1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/mail-jewish September 2007 2 376 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #61 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:15:43 -0400464_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 61 Produced: Mon Sep 3 8:15:43 EDT 2007



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Are You A Manhig Yisrael? (2) [Joel Rich, Alan Goldberg] Bnei Niddah [Eli Turkel] Censorship in translation of hechsher (2) [Tzvi Stein, Carl Singer] Is a Converted Jew Still a Jew? (2) [Marilyn Tomsky, Avi Feldblum] Permission to kill (2) [Eitan Fiorino, Joseph Ginzberg] Unwanted "gifts" from Tzedukahs [Carl Singer] [...] 379 229 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #62 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:54:45 -0400634_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 62 Produced: Mon Sep 3 8:54:45 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Correction [Ari Trachtenberg] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations [Nachum Klafter] Rabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur -- New Location! [Jeffrey Saks]



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From: Ari Trachtenberg Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:42:22 -0400 Subject: Re: Correction

As two readers have noted, I have, quite ironically, made a major mistake in my correction of another reader's comments. [...] 609 350 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #63 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 5 Sep 2007 05:15:04 -0400428_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 63 Produced: Wed Sep 5 5:15:03 EDT 2007



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Correction [Immanuel Burton] Da'as Torah [Martin Stern] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations [Daniel Wells] Is a Converted Jew Still a Jew? (3) [Akiva Miller, Jeanette Friedman, Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Its not even wrong [Michael Frankel] Low Morals [Carl Singer] [...] 960 369 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #64 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 5 Sep 2007 05:32:12 -0400526_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 64 Produced: Wed Sep 5 5:32:12 EDT 2007



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Bnei Niddah [Mark Symons] Congratulations to the New Olim and 493 pictures posted online [Jacob Richman] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations (2) [Russell J Hendel, Dr. Ben Katz] Rosh Hashanah in Uman [S Wise] The Shimitta Year and Supporting Israel [Rabbi Shmuel Jablon] Unwanted "gifts" from Tzedukahs (4) [Martin Stern, Ari Trachtenberg, Eric, Andy Goldfinger] [...] 1330 363 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #65 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:59:03 -0400428_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 65 Produced: Thu Sep 6 5:59:03 EDT 2007



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Da'as Torah (2) [Akiva Miller, Daniel Geretz] Is a Converted Jew Still a Jew? [Daniel Geretz] Issur Karet [Daniel Geretz] Law of Return [Carl Singer] New ATID Publication: Talmud Study in Yeshiva High Schools [Jeffrey Saks] Rosh Hashanah in Uman [Carl Singer] Uman [Joseph Ginzberg] [...] 1694 408 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #66 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:13:20 -0400625_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 66 Produced: Thu Sep 6 6:13:20 EDT 2007



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Are You A Manhig Yisrael? A One-Item Test [David Riceman] Beis Din deciding Rosh Chodesh [chips@eskimo.com] Bnei Nidah [Shoshana L. Boublil] Correction [trachten@bu.edu] Da'as Torah [Shoshana L. Boublil] Depends on the issue [Mordechai Horowitz] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations (2) [Mordechai Horowitz, Daniel Wells] Keeping Mezuzos for the Same Room Exclusively [Elimelekh Polinsky] Unwanted "gifts" from Tzedukahs (3) [David Riceman, Medad, Daniel Geretz] [...] 2103 403 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #67 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:35:55 -0400538_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 67 Produced: Thu Sep 6 21:35:55 EDT 2007



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Are You A Manhig Yisrael? A One-Item Test [Freda B Birnbaum] Chassidus/Breslover [Leah-Perl] Da'as Torah [Michael Frankel] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations (2) [Mordechai Horowitz, Shimon Lebowitz] Issur Karet [Shimon Lebowitz] Nothing Original? [Yisrael Medad] Uman? [Shoshana L. Boublil] Uman (3) [Tzvi Stein, Anonymous, Eitan Fiorino] Website Problems [Jacob Richman] [...] 2507 412 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #68 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Fri, 7 Sep 2007 06:02:08 -0400573_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 68 Produced: Fri Sep 7 6:02:08 EDT 2007



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Beis Din deciding Rosh Chodesh [Robert Sherer] Da'as Torah [Shoshana L. Boublil] da'as Torah vs. "instinct" [Carl Singer] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations [Janice Gelb] Keeping Mezuzos for the Same Room Exclusively (5) [Joseph Ginzberg, Joel Rich, Carl Singer, Akiva Miller, Shimon Lebowitz] Tzva'at HaRivash [Yisrael Medad] Uman (2) [Keith Bierman, Carl Singer] Unwanted "gifts" from Tzedukahs [I. Balbin] [...] 2920 363 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #69 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:48:07 -0400488_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 69 Produced: Mon Sep 10 20:48:07 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Aliyo leRegel? [Perets Mett] Beis Din deciding Rosh Chodesh (2) [Martin Stern, Tom Buchler] Five ideas to help revitalize Orthodox Jewish Administration [Chaim Shapiro] Fruit Juice requires a hechsher [Mordechai Horowitz] Keeping Mezuzos for the Same Room Exclusively [Yakir] Unwanted "gifts" from Tzedukahs (2) [Rose Landowne, Perry Zamek] [...] 3284 378 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #70 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:26:17 -0400530_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 70 Produced: Mon Sep 10 21:26:17 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations (4) [Chana Luntz, Keith Bierman, Daniel Wells, Chana Luntz]



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From: Chana Luntz Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:15:07 +0100 Subject: Re: Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations

Daniel Wells writes: [...] 3663 346 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #71 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:37:35 -0400578_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 71 Produced: Mon Sep 10 21:37:35 EDT 2007



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Beis Din deciding Rosh Chodesh [Ira L. Jacobson] da'as Torah vs. "instinct" [David Riceman] Guitar at Selichot [Orrin Tilevitz] Keeping Mezuzos for the Same Room Exclusively [Ira L. Jacobson] Luach minhogei beis haknesses livnei Ashkenaz, 5768, available [Mordechai] Marriage of Two Unobservant Jews [Nachum Klafter] Rabbi Nachman saw some of his own writing come out (2) [Gilad J. Gevaryahu, Yisrael Medad] Uman [Joseph Ginzberg] [...] 4010 356 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #72 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:53:43 -0400535_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 72 Produced: Mon Sep 10 21:53:43 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Beis Din deciding Rosh Chodesh [Richard Fiedler] Da'as Torah [Mechy Frankel] Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations (2) [Stu Pilichowski, Daniel Wells]



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From: Richard Fiedler Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:00:29 +0300 Subject: Re: Beis Din deciding Rosh Chodesh [...] 4367 391 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #73 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:39:03 -0400487_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 73 Produced: Wed Sep 12 4:39:03 EDT 2007



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Fruit Juice requires a hechsher (6) [Carl Singer, Mordechai Horowitz, ERSherer@aol.com, Martin Stern, Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz, Eitan Fiorino] Learn to Read Hebrew in just 2 Hours [Mark Burt] Natural Law [Carl Singer] Tzedaka [Joel Rich] Tzedduka mailings -- was unwanted gifts (2) [Carl Singer, Perry Zamek] Why 2 days RH [William Gewirtz] [...] 4759 364 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #74 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:51:14 -0400523_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 74 Produced: Wed Sep 12 4:51:14 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations (5) [Janice Gelb, Alex Heppenheimer, Alex Heppenheimer, Chana Luntz, Robert Rubinoff]



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From: Janice Gelb Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:44:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Halakhic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations [...] 5124 367 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #75 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:04:21 -0400516_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 75 Produced: Wed Sep 12 5:04:21 EDT 2007



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the Baal Shem Tov and learning Talmud (was: Uman) [Alex Heppenheimer] Da'as Torah (2) [Harlan Braude, Dr. Ben Katz] da'as Torah vs. "instinct" [Ben Katz] Denigration [Yisrael Medad] Halachic reasoning vs. reward/punishment calculations [Joseph Kaplan] Issur Karet [Immanuel Burton] The Shmitta Controversy: Digitized Historical Documents [Elhanan Adler] Uman [Ben Katz] [...] 5492 390 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #76 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:44:38 -0400597_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 76 Produced: Mon Sep 17 5:44:38 EDT 2007



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Baal Shem Tov and learning Talmud [Sammy Finkelman] Complaints about the First Amendment? [Meir] Da'as Torah (2) [Akiva Miller, Perets Mett] Fasting during Elul [Robert Schoenfeld] Fruit juice requires a hechsher [Meir Shinnar] Natural Law [Robert Rubinoff] New Film: Yiddish Theater: A Love Story- National theatrical release ! [Dan Katzir] R. Brovender on Sefer Yona [Jeffrey Saks] Tzavaas HaRivash [Joseph Ginzberg] Why 2 days RH [Richard Fiedler] [...] 5883 396 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #77 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:19:59 -0400554_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 77 Produced: Wed Sep 19 5:19:59 EDT 2007



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Complaints about the First Amendment? (2) [Akiva Miller, Keith Bierman] Da'as Torah (2) [Joel Rich, Richard Fiedler] Fasting during Elul [Carl Singer] The First Amendment [Carl Singer] Natural Law [Carl Singer] Two Day Rosh HaShanah [Lemkin Realty] Tzavaas HaRivash [Eitan Fiorino] Whether to support Zionism [Leah-Perl] Why 2 days RH are different from other Yamim Tovim (2) [William Gewirtz, Martin Stern] [...] 6280 350 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #78 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:14:46 -0400611_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 78 Produced: Wed Sep 19 6:14:46 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

The Baal Shem Tov and Talmud study [Saul Mashbaum] Fruit juice requires a hechsher [chips@eskimo.com] Hechsher on Fruit Juice [Hosseinof, Joshua] Tzavaas HaRivash (2) [Frank Silbermann, Alex Heppenheimer] Tziva'at HaRivash [Yisrael Medad]



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From: Saul Mashbaum Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:49:35 +0200 Subject: RE: The Baal Shem Tov and Talmud study [...] 6631 415 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #79 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:36:10 -0400676_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 79 Produced: Fri Sep 21 4:36:10 EDT 2007



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Da'as Torah (2) [Shmuel Himelstein, Perets Mett] Fasting During Ellul [Harry Schick] Hechsher on Fruit Juice [Akiva Miller] Jewelry on Yom Kippur [Janice Gelb] Month of fasting [Robert Schoenfeld] Natural Law [Frank Silbermann] Noahide Movement [Mordechai Horowitz] The sentence "yihiyu leratzon imrai phi..." printed as part of Shema [David Ziants] Small Size Shulchan Aruch [Nachman Yaakov Ziskind] Sukkot on the J Site and 62 holiday links [Jacob Richman] Uman [A. Goldberg] Vowels in vav hachibur [Leah Aharoni] Why 2 days RH [...] 7047 309 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #80 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:20:33 -0400751_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 80 Produced: Fri Sep 21 5:20:32 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Noahide [Meir] Tzavaas Harivash and Talmud [Shlomo Yaffe]



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From: meirman@erols.com (Meir) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:05:52 -0400 Subject: Noahide

>From: Carl Singer > V55#77 ...what do you mean by a Noahide?

A gentile who believes in G-d, believes in the Torah, doesn't believe in the Xian apocryphal addendum, and believes that he is bound by the Sheva Mitzvot B'nei Noach, although more often this is expressed in English, and maybe in other local languages. I know of one [...] 7357 385 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #81 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:14:37 -0400514_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 81 Produced: Mon Sep 24 5:14:37 EDT 2007



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Chassidim (was Umman) [Yisrael Medad] come-and-hear.com [Art Werschulz] Complaints about the First Amendment? [Bernard Raab] Da'as Torah [Bernard Raab] Dying on One's Birthday [chips@eskimo.com] Heter Mechira [Risa Tzohar] SA Beis Yoseph [Eli Turkel] Shemitta [Eli Turkel] Whether to support Zionism [Abie Zayit] Zionism [Joseph Kaplan] "Zionists" [Shmuel Himelstein] [...] 7743 387 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #82 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:31:57 -0400514_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 82 Produced: Mon Sep 24 5:31:57 EDT 2007



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163 Free Learn Hebrew Study Sheets [Jacob Richman] Hechsher on Fruit Juice [Dr. Josh Backon] Jewelry on Yom Kippur [Shoshana L. Boublil] new Dvar Torah list from Rav Shlomo Aviner [Rabbi Shmuel Jablon] Perfume on Yom Kippur [Carl Singer] Shema Kolainu Piyut (2) [David Ziants, Perets Mett] Vowels in vav hachibur [Jay F Shachter] Yonah vs. Avraham Avinu [Irwin Weiss] [...] 8131 379 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #83 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:23:53 -0400544_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 83 Produced: Tue Sep 25 4:23:53 EDT 2007



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College Reunion? [Tzvi Stein] come-and-hear.com online Soncino translation [Sammy Finkelman] Dying on One's Birthday [Carl Singer] Heter Mechira (2) [Akiva Miller, Kenneth B Posy] Perfume on Yom Kippur (3) [Akiva Miller, chips@eskimo.com, Rose Landowne] SA Beis Yoseph (2) [Emmanuel Ifrah, David Riceman] Shemita [Gilad J. Gevaryahu] Vowels in vav hachibur [Robert Rubinoff] Zionists [Perets Mett] [...] 8511 415 30_mail-jewish Vol. 55 #84 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:59:41 -0400483_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 55 Number 84 Produced: Wed Sep 26 5:59:41 EDT 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Avinu Malkenu In Neilah On Shabbos [Immanuel Burton] College Reunions (3) [Michael Gerver, Batya Medad, Freda B Birnbaum] Heter Mechira (3) [Mordechai Horowitz, Elhanan Adler, Batya Medad] Rewriting history? [Shmuel Himelstein] Sounding The Shofar At The End Of Neilah [Immanuel Burton] Zionists (2) [Gilad J. Gevaryahu, Ephi Dardashti] [...]