Volume 38: Number 70
Fri, 28 Aug 2020
Subjects Discussed In This Issue:
Message: 1
From: cantorwolberg
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:18:23 -0400
Subject: [Avodah] Blowing shofar with a mask on the end
I have an even better solution.
Have the baal tekiah get a Covid test now
and then a couple days before R?H and if
both tests are negative and he is in good
health, the chances of him having the virus
is almost zero.
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Message: 2
From: Saul Guberman
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:08:22 -0400
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Blowing shofar with a mask on the end
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 7:02 PM Cantor Wolberg wrote:
> Have the baal tekiah get a Covid test now and then a couple days before
> R"H and if both tests are negative and he is in good health, the
> chances of him having the virus is almost zero.
It is possible to catch the virus after getting tested. Most tests take
days to come back; by then you are contagious. Only if you test positive
for antibodies, do you know that you have had the virus.
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Message: 3
From: Akiva Miller
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:33:48 -0400
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Concern of bishul akum with coffee
.
According to the OU at the link posted,
> Nonetheless, the Pri Chodosh writes that brewed coffee need
> not be bishul Yisroel, since coffee is primarily water, and
> water does not require bishul Yisroel.
I have difficulty following that logic. Granted that if one looks at the
ingredients, coffee is indeed primarily water. But why is that fact more
relevant than the importance that society gives to this beverage?
R' Micha Berger pointed out that Chamar Medinah "seems to be a lower
standard" than Oleh Al Shulchan Melachim, and I'd agree. But I think it's
irrelevant, because it is obvious to me that coffee is Oleh Al Shulchan
Melachim. The dessert at a state dinner would not be s'mores and Slurpees;
it would be elegant cakes and coffee.
I suspect that for some reason (possibly the fact that Bishul Akum has
little to do with kashrus and much to do with limiting our social contact
with non-Jews), the rabbis went out of their way to find leniencies for it,
and drinks is an example of such a leniency; I suspect that it never
occurred to Chazal to extend the gezera beyond solid foods.
Akiva Miller
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Message: 4
From: Prof. L. Levine
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:49:29 +0000
Subject: [Avodah] Honoring Step Parents & More
Please see
https://vosizneias.com/2020/08/26/honoring-step-parents-more/
I found this to be a very interesting article
YL
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Message: 5
From: Chaim Tatel
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:07:38 +0300
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Blowing shofar with a mask on the end
It seems more reasonable to blow under the tallis without a mask.
After a while, the tokea has to shake water out of the shofar. Slightly
challenging with a mask on it.
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Message: 6
From: Chaim Tatel
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:11:27 +0300
Subject: [Avodah] Davening at home on Yamim Nora?im
This year, a lot of us will be unable to go to shul for Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur.
We will miss out on much of the ?experience? of the piyutim.
Does anyone know of guidelines for what to do at home, such as part of
chazarat haShatz?
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