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  1. rosends

    Why is בֵּית considered plural?

    The word בֵּית means "house of" and, In English, that would be a singular, a collective as a group. But in davening we use the plural verb (beit aharon barchU). What is the meaning of בֵּית that it (and other uses of it -- I looked at Beit Ya'akov and Beit Yisra'el and found plurals there also)...
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    Pre Tish'a B'Av Thoughts

    I dashed this off yesterday and figured I'd plant it here (I'll just post the link -- you can choose to click or not). https://rosends.blogspot.com/2023/07/petty-please.html
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    Thoughts on Temurah

    I am approaching the end of Masechet Temurah and have a couple of thoughts about it. The tractate is centered around the idea of Temurah, the inappropriate exchanging of on animal for another (the other, having been designated as a sacrifice). The underlying premise of the tractate is "It is not...
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    A general resource for defending Judaism

    I spend way too much time strolling through a variety of online platforms, trying to help people understand about my religion. I don’t try to convince, or persuade, nor do I denigrate other religions (unless a person fires the first shot, then it is game on). But I keep seeing the same claims...
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    The trial as per the gospels vs. Jewish law

    I have heard many things said about the process by which Jesus was tried etc and I have had problems with it. I'd like to lay out the problems so anyone who wants to help me understand can do so. There are errors in the version of events recorded in the various gospels but I'll start with some...
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    College Admissions

    Apologies if this is the wrong place for this but I don't know where else to put it. A recent SCOTUS decision, along with another, related case, plus certain trends in college admissions (and a bunch of harsh realities) has made me wonder where we are supposed to go next. I shall try to explain...
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    Thoughts on Chukat

    I did some reading and thinking about the stories at the outset of Parshat Chukat. Maybe I'm a bit too critical of Rashi and Moshe or a bit too charitable in my sense of the people, but there you have it. https://rosends.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-cow-and-rock.html
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    Wine, not

    I'm sure this has been dealt with somewhere but I was just wondering -- the rule against non-mevushal wine that was touched by a non-Jew is predicated on the idea that an idolater would not use cooked wine to serve his deity because of its inferior quality. Now that mevushal wines are getting...
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    Pride

    I have been thinking about teh verse from Proverbs (16:18) which is often translated as "Pride goes before destruction" or something to that effect. The Hebrew is לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר גָּא֑וֹן Lifnei (in front of, in the face of, before) Shever (the breaking of, the destruction of) Ga'on The third...
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    Looking for a source

    Does anyone know a source for any halachot dealing with walking in to a shul during kedusha? How many steps may one take, should one start saying jedusha wherever he finds himself or should he say missed lines quietly? And like that. TIA
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    Why I wouldn't be convinced even if I wasn't already unconvinced

    I’m sure this has been said before but I, out of the blue, came up with this idea also, so I wanted to put it down in words to clear my brain cache. People ask why I don’t accept the truth of particular other religions. They try to show me how their figurehead is in the texts that I do accept...
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    B'shalach question

    I actually have a couple but this one needs the most unpacking (and is, probably, the most borderline heretical): During the events of Bereishet and early Sh'mot, there are only a few "commandments". Adam and Chava are told not to eat a fruit, the 7 law of Bnei Noach are there, along with Pru...
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    Thoughts upon returning home

    I just put down some thoughts about my visit to Israel, and thought I'd share. Feel free to move to the next thread if this isn't your cup of teh. Dan Rosen's other Blog: Never duplicated
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    Vay'chi question

    The first 2 verses of Parshat Vay'chi present me with a question, so I'm soliciting any help on this. Here they are, for convenience's sake (from Sefaria): וַיְחִ֤י יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י יְמֵֽי־יַעֲקֹב֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים...
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    Channukah Thoughts

    Yes, inspired by a current thread about trees. I plagiarized myself but I'm ok with that. Dan Rosen's other Blog: My Channukah
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    Veyeishev Questions

    Wow...what a strange parsha. I developed two groups of questions, and I'll just put them out here. Admittedly, I have not yet gone through all the sources, so if anyone knows of any meforshim that deal with these, let me know so I can read up on answers. Otherwise, start opining! 1. I was...
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    The Essence of Shabbos

    Sivan Rahav Meir came to speak to our 11th and 12th grades today about the importance of Shabbat. She showed this piece of word art as the essence of Shabbat and I was moved by it so I'm sharing https://i.imgur.com/JYPDZCR.jpeg
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    Looking for a source (crosspost)

    I read the following statement on the Chabad.org website: "The Talmud (Ketubot 103a) relates that even after his passing, for a time, Rabbi Judah would still visit his home every Friday evening at dusk. Wearing Shabbat clothes, he would recite the Kiddush, and thereby discharge his family...
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    About Perspective

    (cross posted on other forums) It seems that a large part of Judaism is explaining Judaism to others. Some people have trouble understanding that their perspective is a centrist one but that others exist which don't have their focus at the center. Here are some social-media instances which...
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    A thought or 2 on Lech L'cha

    Yes, I'm a day late and many dollars short, but a couple of ideas popped into my head yesterday during leining, so I'm going to drop them here. [note -- I will refer to our forefather as Avraham even though at this point in his life, Hashem had not changed his name. I will use "Avram" only in...
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