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Scimonster

1:09 AM

@YeZ I hope it gets reopened, because i have an answer for it.

Isaac Moses

2:40 AM

@Scimonster when R"Ch hits, you can request re-opening of old ptij questions by flagging them.

YeZ

@IsaacMoses I was just gonna say that!

YeZ

3:48 AM

@DoubleAA or @msh210 care to weigh in about dikduk above my paygrade? Over here.

Meta-Man

4:51 AM

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Q: Feature Request: Downvote popup to provide anonymous feedback

As a new user, I find it frustrating when I put effort into an answer and receive down votes with no explanation why. When a user flags a comment, they are given a few choices to explain why they are flagging the comment and an "other" choice if they wish to provide more detailed information. I ...

feature-request

msh210

6:56 AM

@Shokhet Well, it was advertising the Quran. Or something. (Just catching up in chat, finally.)

... and now I see MonicaCellio answered, way up there, far better than I just did.

msh210

7:16 AM

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A: Mi Yodeya Glossary

מיקל – meikel – verb – to be lenient, as in matters of law. contrasts with מחמיר – machmir – verb – to be stringent or strict, as in matters of law. Rabbi Schwartz is meikil on the issue, while Rabbi Weiss is machmir. Actually a masculine singular present-tense verb (or present participle), t...

@Shokhet The page you link to in the chat message I'm hereby replying to implies that smileys should be in <code> tags: it says the issue is that that makes screenreaders pronounce stuff character for character, but that's precisely the intent here.

msh210

7:37 AM

@YeZ IINM the segol form is the present-tense nif'al (as well as the future-tense kal) and the kamatz form is the past-tense nif'al. See e.g. the various listed senses at en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%94 (the main sense is the past, and the present is listed as a separate sense beneath it).

msh210

8:45 AM

All: We have brisk and soloveitchik. Should they be merged? Also, there are a bunch of questions about the Gerrer rebbeim/chasidus. Should we have a tag for that? E.g.: yodeya.com/q/51323 yodeya.com/q/53990 yodeya.com/q/21994 yodeya.com/q/14956 yodeya.com/q/11942 and yodeya.com/q/43504 , and maybe yodeya.com/q/8799 and yodeya.com/q/22945

msh210

2:29 PM

Is this on-topic? I don't see how. — msh210 ♦ 56 secs ago

Yishai

4:00 PM

Ibn Ezra reads the verse that way, but notes that it's referring only to a fitting wife, (seemingly from the context specifically in contrast to intermarriage). I'd -1 this if I could: it's afaict wholly wrong. — msh210 ♦ 2 hours ago

Are mods unable to downvote or something?

TRiG

5:37 PM

in English Language & Usage, Jul 24 '14 at 13:02, by RegDwigнt

You always know if a question is from Judaism, because every second bratchl is something you've never hlompered before.

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HodofHod

5:50 PM

@TRiG This is gevaldik, because its so true.

YeZ

6:23 PM

@HodofHod you mean so emesdik?

HodofHod

@YeZ I was afraid to overdo it. :) I was going to include a mamesh etc.

Besides, its not even the Yeshivish that's the issue, it's words like "bracha" that are (to us) so common.

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

8:56 PM

sholom 3aleicham war7amei Aloheem ubeerchotho brothers and sisters

can someone help me translate something which i am reading

i am having a hard time understanding thoroughly what is being said

@DoubleAA maybe you can help, if you are not busy

Scimonster

@MoriDoweedhYaa3qob Could you post it here?

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

@Scimonster its from the the pdf docdroid.net/rko0/kefayet.pdf.html

page 120

it talks about what specifically koreyya3 is

and what the meaning of shoho means

and so on

is he saying koreyya3 is a general term?

YeZ

@MoriDoweedhYaa3qob 120 of the pdf or the page numbered 120 in the top corner?

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

top corner

Scimonster

@YeZ Same thing, i think.

YeZ

9:01 PM

@Scimonster no, 120 of the pdf came to page 125 (somehow)

Scimonster

@YeZ Not for me.

YeZ

never mind. I don't know how I ended up at 125.

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

look at page 117 where he says that koreyya3 is sho7o

and then in 120 and further he explains explicitly what that means

Scimonster

@MoriDoweedhYaa3qob Remind me what letter 7 means?

YeZ

@MoriDoweedhYaa3qob I don't see that on p. 120.

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

9:04 PM

@Scimonster h

heit

@YeZ page 117 he says koreyya is shoho

shohiyya

and further down started with the topic of hashtahawoyo on 120 and down

he talks about barikho koreyya shohiyyo qidho hashtahawoyo

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

9:15 PM

shohiyya is koreyya/koreyya is shohiyya?

meaning shohiyya is general?

and that shohiyya is koreyya al birkayyim at all times?

:/

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

9:36 PM

@Scimonster @YeZ any lucky?

Scimonster

@MoriDoweedhYaa3qob No, sorry.

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

@Scimonster ok thanks tizku lamiswoth

El'endia Starman

This question really intrigues me, but I don't know half of what's being talked about.

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Q: What should you do if you accidentally talk between Al Netilas Yadayim and Hamotzi?

Assuming one has the minhag not to speak between netilas yadayim and hamotzi...What should one do if one accidentally speaks during this time? Should one wash again? With or without a blessing? --Or should one just go straight to HaMotzi? If the third, is there any kind of (immediate) tikkun ...

blessing netilat-yadayim-washing speech-talking hefsek-interruption hamotzi-beracha

Meta-Man

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Q: Is it time to replace the term CYLOR?

"CYLOR" (See your local Orthodox Rabbi) is a much-used phrase on Mi Yodeya. I believe this innocuous phrase has several limitations. The first is a question of audience: An Orthodox Jew would know to ask an Orthodox Rabbi; while a non-Orthodox Jew may feel judged or confused. In addition, not al...

discussion

YeZ

@MoriDoweedhYaa3qob I somewhat gave up. If I have more time later, I'll take a more serious look.

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

9:40 PM

@YeZ what did you get from what you read

El'endia Starman

What do the question and answer mean? As in, I don't know any of the Jewish jargon, and I also don't know what events and/or rituals are being talked about. So...could someone explain?

Scimonster

@El'endiaStarman Jews do ritual washing before eating bread. This washing is called netilat / netilas yadayim (depending on pronunciation). Hamotzi is the blessing before the bread itself. Many (most?) people have a custom (minhag) not to talk between the two events to avoid interrupting.

How's that?

El'endia Starman

@Scimonster That clears up a lot, though I don't see what's being interrupted. Hands are washed, and then immediately afterwards, the bread is blessed? So interrupting the speaker means that they have to start over?

MoriDoweedhYaa3qob

@El'endiaStarman thats why there is no issue of talking between washing and making the blessing on bread from my school of thought. not talking is pretty outlandish even though its commonly accepted as even an actual law

Scimonster

@El'endiaStarman The bread isn't always eaten immediately. Often in a communal/familial setting, everyone will wash together, and one person will say the blessing on bread for everyone. During this time, people should be focused on keeping their hands clean. Most people then don't talk or do other interruptions between washing and eating.

El'endia Starman

9:50 PM

@Scimonster Huh. I'm aware that in the Mosaic Law, there are multiple ways to defile oneself to whatever degree, but that's not what I see here. Why is it important that one's hands be completely clean before eating? Also, what does "clean" mean in this instance?

YeZ

@El'endiaStarman The idea is not to take your mind off of your now clean/pure hands. Talking may take your mind off of it and "interrupt" the certainly clean/pure status of your hands.

Scimonster

@YeZ @El'endiaStarman And consequently, by being distracted, you could come to touch something that would render your hands impure.

El'endia Starman

@Scimonster Could this "something" be just about anything, or are there separate categories of "will dirty your hands" and "does not dirty your hands"?

Scimonster

@El'endiaStarman That's a good question. May i suggest you pose it to the community at large?

El'endia Starman

@Scimonster I guess I shall!

msh210

10:06 PM

@El'endiaStarman cf judaism.stackexchange.com/q/44177

Fred

@El'endiaStarman Washing before eating bread nowadays is a rabbinic enactment (this tag includes relevant questions). In addition to the points mentioned in the answer linked by @msh210, touching something physically dirty or sweaty would probably also require someone to rewash.

Shmuel Brin

10:21 PM

Do we have a consensus on closing name questions?

Noach mi Frankfurt

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Q: Terumah for non-Kohanim

Let's say that we are in the days of the Beit HaMikdash. I, as a Kohen, would receive terumah. Would it be permissible for me to give the terumah which I have received to the poor?

halacha tzedakah-charity teruma

Should we have a [matanot evyonim] tag?

Scimonster

@ShmuelBrin For the most part, i think so.

If it demonstrates how it's related to Judaism, it should be ok.

Like, i voted against closing this one, because it's about a Biblical figure in Jewish tradition.

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Q: Origin of Yisha'yahu (Isaiah/יְשַׁעְיָהוּ)'s name

Does Jewish tradition teach us anything that might explain the origin of the name Yisha'yahu/Isaiah/יְשַׁעְיָהוּ? I am referring to the prophet who bore the name. If his name means, as it seems to, "G-d is salvation," what might be the meaning behind it? From what, exactly, might his parents h...

names historical-figures etymology isaiah-yeshaya-the-book

Monica Cellio

@El'endiaStarman hi and welcome! One concept you might have missed is that the hand-washing here is ritual. Yes your hands should already be clean, but this isn't "get out the soap and water 'cause we're eating" so much as an additional purification once your hands are already clean. And because the two mitzvot (commandments) are connected, the washing and the blessing for the bread, we don't want to interrupt between them.

Similarly, we don't interrupt between saying the blessing and actually eating some bread.

El'endia Starman

10:39 PM

@MonicaCellio Ahhh, okay. So, connected in a similar sense as two clauses of one sentence are connected to each other? That might not make much sense. Connected as in they're two halves of the same command, so to speak?

Monica Cellio

@El'endiaStarman kind of. Maybe more like how chapter 1 of a book is connected to chapter 2?

El'endia Starman

11:06 PM

@MonicaCellio So...the sense I get is that interruptions between washing and blessing should be avoided, but they won't necessarily be a sin, so to speak? It's not recommended (and is even recommended against) but is still permissible?

Mike

11:43 PM

@El'endiaStarman A usual pattern might be 1) wash your hands normally with soap so you don't contaminate other people's food 2) get your food from the serving table 3) go back to the sink to wash your hands ritually with a blessing 4) go sit down 5) say a blessing over the food 6) eat (finally!)

@El'endiaStarman Now this part will definitely vary with place, but at my shul, if you are under 70, you are careful not to speak between the blessings unless you are directing a kid. If you are over 70, talk all you want!

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