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Q: Who opposes מכניסי רחמים?

bondonkThere is a long standing debate surrounding the piyut "מכניסי רחמים" which is said during selichot (words found here). The piyut is addressed to angels and the text aims to elicit the attributes of the angels to assist in teshuva before the days of awe. The piyut starts like this: מַכְנִיסֵי...

 
 
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6:42 PM
Anyone interested in smart-home devices and Shabbat:
R' Y. Z. Rimon is apparently giving a lecture about this topic at the OU event in NY right now. R' Gil Student is there, and he put photos of the source sheets in a public FB post.
 
7:12 PM
And now there's a campaign to censor the dictionary. Bleh.
 
@TRiG the use of bigoted slurs as the standard words for classes of people seems to me to be a language feature that's worth reconsidering, at the very least.
 
8:14 PM
... Twitter thread by R' Student including source sheets and live-tweeted concepts from the lecture:
IIRC, there was at least one recent question here this could apply to directly.
 
8:57 PM
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Q: What does מעלה עליו הכתוב mean?

Moshe SteinbergThere are two consecutive Mishnayos in Pirkei Avos that use the phrase "מעלה עליו הכתוב", which loosely translates to 'scripture treats him as...' The first is: רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, הַמְהַלֵּךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְשׁוֹנֶה, וּמַפְסִיק מִמִּשְׁנָתוֹ וְאוֹמֵר, מַה נָּאֶה אִילָן זֶה וּמַה נָּאֶה נִ...

 

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