http://joshyuter.com/2007/04/15/personal/pesach-2007-recap/ The Online Home of Rabbi Josh Yuter Thu, 10 May 2012 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joshyuter.com/2007/04/15/personal/pesach-2007-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Ariane S. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:09:17 +0000 http://joshyuter.com/?p=87#comment-364 May I have your e-mail? I have to talk to a Rabbi. Thank you for the attention. May I have your e-mail? I have to talk to a Rabbi.
Thank you for the attention.

]]> http://joshyuter.com/2007/04/15/personal/pesach-2007-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Josh Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:51:41 +0000 http://joshyuter.com/?p=87#comment-363 Ariane S. - Good question. Officially yes, but if forced into a label I prefer the term <a>Shomer Torah</a>. Ariane S. - Good question. Officially yes, but if forced into a label I prefer the term Shomer Torah.

]]> http://joshyuter.com/2007/04/15/personal/pesach-2007-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Ariane S. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:31:47 +0000 http://joshyuter.com/?p=87#comment-362 Hello, Are you Orthodox? Hello,
Are you Orthodox?

]]> http://joshyuter.com/2007/04/15/personal/pesach-2007-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Josh Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:36:51 +0000 http://joshyuter.com/?p=87#comment-361 Gavi - Thanks for the tip about footnotes. Just fixed. Regarding the megillah, the problem is that with the exception of Esther there is no Rabbinic commandment/enactment to read them at any time (obviously there is no Biblical one either). It is purely a matter of custom for which, despite other instances where we ignore this law (e.g. Hallel Rosh Hodesh), we have no business making a birkat mitzvah. See Yabia Omer O.C. 1:29 for one example. Gavi - Thanks for the tip about footnotes. Just fixed.
Regarding the megillah, the problem is that with the exception of Esther there is no Rabbinic commandment/enactment to read them at any time (obviously there is no Biblical one either). It is purely a matter of custom for which, despite other instances where we ignore this law (e.g. Hallel Rosh Hodesh), we have no business making a birkat mitzvah. See Yabia Omer O.C. 1:29 for one example.

]]> http://joshyuter.com/2007/04/15/personal/pesach-2007-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Gavi Kaufman Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:15:52 +0000 http://joshyuter.com/?p=87#comment-360 Actually, it is the common custom to make a beracha "al mikrah megilla" any time a megilla is read from a klaf. I have seen it done with shir hashirim, rut, kohelet, and aicha, in addition to ester (which we are all familiar with). I don't understand how you cannot justify the beracha: it is a simple description of the event that follows, which is a mitzvah derabbanan, hence the beracha. PS: Where are the footnotes to this post? Actually, it is the common custom to make a beracha "al mikrah megilla" any time a megilla is read from a klaf. I have seen it done with shir hashirim, rut, kohelet, and aicha, in addition to ester (which we are all familiar with).
I don't understand how you cannot justify the beracha: it is a simple description of the event that follows, which is a mitzvah derabbanan, hence the beracha.
PS: Where are the footnotes to this post?

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