tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post2612689842924812582..comments2024-03-19T12:13:34.854-04:00Comments on Yeshivat Deah VeHaskel: Is Birkat HaChamma A Farce?Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-57873030228430519802013-02-03T12:00:35.223-05:002013-02-03T12:00:35.223-05:00After getting more than 10000 visitors/day to my w...After getting more than 10000 visitors/day to my website I thought your vesomsechel.blogspot.com website also need unstoppable flow of traffic... <br /> <br />Use this BRAND NEW software and get all the traffic for your website you will ever need ... <br /> <br />= = > > http://get-massive-autopilot-traffic.com <br /> <br />In testing phase it generated 867,981 visitors and $540,340. <br /> <br />Then another $86,299.13 in 90 days to be exact. That's $958.88 a <br />day!! <br /> <br />And all it took was 10 minutes to set up and run. <br /> <br />But how does it work?? <br /> <br />You just configure the system, click the mouse button a few <br />times, activate the software, copy and paste a few links and <br />you're done!! <br /> <br />Click the link BELOW as you're about to witness a software that <br />could be a MAJOR turning point to your success. <br /> <br />= = > > http://get-massive-autopilot-traffic.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-56476474367884058082009-04-19T19:31:00.000-04:002009-04-19T19:31:00.000-04:00The Rav who came to the Magen was Benjamin Blech. ...The Rav who came to the Magen was Benjamin Blech. <br /><br />The site which Stephen Colbert quoted on his show where he "featured" the blessing is:<br />http://www.kehillaton.com/en/articles_birkat_hachama.asp?c=1<br /><br />I'd like to point out that there is an ancient book called the Torah, which modern people will have to address!Justin Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15151788755068936695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-53355193071769399812009-04-14T00:25:00.000-04:002009-04-14T00:25:00.000-04:00I believe Rabbi Bleich is the very same one respon...I believe Rabbi Bleich is the very same one responsible for "Contemporary Halakhic Problems", a treatise on the issues that Orthodox Jews must address in the modern world.B.BarNavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860632239759681393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-2462091824871060662009-04-13T16:48:00.000-04:002009-04-13T16:48:00.000-04:00Dear Rav Maroof and the Magen-חג שמח! I enjoyed t...Dear Rav Maroof and the Magen-חג שמח! I enjoyed this article. I was in Bat Yam for the reading at a Yeshiva of a Rav Atias (Lebanese). We stood on the roof of a tall building and it was very nice. I was told that the blessing has only come out on erev Pesach 4 times and once was actually on the actual Pesach. Has anyone heard this? Also, is R' Bleich the Rav from Yeshiva U who came to the Magen once for Yom Kippur?Justin Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15151788755068936695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-81267336132126435652009-04-07T21:57:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:57:00.000-04:00Email sounds good. Shall we continue with tevunot?...Email sounds good. Shall we continue with tevunot?Rabbi Jonathan Sackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724954433302279666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-68693115020434371342009-04-07T21:56:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:56:00.000-04:00Rav Josh,A beautiful post. I think this is the bes...Rav Josh,<BR/><BR/>A beautiful post. I think this is the best thing I have read on the mitzva . <BR/>Moadim Lesimja Jagim uzmanim lsasonYa'akob ibn Avi Morihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006632955257415368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-10279444928594120522009-04-07T21:20:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:20:00.000-04:00Bruce,You essentially summed up my entire post in ...Bruce,<BR/><BR/>You essentially summed up my entire post in one pithy statement.<BR/><BR/>Comment,<BR/><BR/>I was musing about the same issues today. I think the Rambam does seem to favor the instantaneous creation model, for metaphysical reasons - why should God require "time" to make His will manifest? But the key point is that he was not constricted by a literal reading of the seven days, whether you extend or contract them, and this did not impact his understanding of halakhic institutions like Shabbat.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen Hakham Ovadiah's ruling inside, but there is definitely a widely cited position in halakhic literature that maintains that women are not included in rabbinical mitzvot when those mitzvot are berakhot alone.Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-42236677682424949072009-04-07T20:24:00.000-04:002009-04-07T20:24:00.000-04:00Why does Rav Ovadai Yosef pasken that women should...Why does Rav Ovadai Yosef pasken that women shouldn't say the bracha of birchat hachamma if it is just a birchas hashevach and not a birchas hamitzvah??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-6037517803266211042009-04-07T20:12:00.000-04:002009-04-07T20:12:00.000-04:00another point worth mentioning is that the meforsh...another point worth mentioning is that the meforshim on the moreh understand that Rambam did not take the days of creation literally - and still rambam had no issue with birkat hachamma or ftm shabbat.<BR/><BR/>interesting to me is that the chazal that rambam quotes in moreh to me is compatible with modern science (that things were created in potential) though the meforshim understand him to be saying that creation was instantaneous - i wonder if it is not easier to say based on that chazal that things were created in potential - big bang and subsequent evolution?commentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-28360470998468523532009-04-07T18:29:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:29:00.000-04:00Nice post. Perhaps one lesson is that the univers...Nice post. Perhaps one lesson is that the universe's cycles are very complicated, and our attempts to impose perfect symmetrical ordering on them are useful, but ultimately are only crude approximations.Brucehttp://www.threejews.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-45748732173776894902009-04-07T17:19:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:19:00.000-04:00Incidentally Yehuda, my first reaction was that yo...Incidentally Yehuda, my first reaction was that you were using the wrong sense of זכר. <BR/><BR/>You are using זכר in the sense of semblance as in the Hillel sandwich or the lulav during the rest of Chag. <BR/><BR/>זכרis not always a semblance though. Sometimes it is a remembrance that is not a semblance. <BR/><BR/>Also, where do we see the birkas chama even being referred to as a זכר at all?Rabbi Jonathan Sackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724954433302279666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-57774727292934965002009-04-07T17:18:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:18:00.000-04:00Yes, Hol Hamoed should afford some time for learni...Yes, Hol Hamoed should afford some time for learning...I guess we can confer by email?Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-71344477293968437442009-04-07T17:12:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:12:00.000-04:00RMI think you are referring to the lashon limudim ...RM<BR/><BR/>I think you are referring to the lashon limudim website. Those were some dense articles indeed, I am really glad at least someone enjoyed them!<BR/><BR/>Lets see if we can get those going again. Meanwhile I am keeping up the clamor for learning with you, how does Pesach sound for resuming?Rabbi Jonathan Sackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724954433302279666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-2158140873658558802009-04-07T12:32:00.000-04:002009-04-07T12:32:00.000-04:00Thanks RS! Good points to ponder before the holida...Thanks RS! Good points to ponder before the holiday. You know, Pesah always brings back memories of the old posts on that pre-blog-era site you used to maintain. There was great food for thought in those essays, I printed and saved many of them but it would be wonderful to see a revival.<BR/><BR/>R' Yehuda,<BR/><BR/>Have you read R' Bleich's book? It is excellent, a bit too well researched, but with fabulous scholarly footnotes. One day I can lend you my copy, complete with my underlining and comments in the margin so you don't have to wade through the side points and you can appreciate the novel ideas there.Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-15781335506125986322009-04-07T12:27:00.000-04:002009-04-07T12:27:00.000-04:00Truly significant post.I think this is the key poi...Truly significant post.<BR/><BR/>I think this is the key point of "hachodesh hazeh lachem rosh chodashim" being the first Mitzva. Ralbag seems to confirm this is in perush as well.Rabbi Jonathan Sackshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724954433302279666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-56495279523163442022009-04-07T12:08:00.000-04:002009-04-07T12:08:00.000-04:00Nice post. The way I explained it to a number of ...Nice post. The way I explained it to a number of people is similar. I think the term that makes Birkat haChama and Shabbat understandable to a modern mind is: <I><B>Zeicheir</B> l'ma'aseh B'reishit</I>. The events remind us of the story of B'reishit in the Torah. A seven day cycle is a <I><B>zeicher</B></I>. A 28 year cycle is a convenient <I><B>zeicher</B></I> - it's pretty simple math: every year has roughly <B>52 weeks and 1.25 days</B> in it (it's easy to ignore the .001___ discrepancy until about 100 years passes by; that's why the Julian calendar worked pretty well until 1582). <BR/><BR/>According to that rough estimate each year the sun reaches the same spot 1.25 days later. <BR/><BR/>Ok, now do the simple math: <BR/><BR/>1.25 * ? = (a number divisible by 7 with no remainder)<BR/><BR/>1.25 * (28) = 35.Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012748301457819738noreply@blogger.com