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@AndrévonKugland the day non-Jews prevented them from other jobs ....
If you are seriously interested in the topic, there is a very good by Jacques Attali, translated into English as "The Economic History of the Jewish People" amzn.com/2747214575
@IsaacMoses R Slifkin answered "Hi Michael, nice to hear from you. Sorry, I'm going to pass on this one! But I'd be interested to see other suggestions in the future."
I told him that, paradoxically, the fact that he passes once makes us more comfortable sending more ideas knowing he feels comfortable saying no at times
Esther 3:5 says, “וימלא המן חמה” Haman was filled with butter. This would presumably make his flesh basar b’chalav, but Shemos 16:35 clearly says “ובני ישראל אכלו את־המן” the Children of Israel ate Haman; how was this allowed?
This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken comple...
@Daniel I think "people" find it very difficult to imagine Judaism has something to say on everything, incl. how to manage your webserver on Shabbat. As the second highest-rated answers writes "Should never mix business & religion" ...
If Jews claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, why do we look before we cross the road? I'm a Jewish man myself and personally never look before crossing and have yet to be hit. It's not like we are going to die before our time.
@DoubleAA, They started in with the "Shoshanat Ya'akov" tune in my shul already this past Shabbat, at Birkat Hachodesh. I think the first day of Rosh Chodesh is fine. Note that in the post, I specified tonight at sundown as the start point for this year. Note also that as I said above, I think that we don't need to enforce the time limits with very close precision. We just want to keep this feature reasonably in check. — Isaac MosesFeb 22 '12 at 20:11
@Scimonster I'm just saying that generally, if we don't know whether a day is Rosh Chodesh or not, we observe two days just in case. We don't wait for the signal to come from Jerusalem. See Rambam Kiddush HaChodesh 5:7-8
> We're coming to you live from the Jewish Community Center of Aukland, where a crowd of Yodeyans have gathered, laptops poised, to be the first to grag in the Purim Torah season. This happens every year, but we've never seen such a large crowd. I guess they have a lot of pent-up jokes. OK; the guy with the diamond-shaped hat is looking out the window. Here it comes. "Sundown!" Wow; look at them typing furiously, and, here it comes ... Ahhh! The puns!
I find this question rather disconcerting... It seems to be implying that the US president is a ruler. https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/68996/can-jews-be-rulers-of-countries-other-than-israel
@Scimonster Indeed, but I don't think that really proves anything. The president undoubtedly has more power than the average person but to say that he's a ruler is definitely pushing the boundaries of reality.
We can see that right now. The current president of the US won't be able to get anyone appointed to the Supreme Court unless he somehow convinces Congress to allow it. A ruler wouldn't even need a Supreme Court, let alone have trouble getting people appointed to it.
I don't know why anyone is arguing here. We all realize that what constitutes a "ruler" is ill-defined. This is just a semantic game. Someone should tweet at him to stop making a fuss about ambiguous connotations.
@msh210 Davka a Jew, when it's forbidden in Judaism. I suppose for someone else, specifically putting one of them there when it's forbidden could also be offensive.
@Scimonster Ah. I'm not offended by an author's having a Jew do something forbidden by halacha unless it's in the work specifically because the Jew is meant to be depicted as violating halacha (which I doubt was the case here) or because the Jew is meant to be depicted as doing something non-Jews recognize as immoral (which I'm pretty sure was not the case here) or the like. But maybe that's just me.
@msh210 I find it slightly offensive to unnecessarily specify that it's a Jew doing something against halacha, as opposed to just anyone. But that could also be just me.
@Scimonster 1) Set a good example of following Halacha. 2) Encourage other Jews to follow Halacha, until all do, as a matter of course. 3) Fiction writers who want to realistically portray Jewish characters will need to have them follow Halacha.
Esther 3:5 says, “וימלא המן חמה” Haman was filled with butter. This would presumably make his flesh basar b’chalav, but Shemos 16:35 clearly says “ובני ישראל אכלו את־המן” the Children of Israel ate Haman; how was this allowed?
This question is Purim Torah and is not intended to be taken comple...
If Jews claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, why do we look before we cross the road? I'm a Jewish man myself and personally never look before crossing and have yet to be hit. It's not like we are going to die before our time.
