tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post8095731418105913510..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Do Unmarried Girls Light the Menora?Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-86284520916232937642008-12-29T21:05:00.000-06:002008-12-29T21:05:00.000-06:00I have no idea if Reb Akiva Eiger had ruach hakode...I have no idea if Reb Akiva Eiger had ruach hakodesh. But apparently he had a son in law that did. I just saw that the introduction to the Mikdash Dovid quotes Reb Baruch Ber as saying that Reb Dovid Rapaport must have had ruach hakodesh to write that sefer.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-8922742418117432122008-12-29T19:47:00.000-06:002008-12-29T19:47:00.000-06:00It is ironic that you mention R' Akiva Eiger&#...It is ironic that you mention R' Akiva Eiger's reference to the Besomim Rosh. In many circles (including R' Ovadyah Yosef)this sefer is considered a forgery by a latter-day maskil. This is based on a statement to that effect by the Chasam Sofer, who, as we all recognize, had ruach hokodesh.<br><br>On the other hand, R' Akiva Eiger, whose references give credence to the reliability of this sefer - did he have ruach hakodesh?<br><br>I bring this up because it parallels the issue of what constitutes a rov, and how to be machria when there are gedolim on both sides, especially when the ruach hakodesh infallibility card is played.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-952058349887865842008-12-29T17:13:00.000-06:002008-12-29T17:13:00.000-06:00I am still hoping you will Post topic of the Halac...I am still hoping you will Post topic of the Halachic things you saw by Reb Moshe That people dont do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-2191900475721322432008-12-29T12:50:00.000-06:002008-12-29T12:50:00.000-06:00The sevara of ishto k'gufo in this context is ...The sevara of ishto k'gufo in this context is very difficult to understand -- we never find that a wife is exempt from performing a mitzvah for that reason. <br><br>In the journal HaPardes from 15 years ago there is an article on women lighting by R' Moshe Bleich. Among his mekoros is a psak of R' Moshe quoted from the Sefer Zikaron in his memory (which I do not have a copy of to check) stating that ishto k'gufo does not apply here and that women must light. The same is reported by R' Hershel Shachter shlit"a in the name of the Rav. <br><br>Your handout missed the mechudash approach of R' Shterbruch in Moadim u'Zmanin vol 2 # 133 to justify women not lighting based on the chiyuv hadlakah stemming from a chovas hatzibur - take a look.Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-48403269607690175752008-12-29T12:23:00.000-06:002008-12-29T12:23:00.000-06:00To Anonymous 12:29 7:40 am:Well, that depends on w...To Anonymous 12:29 7:40 am:<br>Well, that depends on what you call a roiv. I suspect that the 'minhag' of young girls to not light stems mostly from not thinking carefully about it, and might be more habit than minhag, like standing up for Chassan and Kallah on the way to the Chupa.<br><br>Anyway, I have an interesting discussion of what constitutes a rov where one side has the bigger talmidei chachamim here:<br><br>http://havolim.blogspot.com/2007/02/mishpotim-shemos-233-majority-rules.htmlBarzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-71658886689934703302008-12-29T10:22:00.000-06:002008-12-29T10:22:00.000-06:00I just asked Reb Reuven if his father ever had his...I just asked Reb Reuven if his father ever had his mother light if he were coming home late. He does not believe the story is true: he said that Reb Moshe always ensured that he would be home for the zman hadlaka. This does not necessarily disprove the story; it's possible that it happened one time and Reb Reuven is unaware of it. I will continue to inquire.<br><br>As for "why don't women light, even if they are married?" The handout did address that question. He brought that the Eliahu Rabba in 671 says that married women don't light because Ishto KeGufo, and that he brings that he found the same answer in the Teshuvos Maharshal. He also brings from the Mishneh Berura in 671 that cites Teshuvos Olas Shmuel siman 105 as saying that married women don't light because they are "rak tefeilos le'ba'aleihen." The Olas Shmuel actually has a whole lomdus: he says that the gzeira for men was "ein lochem chelek be'elokei yisrael," and the ikar gzeira for women was "tiba'el le'tafsar techilla," and so for the women, although the victory was a yeshua for them as well (ahf hein hayu...), they were never mekabel mehadrin min hamehadrin.<br><br>I should have put that into the post. But I am puzzled by the idea that "ein lochem chelek" was only a gezeira on the men.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-34811975993164195602008-12-29T09:54:00.000-06:002008-12-29T09:54:00.000-06:00>>>In fact I heard this Year, that Reb Mo...>>>In fact I heard this Year, that Reb Moshe once or more had his wife light for him at home on time when he was going to be late from Yeshiva<br><br>Just heard the same from a reliable source regarding R' Ahron Soloveitchik.<br><br>When I was coming home late from work I would always tells my wife to light b'zman and not wait. I was very happy this year to find this in the Halichos Shlomo - I don't understand why one would not do this.<br><br>>>>since the tachlis of women is to get married and then they will be pattur on the basis of Ner Ish Ubeiso<br><br>This assumes that married women need not light even though the minhag is for everyone in the house to light because of mehadrin min hamehadrin. That minhag itself needs justification.Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-53169425886881225122008-12-29T07:40:00.000-06:002008-12-29T07:40:00.000-06:00Reb Moseh and Reb Soloveichik do not establish a R...Reb Moseh and Reb Soloveichik do not establish a Roiv,they should but they dont, This is probally one of the many things that they did that Roiv does not do (an intresting Post topic by the way the Halachic things you saw by Reb Moshe That people dont do)In fact I heard this Year, that Reb Moshe once or more had his wife light for him at home on time when he was going to be late from Yeshiva(can you cofirm or deny that?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com