1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/mail-jewish May 2009 2 82 13_Administrivia12_Avi Feldblum18_feldblum@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 10 May 2009 11:57:25 -0400552_ISO-8859-1 Hello All,

I've been meaning to get this message out to the group for a while, but a mail exchange started last Thursday has been the immediate incentive to get this out.

I have been running this list for over 20 years, but at this point I can no longer devote the time needed to do this myself. I would still like to see mail-jewish continue, but it would need to have other people involved as well. The discussion of that has begun on the email thread, to allow other members of mail-jewish who want to take part in the [...] 85 252 28_Mail-Jewish Style and Format12_Avi Feldblum18_feldblum@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 10 May 2009 17:23:45 -0400576_windows-1252 Hello to all, and thanks for all the discussion.





There were two elements that to me made mail-jewish different from most other web / Internet lists etc. One element was style related, the other content related. I found many of the various mailings etc difficult to read enjoyably due to the way the material was presented. In mail-jewish, what I strived for was a format that would be representative of a printed journal. It was also started at a time when mail-readers were very simple and would not auto-format the contents for you. [...] 338 47 14_test message 10_18_feldblum@YAHOO.COM31_Sun, 10 May 2009 18:32:45 -0700631_us-ascii Please ignore this message.

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Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Administrivia [Avi Feldblum] CJI Salary Survey Results Posted Online [Jacob Richman] Diskin Orphan Home of Israel [Serinade@aol.com] Educational websites about Lag Ba'Omer [Jacob Richman] New Podcast Episodes from ATID [Jeffrey Saks] A new website for Daf Yomi learners [Dr Nathan Philippe Bamberger] Online Aruch Hashulchan, Hilchos Hashkamah, Tzitzis, Tefillin [Dovi Jacobs] Only in Israel....Educational Sugar Packets [Jacob Richman] Pictures of Birkat Hachama [Jacob Richman] [...] 1123 650 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #52 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Tue, 12 May 2009 18:12:23 -0400474_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 52 Produced: Tue May 12 6:32:25 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Birchat Hachamah [Ben Katz] Diskin Orphan Home of Israel (4) [Firzah Houminer, Kenneth H. Ryesky, meirman@erols.com, leah] Internet Dangers [Batya Medad] jewish blog posts Havel Havelim [Batya Medad] Online Aruch Hashulchan, Orach Chaim Tefillah & progress on [Dovi Jacobs] Question on Simchat Torah [Menashe Elyashiv] [...] 1774 659 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #53 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Wed, 13 May 2009 05:57:00 -0400430_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 53 Produced: Wed May 13 5:47:30 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Birchat Hachamah (4) [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz, Bernard Raab, wgewirtz@att.net, Mordechai Horowitz] Birchat Hatorah on Mail Jewish [Hendel, Russell] Leather and Fur of Nonkosher Animals [Frank Silbermann] Trivia Quiz and Educational Resources about Jerusalem [Jacob Richman] [...] 2434 617 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #54 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Wed, 13 May 2009 05:59:09 -0400566_ISO-8859-2 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 54 Produced: Wed May 13 5:57:38 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Does Anyone Know What Happened to Mail.Jewish? (2) [Baruch J. Schwartz, Yisrael Medad] A plurality of customs [Martin Stern] A plurality of local customs [Martin Stern]



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From: Baruch J. Schwartz Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:44:58 -0400 Subject: Re: Does Anyone Know What Happened to Mail.Jewish? [...] 3052 896 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #55 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Wed, 13 May 2009 22:28:42 -0400707_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 55 Produced: Wed May 13 22:26:39 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Beracha on Mail-Jewish [Jeanette Friedman] Birchat ha Chamah [Jeanette Friedman] Birchat Hachamah [Robert Schoenfeld] Diskin Orphanage (2) [Menashe Elyashiv, Joseph Ginzberg] Internet dangers (2) [Alexander Seinfeld, Batya and Yisrael Medad] Leather and Fur of Nonkosher Animals (3) [Perets Mett, Jeanette Friedman, SBA] Number of Olim on Simhat Torah (2) [Baruch J. Schwartz, Adam M Charney] Question regarding saying the Viduy before tahanun on weekdays [Baruch J. Schwartz] Rav Moshe Feinstein's Position on Mixed Seating on Public [Yisrael Medad] [...] 3949 858 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #56 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Thu, 14 May 2009 23:12:42 -0400510_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 56 Produced: Thu May 14 23:11:19 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Beracha on Mail-Jewish [Binyomin G Segal] Birchat Hatorah on Mail Jewish [Mark Symons] Internet Dangers - for adults, too! [Carl Singer] New Web Directory of Torah Audio Shiurim [Akiva Feinstein] A plurality of customs [Russell Hendel] A plurality of local customs [Akiva Miller] Plurality vs. Minority [Yisrael Medad] Tircha D'tzibura [David Ansbacher] [...] 4808 813 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #57 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 17 May 2009 11:12:02 -0400531_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 57 Produced: Sun May 17 11:07:44 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Birchat Hachamah (3) [Ben Katz, Michael Gerver, B Lemkin] Bracha on Mail Jewish (2) [S. Wise, Jeanette Friedman] Diskin orphan home [Menashe Elyashiv] Kotel (was Birtcat HaChama) [Leah Aharoni] New Web Directory of Torah Audio Shiurim [Joel Rich] Question regarding saying the Viduy before tahanun on weekdays (2) [Menashe Elyashiv, Martin Stern] Sefer Query [Daniel Geretz] [...] 5622 786 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #58 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 17 May 2009 11:50:18 -0400558_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 58 Produced: Sun May 17 11:48:41 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Congregational Minhagim and behavior [Carl Singer] Local customs [Shmuel Himelstein] A plurality of customs [Harlan Braude] Plurality vs. Minority (2) [Martin Stern, David Ansbacher]



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From: Carl Singer Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 06:29:05 -0400 Subject: Congregational Minhagim and behavior [...] 6409 982 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #59 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Tue, 19 May 2009 06:01:30 -0400441_ISO-8859-2 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 59 Produced: Tue May 19 5:56:21 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Advice for place to live in Berlin [Morissa Rubin] bracha on Mail Jewish [Irwin Weiss] Congregational Minhagim and behavior [Bernard Raab] Grave stone question [David Ziants] A plurality of customs [Martin Stern] Schul Minhagim [Batya and Yisrael Medad] Tircha D'tzibura [Martin Stern] [...] 7392 769 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #60 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Wed, 20 May 2009 06:29:33 -0400591_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 60 Produced: Wed May 20 6:28:16 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Birchat Hachama [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Calenders [Robert Schoenfeld] Question regarding saying the Viduy before tahanun on weekdays [David Ziants] We don't paskin by Gra, Jeanette, OR Shulchan Aruch [Russell Jay Hendel]



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From: Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz Date: Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:20 AM Subject: Re: Birchat Hachama [...] 8162 834 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #61 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Thu, 21 May 2009 23:24:08 -0400548_ISO-8859-2 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 61 Produced: Thu May 21 23:19:48 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Birchat Hachamah [Ben Katz] Calenders [Ben Katz] Grave stone question (2) [Alan Rubin, Sam Gamoran] Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh [Ari Trachtenberg] The Manchester Tzimmis (was "Plurality vs. Minority") [Kenneth H. Ryesky, Esq.] A new topic for discussion [Martin Stern] Plurality vs. Minority - Din Torah [Sammy Finkelman] Uploaded New Learn Hebrew Video - Clothing and Accessories [Jacob Richman] [...] 8997 848 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #62 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 24 May 2009 17:38:25 -0400556_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 62 Produced: Sun May 24 17:25:06 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Baruch Hu U'varuch Sh'mo (was: A plurality of customs) [Elie Rosenfeld] Congregational Minhagim and behavior [Martin Stern] Grave stone question [David Ziants] Kedusha [Avraham Norin] Martin's shul ignoring a Beit Din [Mordechai Horowitz] A plurality of customs [Joseph Kaplan] Question regarding saying the Viduy before tahanun on weekdays (2) [Haim Snyder, Dov Bloom] Schul Minhagim [Martin Stern] [...] 9846 777 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #63 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 24 May 2009 20:41:31 -0400418_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 63 Produced: Sun May 24 20:29:08 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Grave Stones [Carl Singer] Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh [Avraham Walfish] A new topic for discussion (3) [David Ziants, Martin Stern, David Ziants] We don't paskin by Gra, Jeanette, OR Shulchan Aruch [Binyomin G Segal] Zman Shacharis/t on the plane [Alexander Seinfeld] [...] 10624 817 30_mail-jewish Vol. 56 #64 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Mon, 25 May 2009 07:47:20 -0400470_ISO-8859-2 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 64 Produced: Mon May 25 7:45:46 EDT 2009



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Asher Yatzar [Martin Dauber] Asher Yatzar after a birth? [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Calendar [W Gewirtz] Grave Stone Question [SBA] Kadish after Krias Hatorah [Tzvi R] More on Birchat Hachmah [W Gewirtz] A plurality of customs [Martin Stern] We don't paskin by Gra, Jeanette, OR Shulchan Aruch [Russell Jay Hendel] [...] 11442 356 29_mail-jewish Vol.56 #65 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Tue, 26 May 2009 23:32:10 -0400596_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 65 Produced: Tue, 26 May 2009 23:16:10 EDT



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Administrivia - For real issue [Avi Feldblum] A new topic for discussion [Michael Engel] Baruch Hu U'varuch Sh'mo [Frank Silbermann] Der Yid Hakadosh [J Friedman] HaRav David Bar-Hayim [Ira L. Jacobson] Kadish after Krias Hatorah [Martin Stern] Making a bracha on silent reading [Chips] Ordination [Yisrael Medad] Quote from Pastor Martin Niemoller [J Friedman] Zman Shacharis/t on the plane (3) [Art Werschulz Bill Coleman Gershon Dubin] [...] 11799 370 29_mail-jewish Vol.56 #66 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 31 May 2009 19:39:13 -0400515_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 66 Produced: Sun, 31 May 2009 19:11:19 EDT



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Anyone know the details of Yeshivat Maharat [Mordechai Horowitz] Baruch Hu U'varuch Sh'mo [Matthew Pearlman] Der Yid Hakadosh [Yisrael Medad] HaRav David Bar-Hayim [B Lemkin] Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh [Matthew Pearlman] Ordination [Alan Rubin] The way we pray for T'chiyat HaMaitim [David Ziants] We don't Pasken - stam [Carl Singer] Woman Rabbi [Orrin Tilevitz] [...] 12170 388 29_mail-jewish Vol.56 #67 Digest12_Avi Feldblum25_mail.jewish.mod@GMAIL.COM31_Sun, 31 May 2009 20:32:58 -0400501_ISO-8859-1 Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 56 Number 67 Produced: Sun, 31 May 2009 20:26:44 EDT



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

A new topic for discussion (2) [Yakir Shayna Kravetz] Daf Yomi [Fay Berger] Der Yid Hakadosh (2) [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz Akiva Miller] The Apotheosis of R. Wein [Michael Frankel] The name of the Amora Plimo [Martin Stern] Wearing a Kipa at Work [Mark Goldin] What's in a name? [Shmuel Himelstein] Zman Shacharis/t on the plane [Bernard Raab] [...]