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{EDITED} – You’re not supposed to entertain such thoughts. Look under Rules, Moderation “Do not request to be a moderator…”

Dear Mod: it is very clear from this thread that we are not asking to be mods. These are more like suggestions which the Editor and Mods should be paying attention to. I really wanted to hear what ZeesKite had to say. It is impolite to interrupt someone when they are speaking! Especially someone so Zees!

SiDi:

ZeesKite did that! Do you think a moderator would cut off part of a word? There is actually a rule here not to impersonate a moderator. However, ZeesKite’s fun is very obviously a joke, although it’s written in bold.

When you post enough ridiculous content, the whole thread can bump into oblivion, if that’s what you’re looking for.

And that musty old violin.

If you use this same screen name on other sites, like I do, and the person happens to recognize your name from here, then there is nothing creepy.

I noticed that those complaining about stalking also have many comments about other people’s profile page. Perhaps, when you have a certain train of thought, you are more attuned to others who share it.

SiDi, there is no reason to think that she passed through the death stage before turning into salt. Not that it would matter if she did, though.

As a side point, I don’t think a ‘rationalist’ would have such a hard time with this. The whole turning over of Sodom and Amora could have been a natural occurance. Chazal do tell us that the area was volcanic, and the Passuk describes the area being washed out with sulfur and salt (not necessarily table salt).

Hashem doesn’t need Nisim to run his world. Contrary to the common attitude that Hashem’s intervention has to be in the form of a bolt of lightning, it doesn’t. The pasuk says, Ha’aretz Hadom Ragli. Hashem runs all the variables, and there are more variables than we normally realize.

Yeah, I read that. I thought I saw it on this site. I wonder why they post these articles including the mention that the herpes was contracted through Metzitza, when that wasn’t proven to be the source

Haleivi what is the full 18 brochos fixing?

Tosafos is not actually referring to Friday Rosh Chodesh specifically. He is talking about any Rosh Chodesh when the following night is not Rosh Chodesh. He says there is no point in Davenning what you already Davened since you won’t be replacing the lost Yaale Veyavo, anyhow. That was in contrast to missing a Tefilla, totally. Even if the Tefilla you missed was a Shabbos Mincha while the Tashlumin Tefilla will be a Chol Tefilla, you are at least replacing a Tefilla for a lost Tefilla.

It seems from the argument that Tosafos holds the same about missing the Hazkoras Shabbos by Shabbos Mincha. There is nothing gained by Davenning another weekday Tefilla. (Obviously, if someone said the Shabbos Mincha without Hazkoras Shabbos, he actually didn’t Daven, so that’s the same as missing it.)

What I wrote before was a misrepresentation of Tosafos. Sorry about that.

pcoz, it is Torah to us being that Chazal put their Shtempel on it. If a student says something smart, it will be only be incorporated in the studies if the teacher agrees.

The Chiyuv of accepting Tosafos Shabbos and the validity of the Shabbos that you accepted are two separate things.

On Motzai Shabbos, though, I remember aa Tosafos that says you won’t be Chayav for doing a Melacha before Havdala. There is a Chiyuv to be Mavdil but you can’t be Chayav until then.

The interesting is though, that the Poskim discuss telling someone who was already Mavdil to do a Melacha before you were Mavdil, without mentioning this Tosafos.

DY, that’s interesting, since it looks like Tosafos gave the Rif the last word.

RabbiOfBerlin, please leave Nadav and Evihu out of the mix. They were Kedoshim before they died. It was said of them, Bikrovai Akadesh. Chazal say they were greater than Moshe and Aharon.

Mosheemes explained it beautifully. There is no question anymore. The only question which remains is why this or that person was Zoche? This type of question, however, is not the kind that will get, nor deserves, an answer.

Harugei Beitar, who’s Frumkeit I’m not sure about (they killed Reb Elazar Hamoda’i), died in a battle that they fought for nationalistic reasons. And yet, Chazal tell us that nobody can approaach their spot.

The Gemara says that one who gives Tzaddaka so that his son should live, is a Tzaddik Gamur. The Maharal explains, besides his other Pshat, that asking for a Yid to live is actually Ratzon Hashem. That in itself is a Mitzva. Like I mentioned in the other thread, it is a Kiddush Hashem when Jews have a Yeshua and when things go well. Therefore, those who die for the cause of Jewish people have died for Hashem, Who’s name is tied to us.

What did you read? I only saw Netanyahu’s statement. It didn’t make me think, wow look how he honors the Torah.

Sam, that question is even worse. They didn’t make eating their symbol. I’m sure you know about the Issur of Matzeiva, for precisely that kind of reasoning.

The two deltas are Kineged the delta of x and of y.

Hey, one minute. Now that I said that, this thread goes into oblivion!?

Just making sure you forgot it…

Treifa Chaya, Treifa Eina Chaya. Is that not a Machlokes about a Metzius?

The kind of Metzius they can’t argue about is the kind that they could easily check out. Instead of arguing they would simply check it out.

Of course you should Daven Beyechidus with the hat. If you Daven in a Shul without the hat you’ll be self-concious the whole Davenning and that will ruin your Kavana.

A word about words:

When we find feelings attributed to Hashem, as in regret, sad, crying, happy, laugh; obviously, we aren’t supposed to take it litteraly. However, feelings are actually self-realizing opinions, in an emotionally healthy person. When someone is sad, they are recognizing a loss to themselves. A feeling is also something that you can’t turn off. Having a feeling implies that something from the outside affected you. These two latter statements don’t apply to Hashem.

However, not necessarily are they part of the definition of a feeling, although it usually comes along with one. So, when we say that Hakadosh Baruch Hu was sad by the Churban, that means that even from Hashem’s perspective it was a sad momment and a great, albeit necessary, loss.

When you understand things this way, you don’t have to turn Mamarei Chazal into a Mashal. You just have to understand it correctly.

The greatest cause for the growing number of OTDs is the growing number of people.

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That is actually the basic Pshat in the Gemara. In a deeper look, there is a Machlokes and Svaros Hamachlokes, and the metzius was just like the Machlokes. There are two angles to approach the cause. There was disgust and danger of harm. Each was an important element.

In fact, it’s not simply a Machlokes of which one, that the true answer is, both. The actual story has two ways of looking at it. Was it mainly the aspect of disgust that allowed him to agry over anything, or, although he was disgusted he actually got angry over the danger of harm. The Machlokes remains, which element is really the cause, while the other is insignificant.

In Gittin we find a Machlokes about an historical fact. When one of the Bar_Plugtos met Eliyahu Hanavi, he asked him what Hashem was doing. Eliyahu replied that Hashem is learning that Sugya that they were arguing about, and saying, Rav Evyasar B’ni Omer Kach… Hashem is quoting them on the issue. He asked, is there a question in Shamayim? Eliyahu answered, Eilu Va’eilu Divrei Elokim Chayim.

There is a lot to be gleaned from this Gemara. First of all, it can apply to an historical fact. Secondly, it is a special Madreiga that his Torah was quoted by Hashem, as the Gemara there uses this as proof of his greatness and reliability. And lastly, one Pshat might be more of a direct answer but both were true.

The Machlokes was about what made the man angry at his Pilegesh, in the story of Pilegesh Bigiv’a. Eliyahu answered that Eilu Va’eilu, first this happened and he overlooked it, then the second thing happend and he lost it.

The Maharal, in Be’er Hagolah, explains that only by Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel were they equally right. In other Machloksim one can be more right. However, they are both true ways of looking at something and are both Toras Emes.

At what point did you feel like you ‘left’? Did feeling that make you want to return or did it hold you back?

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