tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post6819602149502635569..comments2024-03-28T23:20:49.777-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Vayikra 1:2. Adam ki yakriv. Conspicuous Virtue (Virtue Signaling)Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-57914998489711614472009-03-29T22:10:00.000-05:002009-03-29T22:10:00.000-05:00Ok, I looked at the teshuva; I was surprised, beca...Ok, I looked at the teshuva; I was surprised, because the Taz only says the "malachei hashareis" symbol for Yom Kippur, and Reb Moshe says that the reasoning applies to Pesach as well. Thank you for the mareh makom. I will insert it into the blog, I hope, tomorrow.<br><br>Brief review of the teshuva: Can an aveil wear a kittel on YK and Pesach. Answer-- there are two reasons. Simcha and chashivus, like malachei hashareis, and the somberness of remembering the yom hamisa. Since the latter symbolism is utterly lost on the poeple of our time, by default, the dominant semiotic is the former, and this is inappropriate for an aveil. <br><br>Bottom line relevant to our discussion- that we wear kittels at the seder for the chashivus and beauty they bring. If so, there's nothing wrong with a fancy kittel for the seder.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-88723769832781722162009-03-29T11:29:00.000-05:002009-03-29T11:29:00.000-05:00Anyway, I haven't found anyone that disagrees ...<i>Anyway, I haven't found anyone that disagrees with the Taz. And he means it le'halacha, because he applies the reasoning to pasken that an Aveil may wear a kittel during the first year seder.<br></i><br><br>In defense of my wife, see Igros Moshe YD4 61:7LkwdGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676035514801548695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-31838515381391130982009-03-27T11:36:00.000-05:002009-03-27T11:36:00.000-05:00LkwdGuy, that is a very interesting point, and I e...LkwdGuy, that is a very interesting point, and I editted the post to address it.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-80693242917965274992009-03-27T09:15:00.000-05:002009-03-27T09:15:00.000-05:00Help.My wife is insisting on buying me a frilly, l...Help.<br><br>My wife is insisting on buying me a frilly, lacy kittel for Pesach. I insist that I don't want it and my plain simple kittel that I have been wearing for the past 10 years is exactly right for me. Her response is that I can keep the simple one for Yom Kippur and to be buried in and use the frilly, lacy one for Pesach only. Any thoughts?LkwdGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676035514801548695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-28424704336402392062009-03-27T08:44:00.000-05:002009-03-27T08:44:00.000-05:00Regarding grape juice at the seder, Reb Moshe held...Regarding grape juice at the seder, Reb Moshe held that it is a bidieved. He held that chamar medina has to be something that has a kick, either caffeine of alcohol, something that makes the drink more than just something to quench the thirst or nourishment. So although bedieved you are yotzei with grape juice because it is kosher for nesachim bedieved, it is not really chamar medinah, and for siman cheirus, you really should have a drink that is inherently special.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-37925498172389365212009-03-26T13:50:00.000-05:002009-03-26T13:50:00.000-05:00Please post!Please post!Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-71065782800276629082009-03-26T09:00:00.000-05:002009-03-26T09:00:00.000-05:00OK, Chaim, I admit that it was not smart to throw ...OK, Chaim, I admit that it was not smart to throw that line in, basically ignoring the whole sugya of gazul and then suggesting that chezkas mori kama is not good enough to be machri'a for chulin be'azara. <br><br>However: Ohd chazon lamo'eid. Let's see if what I said is defensible. I will either write you directly or post here or both.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-47276094644767986162009-03-26T08:39:00.000-05:002009-03-26T08:39:00.000-05:00Since your so wonderfully kind earliear Iwill push...Since your so wonderfully kind earliear Iwill push for more(give them a Hand they want an arm) What was Reb Moshe Opinion on Grape juice for the Seder was he against it like a ceartin Roov from BP says or not like I heard others say thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-10652300946647142482009-03-25T18:56:00.000-05:002009-03-25T18:56:00.000-05:00>>>Also, some achronim hold that even if ...>>>Also, some achronim hold that even if you win the animal in Beis Din, since klapei shmaya you may be wrong, the animal would be a safeik de'oraysa. <br><br>Who says such a sevara? <br>It almost begs the old question of why not treat every din torah as a sfeika d'oraysa of lo tigzol at least k'lapei shemaya -- for many reasons that logic is wrong.Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-9484066188395891672009-03-25T12:39:00.001-05:002009-03-25T12:39:00.001-05:00But there always has to be some rationalization fo...But there always has to be some rationalization for the behavior. It's rare, I think, for someone to buy something exclusively because of the effect on others in the peer group (not counting mating displays.) You buy a powerful car because your neighbor will envy you, but also because a powerful car is exciting. You buy jewelry to show off, (shalfa ume'chavia,) but also because the material is both rare and beautiful. You could get things that are just as beautiful but made of glass and brass, but they wouldn't retain value, and they don't have the aura of rarity. Same thing with mitzvos; of course, there's the element of vanity and preening, and that may be the dominant motive. But at least the person is also rationalizing his decision, and he really believes that he's spending the money because he wants the best mitzvah. <br><br>It's a mixed motivation, like the Mishna Berura that says that a melamed is called an osek bemitzvah, even though he's motivated by needing to have a job so he won't starve, because he also is motivated by a desire to teach. We don't say that motives are botel berov. Actually, I think Rashi in Sukka by Mochrei tefillin says not like that.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-36020583422992334742009-03-25T10:33:00.000-05:002009-03-25T10:33:00.000-05:00Lfi kavod of Moshe, it could be argued that the pe...Lfi kavod of Moshe, it could be argued that the person showing off with a mitzvah object is using that as his means of display not because he considers the mitzvah valuable but because he considers the opinion of those he is preening in front of valuable and they consider the mitzvah to be valuable.<br>Why he considers the opinion of one particular group as more important than another requires a social scientist's or psychologist's analysisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com