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87.01/ Week eighty-seven, March 12-18, 2022, thread begins here.
Week 86 below.
Thank God #UkraineStillStands
Week 86 below.
Thank God #UkraineStillStands
87.02/ #MotzeiShabbatMovieNight suspended tonight because - with the mask mandate lifted and no community spread - I'm back to having social functions that I must attend. #SlawCup
87.03/
Me: "How can I get everything done? There are only 24 hours in a day!"
Daylight Saving Time: "LOL, no"
Me: "How can I get everything done? There are only 24 hours in a day!"
Daylight Saving Time: "LOL, no"
1/ #ReshetKeshet. An entry for the food issues on #Passover
Here's Rabbi Dr. Slifkin's 2021 post about the size of a k'zayit (olive) with links to a number of articles. IMO his sizes can be used b'shaat dachak
rationalistjudaism.com/2021/03/monste…
Here's Rabbi Dr. Slifkin's 2021 post about the size of a k'zayit (olive) with links to a number of articles. IMO his sizes can be used b'shaat dachak
rationalistjudaism.com/2021/03/monste…
2/ The seder is a locus for many issues in the #DisabilityShulchanArukh, esp. for every kind of eating issue.
Firstly, the food: allergies, alcohol issues, diabetes, obesity, sensory overload (smells/taste/texture). It's key to know levels of obligation.
Firstly, the food: allergies, alcohol issues, diabetes, obesity, sensory overload (smells/taste/texture). It's key to know levels of obligation.
3/ The four cups are rabbinic commands for the purpose of (1) freedom (2) joy & (3) remembering the miracle. D'rabbanans are neutralized through a second leniency & esp. if it countermands the original intent of the command
So we can't force someone to drink that violates 1 or 2
So we can't force someone to drink that violates 1 or 2
1/ #ReshetKeshet. I'm trying to combine my sociological work on disability with my rabbinic role by writing a Disability Shulchan Arukh, as it were: how halakha applies to full variation of humanity. BTW, the gemara is full of this but invisible disabilities are overlooked.
2/ So, notes on the mitzvah of hearing the #Megillah, which is a disability nightmare. Shas deals with things like blindness:
sefaria.org/Megillah.24b.7…
And deafness: rabbikaganoff.com/megillas-esthe…
But what about #ADHD? For a mitzvah that requires total concentration?!
sefaria.org/Megillah.24b.7…
And deafness: rabbikaganoff.com/megillas-esthe…
But what about #ADHD? For a mitzvah that requires total concentration?!
3/ Or people with sensory overload issues, like #autism & others, who can be quite uncomfortable in rooms packed to the rafters with people graggin' graggers and noisemakers and full tumult (pardon my Yiddish)
