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Monica Cellio

00:19

@HodofHod moderators can now, to allow us to delete first and explain after (which I gather is more of a problem on high-velocity sites like SO).

HodofHod

@MonicaCellio kewl

Monica Cellio

@HodofHod it's handy. There have been times in the past where I deleted something (say, in response to flags), then realized I should have left a comment, and had to decide whether to undelete, comment and delete or just punt.

HodofHod

00:34

@IsaacMoses Random update: feedly no longer requires an extension. cloud.feedly.com

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Seth J

02:21

I like priorities myself. For both ordering and replacement/preference. I only hesitated today because of the recent tension here.

@double @charles

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Isaac Moses

03:59

@HodofHod Thanks. I'll take a look.

@MonicaCellio Thanks for the feedback and ideas. What @mi_yodeya does now is automatically link to every entry on the main and meta RSS questions feeds.

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msh210

05:44

@IsaacMoses @DoubleAA @MonicaCellio @SethJ anyone: What am I missing here? How is

Q: Per my beliefs, to which should I convert: Modern Orthodox or Conservative Judaism?

I was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother, following all Jewish holidays, and have always identified as a Jew and nothing else. I was frequently reminded by my friends (most of whom were Jewish) that, technically, I am not a Jew. Nevertheless, my research has shown that I am considered a...

not a duplicate of

Q: Is there any benefit for a gentile to convert through one denomination versus another?

Despite being raised Conservative, it has been my impression that the only conversion that "counts" is an Orthodox one. I suspect this is the case for making aliyah, but under what other circumstances would the validity of one's conversion be called into question? What is the benefit of converti...

gentiles gerut-conversion orthodox

(To the extent to which it's not too localized, I mean.)

Isaac Moses

06:05

@msh210 It is.

msh210

@IsaacMoses I saw you mentioned, above, that it's a dupe. I'm just surprised it's not closed already. I guess I'll close it.

Isaac Moses

06:18

@msh210 Y"K shesagarta

msh210

@MoriDoweedhYaAgob, topics okay to ask about here include "general knowledge (science, etc.) as it relates directly to Jewish life and learning". That said, this seems a bit of a stretch: its relation to Jewish life is in the notion that someone would want to change, specifically and to the exclusion of other clothes, a talis katan before entering a client's home. — msh210 3 mins ago

Migrate to Freelancing?? — msh210 33 secs ago

Isaac Moses

@msh210 s/as/than/ in my most recent comment, if you please

msh210

@IsaacMoses I please.

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Monica Cellio

13:58

@msh210 I agree (and thanks for closing). When this came up yesterday I was puzzled by it only having a single close vote despite being brought up here, which is why I held off. So thanks to the other close-voters!

If you're sweaty enough to want to change your talit katan, I would expect you to want to change other clothes too. The only thing that makes this plausibly on-topic here is the talit katan, but I don't see why the talit katan is central to this question. Absent further explanation of the Jewish context for the question, I would nominate for closure (or migration, if Bicycles or Freelancing would fit). — Monica Cellio 1 min ago

I just removed the new tags frugal and bicycling, the former because it doesn't seem a likely search axis and the latter because travel covers that territory adequately.

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