1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/mail-jewish September 2008 2 378 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #29 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Mon, 1 Sep 2008 05:57:02 -0400543_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 29 Produced: Mon Sep 1 5:57:02 EDT 2008



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Bechira Chofshis [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Blogging and e-lists - creating a virtual community (3) [Binyomin G Segal, Akiva Miller, Ari Trachtenberg] Haredi haskafa [Mordechai Horowitz] A plurality of local customs (3) [Mordechai Horowitz, Binyomin G Segal, Akiva Miller] Prayer for the Country in UK [Janice Gelb] Value of this system [Mordechai Horowitz] Wearing Tzitzis at Night [Akiva Miller] [...] 381 433 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #30 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:28:24 -0400642_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 30 Produced: Mon Sep 1 14:28:23 EDT 2008



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Blogging and e-lists - creating a virtual community (2) [Freda B Birnbaum, Batya Medad] Mailing lists & blogs [Joshua W. Burton] Mail-Jewish Community [David Curwin] New Podcast Epsiode: "Flipping Out?" [Jeffrey Saks] A plurality of local customs (2) [David Ziants, Akiva Miller] Prayer for the Country in UK (6) [Dov Zakheim, Hilary Hurwitz, Alan Rubin, Jeremy Conway, Freda B Birnbaum, Jeremy Conway] Prayer for the country in UK [Alexis Rosoff Treeby] Wearing Tzitzis at Night [Guido Elbogen] [...] 815 366 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #31 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:10:34 -0400440_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 31 Produced: Tue Sep 2 5:10:34 EDT 2008



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Haredi haskafa (Science and Halacha) [Russell J Hendel] Mail Jewish and Facebook [Avi Feldblum] Minhag - Halachah [Shmuel Himelstein] A plurality of local customs [Ben Katz] Prayer for the Country in UK (3) [Ben Katz, Janice Gelb, David Ziants] Ultra-Orthodox hashkafa (2) [Ben Katz, Joel Rich] [...] 1182 358 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #32 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:08:50 -0400547_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 32 Produced: Tue Sep 2 6:08:50 EDT 2008



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Blog vs. Mail List [Yisrael Medad] custom of single men and talit [Binyomin G Segal] Hefsek of Bracha [Yisrael Medad] A plurality of customs [Carl Singer] A plurality of local customs (2) [Emmanuel Ifrah, Frank Silbermann] A plurality of local customs - what is community. [Carl Singer] Wearing Tzitzis at Night [Martin Stern] Wearing Tzitzis at Night - Authority vs Reasons - Blogs [Russell J Hendel] [...] 1541 388 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #33 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:21:38 -0400613_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 33 Produced: Tue Sep 2 20:21:38 EDT 2008



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Blogging and e-lists - creating a virtual community (2) [Robert A. Book, Ari Trachtenberg] Educational resources for the Jewish New Year [Jacob Richman] Hatam Sofer [Binyomin G Segal] A plurality of local customs [.cp.] Prayer for the Country in the U.K. [Orrin Tilevitz] Prayer for the Country in UK [Bernard Raab] Royal Family [Menashe Elyashiv] Talit (2) [Menashe Elyashiv, Tzvi Roszler] Wearing Tzitzis at Night (3) [Bernard Raab, Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz, .cp.] [...] 1930 389 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #34 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:29:15 -0400679_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 34 Produced: Wed Sep 3 5:29:15 EDT 2008



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Blessing for the Head of State. [Hanno D. Mott] Haredi Hashkafa and Science [Bill Gewirtz] Haredi haskafa (Science and Halacha) [Ari Trachtenberg] Minhag-Halacha [Orrin Tilevitz] Minhogim [Perets Mett] A plurality of local customs [Eitan Fiorino] Prayer for the Country in UK (3) [Martin Stern, Chana Luntz, David Ziants] Royal Family - UK - Carved in Stone [Shmuel Himelstein] Signing one's name [FriedmanJ@aol.com] Ultra Orthodox hashakfa [Mordechai Horowitz] Value of pi [was: Haredi haskafa (Science and Halacha)] [Art Werschulz] [...] 2320 371 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #35 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:47:40 -0400529_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 35 Produced: Wed Sep 3 5:47:40 EDT 2008



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Online Aruch Hashulchan, Hilchos Eruvin and Avelus [Dovi Jacobs] A plurality of customs [David Ziants] A plurality of local customs [Martin Stern]



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From: Dovi Jacobs Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 04:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Online Aruch Hashulchan, Hilchos Eruvin and Avelus [...] 2692 345 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #36 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:09:41 -0400628_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 36 Produced: Wed Sep 3 6:09:41 EDT 2008



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Birkat Cohaneem in the Syrian community [Solomon halevy] Hatam Sofer [Frank Silbermann] Minhag - Halachah [Michael Poppers] Pesachym - witnesses telling time [chips@eskimo.com] A plurality of local customs [David Cohen] Prayer for the Country in UK [Irwin Weiss] Royal Family [Perry Zamek] Tallet for Boys [Solomon halevy] Tzitzit at night [Binyamin Lemkin] Wearing of Tallis Gadol by Bochurim [Ira Bauman] Wearing of Tallis Gadol by Bochurim (never married grown males) [Mordechai] [...] 3038 387 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #34 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:31:45 -0400680_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 34 Produced: Wed Sep 3 20:31:44 EDT 2008



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Blessing for the Head of State. [Hanno D. Mott] Haredi Hashkafa and Science [Bill Gewirtz] Haredi haskafa (Science and Halacha) [Ari Trachtenberg] Minhag-Halacha [Orrin Tilevitz] Minhogim [Perets Mett] A plurality of local customs [Eitan Fiorino] Prayer for the Country in UK (3) [Martin Stern, Chana Luntz, David Ziants] Royal Family - UK - Carved in Stone [Shmuel Himelstein] Signing one's name [FriedmanJ@aol.com] Ultra Orthodox hashakfa [Mordechai Horowitz] Value of pi [was: Haredi haskafa (Science and Halacha)] [Art Werschulz] [...] 3426 371 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #35 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:43:18 -0400530_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 35 Produced: Wed Sep 3 22:43:18 EDT 2008



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Online Aruch Hashulchan, Hilchos Eruvin and Avelus [Dovi Jacobs] A plurality of customs [David Ziants] A plurality of local customs [Martin Stern]



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From: Dovi Jacobs Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 04:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Online Aruch Hashulchan, Hilchos Eruvin and Avelus [...] 3798 381 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #37 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:25:20 -0400523_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 37 Produced: Wed Sep 3 23:25:20 EDT 2008



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Administrivia [Avi Feldblum] Blogging and e-lists - creating a virtual community [Michael Frankel] Head of state blessing [Rose Landowne] A plurality of customs (2) [Eitan Fiorino, Dr. Josh Backon] A plurality of local customs (2) [Ben Katz, FriedmanJ@aol.com] Prayer for the Country in UK [David E Cohen] Tzitzit at night [Binyamin Lemkin] Ultra Orthodox hashakfa [Joel Rich] [...] 4180 361 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #38 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:36:16 -0400560_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 38 Produced: Sun Sep 7 10:36:16 EDT 2008



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Blessing for the Head of State [Akiva Miller] Din Torah with Shul Rabbi and Executive [Mordechai Horowitz] Haredi Hashkafa and Science [Akiva Miller] A plurality of local customs [Marc Yunis] Prayer for the Country in UK [Martin Stern] Request for Mishna Chapter names [Ralph Zwier] Ultra Orthodox hashakfa [Ben Katz] URLs [Art Werschulz] Value of pi [was: Haredi haskafa (Science and Halacha)] [chips@eskimo.com] [...] 4542 344 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #39 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:25:55 -0400447_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 39 Produced: Mon Sep 8 5:25:55 EDT 2008



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Free Chazanut downloads! [Shmuel Himelstein] A plurality of customs [Martin Stern] A plurality of local customs (2) [Mordechai Horowitz, Meir] Prayer for the Country in UK [Chana Luntz] The Quest for Authenticity by Michael Rosen [FriedmanJ@aol.com] Royal Family - UK - Carved in Stone [Jack Wechsler] [...] 4887 395 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #40 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Tue, 9 Sep 2008 05:27:08 -0400506_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 40 Produced: Tue Sep 9 5:27:08 EDT 2008



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Blessing for the Head of State (3) [Russell J Hendel, Stuart Feldhamer, Ben Katz] Haredi Hashkafa and Science [wgewirtz@att.net] Hatam Sofer [SBA] A plurality of customs [David Ziants] Podcasts [Richard Dine] Prayer for the Country [Martin Stern] Shay'mes [Shmuel Himelstein] Ultra Orthodox hashakfa [Dr. Josh Backon] Wearing Tzitzis at Night [Shimon Lebowitz] [...] 5283 433 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #41 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:12:11 -0400597_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 41 Produced: Thu Sep 18 6:12:11 EDT 2008



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Administrivia [Avi Feldblum] Fish and Meat [Eitan Fiorino] How Direct? [Yisrael Medad] Is this Judaism? Kabbalah? [Shmuel Himelstein] Pi [A I Lebowitz] A plurality of customs [FriedmanJ@aol.com] Prayer for Country [Batya and Yisrael Medad] Shay'mes [David Ziants] Things that are new are ossur [Mordechai Horowitz] Torah (not) given in Hebrew? [David Curwin] Torah Podcasts (2) [Eli Turkel, Art Werschulz] Yom Kippur - Al Chait question [Ira Bauman ] [...] 5717 408 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #42 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:02:13 -0400613_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 42 Produced: Thu Sep 18 22:02:12 EDT 2008



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62 Cool YouTube Rosh HaShana Videos [Jacob Richman] Blogging and e-lists - creating a virtual community [Shoshana L. Boublil] Calculating pi [Bernard Katz] Fish and Meat [Dr. Josh Backon] fish and meat [JoshHoff@aol.com] The Frum Network [Chaim Shapiro] Is this Judaism? Kabbalah? [Ari Trachtenberg] Lamed Returns & WebYeshiva Blog [Jeffrey Saks] A plurality of customs [Shoshana L. Boublil] A plurality of local customs [Shoshana L. Boublil] Podcasts [Harry Weiss] [...] 6126 403 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #43 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:14:35 -0400447_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 43 Produced: Sun Sep 21 7:14:35 EDT 2008



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All that is new is forbidden [Frank Silbermann] Building a Shul [Janice Gelb] Fish and Meat (2) [Eitan Fiorino, Russell Jay Hendel] Is this Judaism? Kabbalah? [Frank Silbermann] Pi [Martin Stern] Square root of 2 is irrational [Arnie Kuzmack] Yom Kippur - Al Chait question [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] [...] 6530 374 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #44 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:28:05 -0400393_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 44 Produced: Sun Sep 21 7:28:05 EDT 2008



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Blessing for the Head of State [Eitan Fiorino] A plurality of customs [Eitan Fiorino] A plurality of local customs [Martin Stern] Podcast [Harry Weiss] Ultra Orthodox hashakfa [Ben Katz] Welcome Home to the New Olim (and pictures) [Jacob Richman] [...] 6905 319 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #45 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:40:07 -0400746_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 45 Produced: Tue Sep 23 21:40:07 EDT 2008



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Eating fish and meat (3) [Eitan Fiorino, Yechiel, Batya and Yisrael Medad]



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From: Eitan Fiorino Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:50:40 -0400 Subject: RE: Eating fish and meat

The exchange between myself and Dr. Backon has gotten somewhat testy. For me, overstated conclusions drawn from scant data strike a particular nerve, as this was an issue I constantly dealt with my during my years on Wall Street investing in biotechnology companies, and is something I must be very vigilant [...] 7225 379 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #46 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:52:45 -0400524_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 46 Produced: Tue Sep 23 21:52:45 EDT 2008



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Chatam Sofers Position [Joseph Ginzberg] The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kabbalah [Mordechai Horowitz] Digitized 13th Century Mahzor Catalonia [Elhanan Adler] Eating fish and meat (3) [Dr. Josh Backon, channen@shemayisrael.com, Russell J Hendel] Found Tefilin (forwarded) [Gershon Dubin] LeDavid Hashem Ori Veyishi [Martin Stern] Pi [Deena K] Torah Webcasts [Mordechai Horowitz] [...] 7605 341 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #47 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:08:13 -0400512_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 47 Produced: Thu Sep 25 22:08:13 EDT 2008



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Eating fish and meat [Shimon Lebowitz] Irrationality of Pi and SquareRoot of 2 [Russell J Hendel] LeDavid Hashem Ori Veyishi (2) [Avraham Etzion, Michael Kahn] Palestinian Talmud [Jay F Shachter] Plain Plane Geometry (was Value of Pi and Haredi Haskafa) [David Maslow] Protest against new Israeli policy on Sudanese refugees [Michael Gerver] Value of pi [Ben Katz] [...] 7947 365 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #48 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:22:54 -0400523_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 48 Produced: Thu Sep 25 22:22:54 EDT 2008



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Eating fish and meat (3) [Dr. Josh Backon, Ben Katz, Harry Schick] Fish vs. Meat: Discussion Etiquette? [Leah Sarah Reingold Gordon] Interesting recent (?) Gezeirah [Shmuel Himelstein] LeDavid Hashem Ori WeYishi [S. Leiman] LeDavid Hashem Ori WeYishi-Comments by HaRav David Bar-Hayim [LEMKIN] Shofar question [Bernard Katz] Things that are new are ossur [Mordechai Horowitz] [...]