Volume 39: Number 93
Wed, 03 Nov 2021
Subjects Discussed In This Issue:
Message: 1
From: Prof. L. Levine
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 15:13:57 +0000
Subject: [Avodah] Bnei Brak Man Was Allegedly a Kohen, Beis Din Ruling
From
https://vinnews.com/2021/11/01/bnei-brak-man-discovers-he-is-kohen-married-to-divorcee-beis-din-finds-loophole-enabling-him-to-stay-married/?utm_source=feedburner&;utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vin+%28Vos+Iz+Neias%29
JERUSALEM (VINnews) ? A Bnei Brak man wished to discover the name of his
grandfather and asked the Tel Aviv religious council to investigate for
him. To his surprise, he was told that his father and grandfather were
allegedly Kohanim- the implication being that he too is a Kohen.
This presented a real halachic problem for him, since he is married to a
divorcee, who had previously been married. The couple have six children,
but according to Torah law a Kohen cannot remain married to a divorcee.
The couple asked Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein shlita what to do and he said that they should separate until the matter was resolved.
The problem arose from the marriage certificate of the man?s father.
Originally it had been stated that the man?s father was a Yisrael but the
word had been erased and above it had been written the word ?Kohein.? The
question is if such a proof is halachically admissible and could change the
status of the son.
The matter was brought before the Shaalvim Beis Din and they sought a means to allow the man to stay married.
See the above URL for more.
YL
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JERUSALEM (VINnews) ? A Bnei Brak man wished to discover the name of his
grandfather and asked the Tel Aviv religious council to investigate for
him. To his surprise, he was told that his father and grandfather were
allegedly Kohanim- the implication being that he too is a Kohen. This
presented a real halachic problem [?]
vinnews.com
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Message: 2
From: Micha Berger
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:20:21 -0400
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Languages
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 06:42:50AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> I am much more intrigued by the answer of Rav S.R. Hirsch. ...
> all 3 cases in Perek 10 use the Hebrew word "lashon", and all 5 cases
> in Perek 11 use the Hebrew word "safah". (By the way, the pesukim in
> Perek 11 are 1, 6, twice in 7, and pasuk 9.)
There there is devarim, which RSRH also discusses. (9:1 in the first
English RSRH Pentateuch, the 6 vol blue set.)
Devarim achadim -- "sameness of the formation of words and sentences
which is brought about by spiritual mental agreement in the way that
things and their relations are looked at."
To my mind, this is most relevent. People who share the same view of the
world but speak different languages can hire a translator and eventually
come to a full agreement.
Two people speaking the same safah but have different devarim have
different mental associations with each word. Miscommunication is
possible because the same verbal token means different things in our
heads.
Sidenote:
I find it hard to follow RSRH's argument that lashon refers to dialect,
but safah a language. To my instinct, tongues are more internal than
lips, and therefore more associated with internalities like meaning
rather than externalities like slightly different turns of phrase or
isolated vocabulary differences.
In any case, I found R/Dr Hertz's explanation compelling. (Which says
nothing about RSRH's point one way or the other. They are far from
mutually exclusive.)
The chain of yuchsin begins before the migdal. Hashem chose not to break
it up with a narrative in the middle. He gives us all 10 generations
from Noach to Avraham, and then adds "Meanwhile..."
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha
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Message: 3
From: Prof. L. Levine
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 12:56:45 +0000
Subject: [Avodah] Can I sprinkle Himalayan pink salt onto my hot
From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis
Q. Can I sprinkle Himalayan pink salt onto my hot cholent on Shabbos?
A. Himalayan pink salt is a mined salt that has not been cooked. Although
regular table salt typically undergoes a cooking and drying process that
allows us to consider it mevushal (cooked) and no longer subject to the
restrictions of recooking on Shabbos, these leniencies would not apply to
Himalayan pink salt. What are the halachos of uncooked salt on Shabbos?
Shulchan Aruch (318:9) writes that uncooked salt may be added to a kli
rishon on Shabbos, so long as the kli was removed from the fire. Although
ordinarily an uncooked food may not be placed in a kli rishon, salt is an
exception. The Gemara (Shabbos 42b) states that salt only cooks when heated
directly on a fire. Once the pot has been removed from the fire, the heat
is no longer sufficient to cook the salt. However, Rema writes that there
is an opinion that uncooked salt may not even be added to a kli sheini, and
lechatchila it is proper to be strict. Igros Moshe (OC 4:74, Bishul ?17)
writes it is permissible to add raw salt to a kli shlishi (third vessel).
It is questionable if a solid that is transferred to a third vessel has a
status of kli shlishi. Since cholent contains hot solids, it is proper to
be strict and not put uncooked salt on cholent as long as it is above yad
soledes bo (too hot to hold).
Note that if the pink Himalayan salt must be ground, it is forbidden to do so with a grinder on Shabbos (OC 321:8).
YL
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