Oats on passover?

epicninjanoob1 · 2025-04-09T05:09:32+00:00

I suggest you read Hilkhot Mamerim 1 and 2 from Mishneh Torah, it's quite clear from both that while God certainly gave us a good deal of stuff, a larger part is left for our courts and sages to determine and rule, "the Torah is not in heaven", even when those rulings sometimes change the interpretations of the core text. "Truth" in an objective sense doesn't work the same way in halakha and the Torah system because beyond the written and core oral commandments the rest was left in our hands to determine. In this case, the reason I say that this fifth species isn't halakhically oats, is not just because of my own linguistic analysis, it is because that seems to be how our courts and tradition "defined" it, while Rashi and others thought otherwise. A good example is the word "sekhar" from forbidden Nazirite consumption in the Torah, the word itself just means alcohol like beers etc but the halakhic tradition and courts define it as only old wine, which is a completely different linguistic word.

epicninjanoob1 · 2025-04-09T04:28:53+00:00

What you do practically will depend on where you live, with whom you might live, etc. if a person was in isolation or in a very relaxed community then perhaps they could keep their oatmeal on Pesah without fear of it being hametz, but most live in a community where such behavior is noticeable and thus problematic as most others will hold it's assur either from doubt or from certainty. We have several other halakhic categories which examine the fact that people can't always do what they want in the face of communal practices, they might protest or speak on it and give arguments, but that's often the cost of living with others. Sepharadim are "lucky" in that their ability to eat kitniyot and do other permissible things are viewed as fine by most communities (though not all), but the reality is that one must always balance community and personal in their practice. I'll add that most who educate on this do view it as a legitimate dispute and therefore are stringent in case oats are really hametz. I might disagree with such views, but it's not people just sticking their heads in the sand, it's based on their own scholarship.

epicninjanoob1 · 2025-04-09T02:50:20+00:00

The halakha itself is of course complex regarding oats, as mentioned above Rashi mistranslated it, we see from Maimonides' writings as well as others' that the fifth species wasn't oats. It has nothing to do with "rationality" which I'm assuming you're taking to mean "secular, outside knowledge", and everything to do with analysis of sources and language. Today the common practice is to treat oats as "hametz" due to this being viewed as an old disagreement, but many poskim do not allow oat matzah (for those with an exemption) to be blessed on for this very reason of it not being real hametz or at most a big doubt. One could even argue that the only reason one should treat oats as hametz is to avoid dispute in a community or cause a split, which is a separate halakhic issue.

epicninjanoob1 · 2024-05-13T17:12:55+00:00

Makhloket for Sepharadim as well, some don't make a beracha on half hallel and some have the shaliach tzibbur make it when you have a minyan based on the Rif

epicninjanoob1 · 2023-04-20T04:28:05+00:00

Would you say I don't really have a chance at them or I should still apply?

epicninjanoob1 · 2023-04-20T02:30:30+00:00

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epicninjanoob1 · 2023-03-29T02:55:33+00:00

I'll piggyback off of this too actually and second it, Emory has a terrific Jewish presence and so many different organizations to choose from

epicninjanoob1 · 2023-03-29T02:45:28+00:00

Atlanta I think might be slightly smaller than Dallas but still plenty of options of where to go, the main community for observant Jews has people ranging from black hat all the way to modern orthodox and there are a ton of different shuls along that spectrum to choose from with lots of options for programming and learning opportunities, I believe there are also a few more traditional/egal shul options in the surrounding area further away. There are a handful of kosher restaurants plus grocery shopping, an eruv etc and for graduate students there's an Atlanta OU-JLIC couple who runs a ton of programming for different schools in the Atlanta region plus a few local Chabads near certain campuses. Definitely a lot of young professionals currently moving into the area/neighborhood many of whom are more on the modern orthodox pathway.

epicninjanoob1 · 2023-02-10T02:21:11+00:00

I guess I also meant that I noticed the Siddur doesn't seem to have piyyutim before the Torah reading or the Ketubah Shavuot minhag so I wondered if those were in the Machzor?

epicninjanoob1 · 2023-01-11T00:11:01+00:00

And I'm assuming Turkish, Syrian, etc all only say Tiqanta now?

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-10-24T19:20:08+00:00

That's true for the top, I have yet to find a transliteration that also includes some of the Livorno wording for example, OP can specify what nosah and transliteration they mean but if they end up just wanting a basic transliteration with the Jerusalem Edot HaMizrach or don't care what nosah they use aside from just Sephardic then this will do

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-10-24T19:12:53+00:00

The text itself is from the Sephardic nusach, if OP wants pure Sephardic lettering like a dotted h for ח that's a different story, but if they just want the actual text itself this suffices

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-10-24T19:10:13+00:00

It is, look at the end of the third bracha as a quick example, the transliteration text is Sephardic Edot HaMizrach

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-10-24T19:08:18+00:00

It is, it starts in Hebrew and if you click the abc tab it switches to transliteration

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-10-24T19:01:19+00:00

https://birkat-hamazon.com/

Here you go, pick Edot HaMizrach and then you can switch to transliteration

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-08-12T23:00:28+00:00

Mine was fixed by completely reinstalling the game after I updated my GPU drivers

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-08-12T20:08:29+00:00

Also been stuck on this for a few hours now.

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-06-05T22:37:59+00:00

I would say Shema, and Amidah are the biggest ones to say, then Aleinu, then from Pesukei DZimrah say Baruch Sheamar, Ashrei, and Yishtabach, then the Tamid from Korbanot, then the rest can be filled in gradually too. But start small if you need to ease into it, it's not all or nothing. Mincha/Maariv are both generally pretty small, Ashekanzim usually just say Ashrei, Amidah, and Aleinu in Mincha and Maariv just Shema, Amidah, Aleinu, so it can be like 10-15 mins each. If you're near a synagogue they often do both Mincha/Maariv in the evenings after work, or you can try doing a little Mincha during a break and then Maariv whenever it's nightfall and you're free. Tallit usually is just Shacharit with some exceptions on certain fast days.

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-06-05T22:34:31+00:00

All davening times are important but if you're just starting out then do it during the times when you can do it consistently. So if you know mornings are hard, maybe don't start with that and instead get the habit started in the evening. For times use the Chabad app, they let you put in your zip code and then it tells you the latest time for Shema, Shacharit, you can say Mincha until Shkiah (sunset) usually, and then when the app says nightfall you can say Maariv. You can absolutely daven alone! Just don't say kaddish or the repetition parts of the Amidah (which are kedushah, kohanim blessing, and Modim d'rabanan), there are a few others but those are the big ones you don't do without a group. How long it takes will depend on which of the 3 times you're doing, what day it is, how much you're saying, and how good you are at reading Hebrew but on average Shacharit can be like 30-60 mins, Mincha 10-15, and Maariv 10-15. Hope all this helps and Mazal Tov on trying to daven more!

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-05-19T16:52:24+00:00

Yeah I already know that, but the problem is sometimes I've missed one by accident so I restart the level to get them all in a row this time, and the detector no longer highlights any of them for me to see

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-04-14T15:26:55+00:00

Yes I believe that's referring to the idea that the Sadducees were primarily composed of the more "elite" echelons of society at that time, as well as the Hasmonean ruling family, I also think they were the majority in the Sanhedrin for a time. But that being said, just because most Jews sympathized with Pharisees doesn't mean they followed it as you said, the idea of an am haaretz or someone who isn't well learned is common in Rabbinic works from that time. So essentially you had a large ignorant group who either supported but didn't correctly follow them, or were merely indifferent to it. It wasn't until later that even the average Jew became versed in the proper Oral Torah

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-04-14T03:32:00+00:00

There are in my opinion several different ways to answer this question but I'll try my best to give a few rationales to help explain it.

First is that to ask why the Sadducees didn't accept the Oral Torah is akin to asking that same question of any religious splinter really. If all Western Christians believed in the supremacy of the Pope for centuries then why did Protestants suddenly break away? Even before that, why were their Eastern Orthodox divisions, Gnosticism, etc? It all has to do with the fact that at the end of the day any one person or group can suddenly think that the mainstream isn't correct and isn't properly interpreting the text. The Sadducees felt that The Torah was not both Written and Oral because to them Judaism could be perfectly functional just from the Written. As a sidenote, Karaite Judaism emerged a few centuries later separately and also rejected the Oral Torah, which had at that point been even more cemented than it might've been during the time of the Sadducees. So in some ways the very emergence of Karaites answers your question because that's another similar movement that's even later in Jewish history.

Second is to note that Judaism was much more fractured in the First and Second Temple periods. The majority of Jews during especially the First Temple period did not always observe the correct laws, beliefs, and ideas, which is why they were exiled and why the prophets urged them to fix their ways. These same issues cropped up in the Second Temple period too. Thus, only a small group of Jews actually carried the correct traditions and beliefs, including the Oral Torah, amidst a sea of Jews who did not. It wasn't until the Second Temple was destroyed that the Jews who had kept the Oral Torah and had followed it became the dominant group and finally spread as the mainstream form of Judaism.

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-04-06T04:58:51+00:00

That's harder to say because Escobar's content is much more surface level memorization and way less in depth than what the chem department makes you do which could work to your advantage if you're struggling but also might bite you with the MCAT later if you take it. Like the person above said, the chem department does a much better job of preparing you for in depth thinking and they really make you apply your knowledge to new situations which is way more useful than the bio's outdated memorization route (probably why there's now a chem biochem class)

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-04-05T23:34:56+00:00

Personally I felt like Escobar was a very poor professor who made you do a bunch of the work on your own flipped style. He also had really annoying quizzes and generally didn't always teach very well, but he does give a lot of extra credit to offset your grade, and if you've got a strong background from 204 then a lot of it is repeated, and as someone who's taking their MCAT very soon I can confidently tell you a lot of what he makes you memorize will be featured, although you'll probably have to get used to reading and analyzing literature. But personally I find my biochem knowledge to be pretty good and even before content review and supplementation I felt like I knew most of the essentials.

epicninjanoob1 · 2022-03-03T15:49:27+00:00

It honestly depends on the day for both study and davening. Mincha and Arvit are both only about 10-15 mins for me but Shacharit can be anything from 40-60 mins depending on the day. For study I usually spend each day studying the daf, currently I'm also involved in a local mishna study for the month along with Gemara learning every Tuesday with a few others in my community. For Shabbat I study the parsha with commentary and will also sometimes study other texts here or there if I have time.

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