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Comment on Synthesis and Dialectic by Aspaqlaria  Blog Archive  TIDE, variants on a theme

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 04:01 PM CDT
http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/06/synthesis-and-dialectic.shtml#comment-5221

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Comment on Benching Gomel by micha

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 03:18 PM CDT
http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/07/benching-gomel.shtml#comment-5220

Translating (b)’s circle may not be within (c)’s circle I get: It is possible that bot all events for which one makes an annual seudah one must bentch gomel. Is it really a possibility?

This blog entry was about something else  the fact that a qorban Torah and gomeil are obligatory not only because of the life-saving impact of the miracle, but also if the nature of the miracle echoes that of the Exodus. And from that, I tried to draw conclusions about the nature of their mitzvos. Because of this second possibility  a common natural event that mimics the Exodus (eg crossing the Atlantic by airplane)  there are many occasions for gomel which do not qualify for location or annual recognition. Its simply about kind, not extraordinarity or size of impact.

-mi

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Comment on Benching Gomel by MP

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 12:34 PM CDT
http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/07/benching-gomel.shtml#comment-5216

Between the situations of (a) miracle for which one makes a place-based brachah; (b) event for which one makes an annual sudas hodaah; and (c) event for which one bentches Gomeil, are we talking (in Vennian terms) about concentric circles or only intersecting circles?  My first thoughts:

 (a)s circle is within (b)s circle (and Ive heard that the Chayei Adam thus recorded) but (b)s circle may not be within (c)s circle; however, re (a),

 one notes all miracles when in the place of one miracle (OC 218:5), but does one note all events when making a sudas hodaah; and, perhaps more significantly, ones descendants make a brachah even though the event didnt occur to them (OC 218:4), but do they make an annual sudas hodaah?  (If he/they doesnt/dont, perhaps he/they should!)

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Comment on Tzitzis: Advance and Retreat, part II by micha

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 09:04 AM CDT
http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/06/tzitzis-anr-part-ii.shtml#comment-5212

Steg,

I dont think anyone says on a halachic level that one must wear the tzitzis out, either to fulfill the mitzvah, or the minhag of tallis qatan (according to the Mordechai et al who say tallis qatan is an undergarment that doesnt require tzitzis), or to be allowed to wear the garment.

Rather, its a modern minhag or perhaps only hanhagah (I never thought about the formal definition of the line between them) based on wanting to fulfill what would seem to be the point of the verse. All agree that halakhah is about the derashah of urisem oso  that were talking about daytime, and not peshat  that one must be able to see them.

That would take it away from the realm of modern medrash halakhah. 

BTW, in my experience it works for a slightly different reason. Sometimes their catching my eye guilt me into towing the line, but thats rare. More often I catch myself because I realize others see it, and will judge more than just me by my actions.

Side note as one pendant to another: I spell the word halachic since the word only exists in Yinglish, and ch is standard Yinglish spelling. Yinglish uses the Latin alphabet, and the words arent transliterated. Whereas I prefer to transliterate the letter khaf in words that are transliterated as kh. And so, I would write that the word halachic means being about halakhah.

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Comment on Tzitzis: Advance and Retreat, part II by Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 08:00 AM CDT
http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/06/tzitzis-anr-part-ii.shtml#comment-5211

i tired searching Bar Ilan for any halakhic midrash that understands וראיתם אותו to mean that, but came up with nothing.  unless theres an earlier source, it seems to be the first example ive ever heard of halakhic modern midrash.

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Comment on Benching Gomel by Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 07:58 AM CDT
http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/07/benching-gomel.shtml#comment-5210

I bentshed gomeil because if there wasnt a carbon monoxide alarm where i was staying, the friend i was staying by, another friend, and i would all never have woken up in the morning.

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