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"And speak of them" (Deut. 6:7) This is the main Mi Yodeya com...
WAF
Mar 6, 2019 18:54
@IsaacMoses Have you read this? I don't know if it answers those two questions, but it helps scratch the itch you're describing. amazon.com/Spirits-Behind-Law-Talmudic-Scholars/dp/9657108977
WAF
Dec 8, 2018 18:24
@msh210 Definitely modern. I second @mbloch's description.
WAF
Dec 6, 2018 23:15
@Alex @msh210 I was going to suggest the same thing (in Hebrew, but I trust it's a faithful translation). I used it for some shi'urim a few years ago and it was very good for describing current practice and tying it to the iyun.
WAF
Dec 4, 2018 18:08
@Kazibácsi Many תשובות in משנה הלכות are signed "אני הקטן" or "אני הצעיר", which I assumed was both humility and a pun on the author's name. Is that what you're referring to?
WAF
Aug 12, 2018 05:54
I'm pretty sure this is addressed/answered elsewhere, but I can't find the question. judaism.stackexchange.com/q/94634 Could just be my m.y colored glasses obscuring a memory from some other site.
WAF
Jun 28, 2018 16:37
@DoubleAA Excellent, and thank you for the clue as to how to approach the answer.
WAF
Jun 24, 2018 16:29
Yesterday's haftara made me wonder what the greatest quoting depth in Tana"ch is, and if there is a parsed Tana"ch available that would make it easy to answer this question.
WAF
Jun 24, 2018 16:24
@msh210 Hopefully people like @Heshy are getting ahead of the curve on those things in the same way some kohanim are learning various parts of the avoda.
WAF
Jun 22, 2018 14:06
judaism.stackexchange.com/q/93293/3 I keep telling people in real life that as soon as the Mikdash and its associated mitzvos are restored the accounting industry is going to explode.
WAF
Jun 18, 2018 18:23
But I can imagine instances in which I read a question, have some thoughts about how I would answer it, and one or two points that I think would be indispensable in a good answer, then see an answer that contains the indispensable point, and immediately +1 it in my mind. If it's a point I'm really excited about that could translate into a physical +1 even before I read the rest of it. Of course if I change my mind later I just reverse my vote.
WAF
Jun 18, 2018 18:20
@Alex To be fair, it does say "skip to the bottom" at the top.
WAF
May 16, 2018 19:18
@IsaacMoses It didn't sit well with me when I saw those either, but I wasn't sure what was objectionable about it, other than the due diligence expectation. It rang the bell of the homework questions debate they used to have on SO.
WAF
May 14, 2018 21:38
@msh210 Thanks, it's good to be back! So much to learn. (I was never really away, but I get the same impression.)
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:05
Regarding the opinion of Rav P'das, I believe the source you cited agrees with the conclusion of Tosafos here, but that same Tosafos appears to pin a close parallel between proximity to wine for a nazir and proximity to erva on Ula.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:03
@mevaqesh I couldn't tell from the question whether it was limited to mid'oraisa, considering the inclusion of shabas candles as an example. That is why I addressed that point explicitly.
WAF
Dec 24, 2015 03:29
@IsaacMoses Cool!
WAF
Jul 1, 2014 12:56
@MonicaCellio What was this image and where did it go? judaism.stackexchange.com/posts/3027/revisions
WAF
Dec 17, 2013 12:39
@HodofHod Wearing mine with pride!
WAF
Dec 10, 2013 13:55
@IsaacMoses No, but we should talk. . .
WAF
Dec 3, 2013 13:16
@IsaacMoses !!!
WAF
Jul 25, 2012 19:31
@msh210 Exactly.
WAF
Jul 25, 2012 19:28
@msh210 Got it! Thanks for the reference.
WAF
Jul 25, 2012 19:25
@msh210 Reading the wikipedia page. . .
WAF
Jul 25, 2012 19:21
(Double AA too, it just seems impersonal to leave a congratulatory message in his absence.)
WAF
Jul 25, 2012 19:20
@msh210 Very pleased to see both of you in there, and I'm sure you will carry out your duties dutifully.
WAF
Jul 25, 2012 19:17
@MonicaCellio and msh210 - congratulations!
WAF
Jul 9, 2012 22:24
And here.
WAF
Jul 9, 2012 22:23
@TRiG I think that would be a difficult proposition to defend. See the references here.
 

 Discussion on answer by WAF: What is …

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WAF
Jun 15, 2017 01:27
@YaacovDeane I humbly submit that what I got from Jastrow and what you got from Jastrow are exactly the same. I would be happy to clarify the point in my answer if you specify what I got wrong.
WAF
Jun 15, 2017 01:27
@YaacovDeane It's not clear to me whether Rash"i is "taking on" the Yosef Hakohen source as his own, or just citing it, but it does seem to me that it is distinct from the attachment of "ufanag" with "chitei" in his previous comment. I was wondering what the t'amim say about that, but I lack the expertise to tell.
WAF
Jun 15, 2017 01:27
@DanF Not at all sure they are not related. Connections to Indian language cognates are suggested in the Encyclopedia Mikra'it link.
WAF
Jun 15, 2017 01:27
@DoubleAA Can all grain be made into kali?
 

 Discussion between mevaqesh and WAF

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WAF
Sep 19, 2016 18:14
@mevaqesh So, that is what's interesting. I think you're actually begging the question internal to the sugya of the relevance of that comparison in general.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 18:03
@mevaqesh When you say "amiss", you mean "דברי סופרים or lower", I assume (without getting into the question of pseudoפסוקים in the גמרא in general). The real פסוק would probably be לא תקרבו לגלות ערוה, or some combination involving it.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:53
@DoubleAA Thanks! I will try to include that.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:37
@mevaqesh And similarly pointing in that direction, Tosafos saying "שמן התורה אינו אסור אלא קריבה של ג"ע אבל מגזירת חכמים צריך להרחיק ד' אמות" - in the ה"א.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:35
@mevaqesh Right. I understand that "mitzva" doesn't always mean mitzva and that very often the rishonim will attribute something to asmachta that appears like a d'rasha to the untrained eye. But the g'mara phrases it as "נתפסתי במינות ועברתי על מה שכתוב בתורה 'הרחק מעליה...'", which is the start of the relevant part of the discussion.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:22
@mevaqesh You too! (But I'm not amazing at using chat functionality, as you have seen.)
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:20
But it seems clear to me that they were contending with some isur לכל הדעות, based on the context in the גמרא, don't you think?
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:18
I also see how we might be differing in the strength of the parallel drawn by Tosafos regarding the relevant harchakos.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:18
But nice to meet you. I see why we differ in interpretation of the original question, with its reference to "lav"s.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:17
Sorry about that. I posted in the general chat room: mevaqesh I couldn't tell from the question whether it was limited to mid'oraisa, considering the inclusion of shabas candles as an example. That is why I addressed that point explicitly.
Regarding the opinion of Rav P'das, I believe the source you cited agrees with the conclusion of Tosafos here, but that same Tosafos appears to pin a close parallel between proximity to wine for a nazir and proximity to erva on Ula.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:16
Hi @mevaqesh I do not believe we've met.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:02
@mevaqesh Let's take this to chat.
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:02
@mevaqesh Agreed. What do you think I should add in there? I thought the example was the essential answer to "are there examples?", without reproducing the whole sugya. Are you talking about proving that the conflict in this example is only on the level of Oraisa law?
WAF
Sep 19, 2016 16:02
@mevaqesh Most of the discussion is on עמוד א, although that particular comment of Tosafos is on ב. Also see the rishonim and acharonim if you are so inclined.
 

 Discussion on question by RockPaperLi…

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WAF
May 18, 2016 17:16
@recognizer My experience agrees with yours, and I am surprised how uncommon that is. In fact I have observed this (small sample size) with more native English speakers than non - all apparently of sound mind and body at the time of utterance.
 

 Discussion on question by Shokhet: Se…

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WAF
Aug 31, 2014 03:12
B'nei S'farad aside, there is a g'mara that says we stopped playing music when the mikdash was destroyed.
 

 Purim Book Discussion and Brainstorming

See meta.judaism.stackexchange.com/q/1835
WAF
Nov 3, 2013 19:40
. . . and if it helps, one that has a time-honored history in שו"ת printing. I'm thinking of ones where the question will appear in regular letters and the answer will be in rounded ones.
WAF
Nov 3, 2013 19:38
@msh210 Switching type faces is, however, a method that could be used to cut down on marginal/intersection space.