by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Hashkafa
Rabbi, a person today can learn anything. the gemara, the rishonim, the shulchan aruch, the later poskim, every shita with the arguments on both sides, all free on the internet, and sites like this one that lay out exactly why one posek permits and another prohibits....
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Hashkafa
Follow-up on the earlier discussions. It is clear by now that the default of halacha is mutar unless there is a real issur, and that there are legitimate chumrot. What is still not clear is the word “kulah” itself. The Gemara says koach dhetera adif, the...
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Hashkafa
What is the mitzvah of bikkur cholim in practice? Everyone knows you are supposed to visit the sick, but what does the visit actually have to include? The Gemara (Nedarim 39b-40a) says a visitor takes away one sixtieth of the sickness, that even a hundred visits a day...
by moi613 | Aug 30, 2026 | Hashkafa
rabbi, a kibbud av vaem question, the practical side. the Torah gives two mitzvos: “kabed es avicha ves imecha” (shemos 20:12), honor, and “ish imo v’aviv tira’u” (vayikra 19:3), reverence. everyone knows the words. the hard part is...
by moi613 | Aug 30, 2026 | Hashkafa
rabbi, a money question. say a person can honestly afford a ferrari and a mansion. clean money, maaser given, no issur anywhere. is wanting and buying luxury itself a problem? 1. is there a Torah problem with luxury as such, or only with what it does to a person?...
by moi613 | Aug 30, 2026 | Hashkafa
rabbi, a question about comforting people going through yissurim. the standard line people say is “Hashem does everything for the good.” between a person and Hashem that works: a person can tell himself it is for the best. but what should a person say TO...
