tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post8652683984620672299..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Why we should ban playing dreidelsjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-38386893216473623632011-01-03T22:15:32.429-05:002011-01-03T22:15:32.429-05:00I hope your not to exhausted from my posts.I only ...I hope your not to exhausted from my posts.I only posted 3 or 4 today.Nothing to be exhausted from.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-34737643583636964762011-01-03T20:22:35.875-05:002011-01-03T20:22:35.875-05:00sorry, this one i'm not going to bother respon...sorry, this one i'm not going to bother responding to. i'm too exhausted.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-56139282046412591962011-01-03T19:11:51.511-05:002011-01-03T19:11:51.511-05:00Yes,how does he know that?He can't even prove...Yes,how does he know that?He can't even prove when the custom started precisely.It's just nice speculation.Besides it's not real gambling as i pointed out which has a host of problems.And therefore doesn't go under what the aruch hashulchan sas,p.s.he doesn't mention dreidels as anything wrong.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-53000705400287763742011-01-03T16:12:04.753-05:002011-01-03T16:12:04.753-05:00see also this other post, how dreidel is actually ...see also <a href="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-we-should-ban-playing-dreidel-pt-ii.html" rel="nofollow">this other post</a>, how dreidel is actually an adaptation of a non-Jewish gambling game, whence the nun gimel heh shin.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-29201973430820355222011-01-03T15:31:06.277-05:002011-01-03T15:31:06.277-05:00I don't agree here.Cadr playing is far diffren...I don't agree here.Cadr playing is far diffrent than dreidels!,in many was.Most importantly that it's not the type of behavior which leads to or resembles going to taverns etc..,which was the concern of the aruch hashulhan and other poskim who rail against card playing on chanukah.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-91872145082555794222008-12-21T14:53:00.000-05:002008-12-21T14:53:00.000-05:00I once made the argument that playing dreidel on C...I once made the argument that playing dreidel on Chanukah is akin to eating maror (and, to some extent, matzah) on Pesach - a remembrance of the bad times that enables us to better appreciate the geulah that the chag commemorates. Which is a bit drushy, but given that the minhag isn't going anywhere, is better than nothing.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-39252538339131208372008-12-21T11:58:00.000-05:002008-12-21T11:58:00.000-05:00probably not, in *most* cases. i just write this w...probably not, in *most* cases. i just write this warning because it gives me the freedom to explore various halachic topics without worrying too much that people will take it as a final psak. especially since i have smicha, and especially since certain posts really overturn conventional thinking about halachic topics in a way I personally am convinced is true, and might actually be somewhat compelling. And so I can write throughout *as if* I were paskening, while making clear with that caveat that I am not really doing so. Certain really powerful (yet I believe true) things I've held back. This post, probably it was not necessary, but I tend to put it on any post touching on halacha.<BR/><BR/>One random example of what I think is a powerful post is here, about talking between <A HREF="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2006/08/talking-between-yishtabach-and-yotzer_04.html" REL="nofollow">Yishtabach and Yotzer Or</A>. I could well imagine people taking it practically. But just perhaps they should consult their LOR first.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-46061512515159490482008-12-21T11:41:00.000-05:002008-12-21T11:41:00.000-05:00"Note: This post is not intended halacha lemaaseh...."Note: This post is not intended halacha lemaaseh. Consult your local Orthodox rabbi."<BR/>Do people really take your blog as Halacha? I really like lots of your posts, but is this disclaimer really necessary?<BR/>The post itself is very nice. Feel free to see my own post on Chanukah, the Almost Yom Tov to see how skewed my views have become. <BR/>BTW, my rov liked the post on what did Yehudah give Tamar.Lakewood Falling Downhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483392684657880997noreply@blogger.com