tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post115279818519647368..comments2024-03-24T05:22:27.179-04:00Comments on Orthonomics: Orthonomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-44814406495958458132010-08-27T01:31:27.261-04:002010-08-27T01:31:27.261-04:00I will keep a small calendar on me, when signing u...I will keep a small calendar on me, when signing up for activities, so I don't make this mistake again.tallithttp://www.jewishbookwarehouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-73826515452677385432010-08-27T01:31:10.107-04:002010-08-27T01:31:10.107-04:00I will keep a small calendar on me, when signing u...I will keep a small calendar on me, when signing up for activities, so I don't make this mistake again.Rupinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035322517452082807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152925537131976052006-07-14T21:05:00.000-04:002006-07-14T21:05:00.000-04:00Easy fast...I remember my first rosh hayeshiva, Ra...Easy fast...I remember my first rosh hayeshiva, Rav Dov Begon, smiling and saying back to me not to worry about the easy fast, but to have a beneficial fast! If only...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152881135338647712006-07-14T08:45:00.000-04:002006-07-14T08:45:00.000-04:00Interesting. Sepharadi practice more closely mirr...Interesting. Sepharadi practice more closely mirrors the Mishnah in Ta'anit than Ashkenazi practice which expands many of the restrictions really applicable to Av (mi she-nichnas Av, m'atim ha'simcha, i.e., the flip of Adar) to the end of Tammuz as well.<BR/><BR/>On the flip side, we don't have a whole month of Slichot!<BR/><BR/>SL: You should check out Mekor Chaim, by R. Chaim David HaLevi, the former Chief Rabbi of TA/Yafo. He's got two versions, the kitzur, which is just halacha and Mekor Chaim HaShalem, which provides aggada and machshava as well as the p'sak halacha. As a Sepharadi, he tends to follow hard line Sepharadi p'sak (almost everything is footnoted to Maran Y. Karo), but he also points out Ashkenazi differences. <BR/><BR/>Although it's not terribly groundbreaking in terms of halacha, it's a major work in the way it combines machshava with halacha. Very, very interesting stuff. And there's the R. Marc/Chaim Angel biography to read alongside it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152841985427838682006-07-13T21:53:00.000-04:002006-07-13T21:53:00.000-04:00Charlie-You touched on a question that I figured w...Charlie-You touched on a question that I figured would come up. <BR/><BR/>Ashkenazim do not say a beracha shechacheyanu at the wedding because there is an idea that beracha might be said with the improper intent as the mitzvah is based in sexuality. <BR/><BR/>Sephardim get around this problem of making a beracha with potentially impure intents by making a beracha on a new tallit, while also having in mind the occassion of marriage, as it is an occassion is worthy of a shechechayanu.Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152840147786926642006-07-13T21:22:00.000-04:002006-07-13T21:22:00.000-04:00I almost made the same mistake. The library was h...I almost made the same mistake. The library was having a puppet show this evening and I put it on our calendar. <BR/><BR/>I love the ending of your post!<BR/><BR/>BTW, I will try to post again soon. There's been a lot going on. And Chana, i did get your e-mail and really do want ot be in touch and will try to reply in the next few days.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546504942311091442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152836039463266742006-07-13T20:13:00.000-04:002006-07-13T20:13:00.000-04:00'The question still remains, at least in my mind, ...'The question still remains, at least in my mind, does a chatan who marries during the Three Weeks, wear a new tallit and make a beracha on it, or does he continue to wear his old tallit and refrain from a beracha shechechiyanu (remember, the chatan has presumably been wearing a tallit since Bar Mitzvah)?'<BR/><BR/>I'm Ashkenazic, but I wore a talit before I was married -- I wore the same talit the day after my wedding as the day OF the wedding.Charlie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667135360784254574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152835074537422932006-07-13T19:57:00.000-04:002006-07-13T19:57:00.000-04:00Chana-Maybe it would be good to be machmir. :) :...Chana-Maybe it would be good to be machmir. :) :) :)<BR/>I had to add that one in for a smile. Learning halacha should be enjoyable. Something unexpected can certainly make it so.Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1152828868857735402006-07-13T18:14:00.000-04:002006-07-13T18:14:00.000-04:00Should I refrain from smacking myself upside the h...Should I refrain from smacking myself upside the head when I do something stupid? It doesn't say. ;)have popcorn will lurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200484265589054583noreply@blogger.com