I know that “אבא” and “אמא” are originally Aramaic translations of the Hebrew “אבי” and “אמי” which have become adapted to Hebrew, especially in the accusative case. Are there similar forms in Aramaic corresponding to “חמי” (or is that “חותני”?) or “חמותי”?
Many men, when going up for an aliya, tell the gabbai their name as, e.g. "Reuven ben Rav Yaakov", even if "Yaakov," the father, isn't actually a Rabbi." I believe the reason for this practice is to honor the father by not saying his name without an honorific.
Is there an honorific that's used c...
@DoubleAA As-is, I'd say "clearly yes." If it was edited, consistent with the intent implied in the use of the k-a-v-h tag, to something like "what should one call one's in-laws instead of by their names, in order to properly give them the requesite honor?" I think it's borderline, but passable.
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I'm trying to figure out what "not constructive" means in this context. AFAICT, there are two possibilities:
The comment is not particularly construct...
@DoubleAA @Shokhet What's unclear? It's not the best-asked question, but it seems pretty clear. He's heard that, in contrast to dirty stuff generally, stuff that's dirty because of mitzva use is a good thing and nothing to be ashamed of, and seeks sources on that.
@msh210 Not so sure about that. I actually thought his question was about something similar to אבק לשון הרע (maybe אבק מצוה?); which was why I asked for some supporting Hebrew to figure out if that was actually the case. ....On a reread you're probably right, though.
@Shokhet I think it would be better phrased: "and is this opinion accepted as halacha in recent poskim" or "does anyone disagree" (not sure which the questioner is getting at).
@Shokhet You may want to continue with the Kuntres Achron on Hilchos Talmud Torah from the Alter Rebbe.
@Shokhet I just had another one of my famous events. I only lost one slightly-worked on answer. But it happened through the computer, not stack exchange, so I would've needed the +ctrl-s to prevent it.
I'm on my way over to super-user to ask how to make auto-reboots an opt-in feature.
I am perfectly happy with my computer letting me know when there are updates that need to be installed and resetting is necessary. I want it to continue doing that.
I do not, however, want it to do so by informing me that if I don't stop it from restarting in the next X minutes it will do so au...
@Yishai Okay; d'you think that should be edited for him?
@Yishai Thanks for the recommendation; I'll take a look.
@YeZ I use OneNote, which automatically saves everything. There are a few other programs that do that also....off the top of my head, Windows' Sticky Notes, Write! (in Beta, has problems with Hebrew IME), a few others
@YeZ Oh, cool. Glad you found what you were looking for :)
@msh210 Asked for clarification:
Do you meant to ask what sources there are that say that when an object that becomes dirty from mitzvah usage, that the dirt is a good thing to keep around (as in the stories from Isaac Moses' link)? — Shokhet19 secs ago
@Shokhet The other way to get Mortarboard on meta is to post someanswers to a featured question. ;) And somehow i only got 182 rep today. :) (They deleted a bug report answer that was fixed.)
@Scimonster Hm. Well, you probably got back to 200 from your answers to the profile page question, anyway. Besides, I think that [discussion] and [policy] are the more widely regarded tags on MSE.
@Scimonster that happened to me on the previous profile redesign. I requested a change in an answer, it turned out to be a bug, and they deleted my answer when they fixed the bug. 170 rep down the drain. Oh well; these things happen.
I'd be happy if we had a few more how-to questions that I'm able to answer. I just noticed I'm close to the tag badge. :-)
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I'm trying to figure out what "not constructive" means in this context. AFAICT, there are two possibilities:
The comment is not particularly construct...
I am perfectly happy with my computer letting me know when there are updates that need to be installed and resetting is necessary. I want it to continue doing that.
I do not, however, want it to do so by informing me that if I don't stop it from restarting in the next X minutes it will do so au...
Is celebrating Thanksgiving with a formal sit down meal against Halacha?
