, I think this is implied in the statement of chazal כל הדן דין אמת לאמיתו של תורה you have to know the facts first before paskening, lehavdil maybe we cannot apply the computer saying, GIGO – garbage in, garbage out.
I explained before that mixed does not mean ‘mixed’. Married couples can sit together and men next to men and women next to women.
I found the source for the red string. For Yehuda’s sons, to know who came out first, the midwife tied a red string on him.
ספר בראשית פרק לח כח
וַיְהִי בְלִדְתָּהּ וַיִּתֶּן יָד וַתִּקַּח הַמְיַלֶּדֶת וַתִּקְשֹׁר עַל יָדוֹ שָׁנִי לֵאמֹר זֶה יָצָא
רִאשֹׁנָהWhen she gave birth and one stretched his hand out, the midwife took his hand and tied a red string on him to know who came out first.
The problem is that women say birchas hatorah because they must know halachas that apply to them. In daf yomi, usually halachas are not learned.
Joseph, it only says that the father should not teach the daughter, what about learning on her own like the aishes SMA?
I did not see any reason for the red string. I can give you a reason on my own. Young children get punished because of the parents sins. So we making a proclamation by placing the red string (which symbolizes sin) on our children indicating that we deserve to be punished, so have mercy on our children. This is based on the pasuk אם יהי-ה חטאיכם כשנים כשלג ילבינו if you see your sins red ike red strings, they will turn white like snow.
Benephraim, the Chasan Sofer interprets כל הסומך גאולה לתפילה של ערבית מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא ואינו ניזוק כל אותו היום people are hurting him by questioning why isn’t Meshiach coming? He knows that at the time of galus the redemption is dependent on the proper tefila and that will calm him down and won’t feel harmed. The Rabbenu Yonah says a similar interpretation on והסר ממנו יגון ואנחה asking that we should not be depressed and saddened by thinking that Meshiach has not come yet.
The Chasan Sofer explains why we say that tefila at night is optional. A person should not only daven at night when it is going bad for him. It is more important to daven, give thanks and not to take for granted, when he is doing good. The Ramban holds that בעת צרה is a mitzva min hatorah to daven. The Mesilas Yeshorim says that a child who loves his father anticipates what he wants. Over here he waited when davening was necessary, so it becomes an obligation.
Whatsaktome. Do you have something to base this on?
The chasiddishe seforim say that מאימתי also means from fear.
Look at the Magen Avraham SA O’CH 263,12 how to light on Yom Tov.
See the Chidushei Chasam Sofer Shabbos (24,2).rightwriter, I answered you in reply #1819464