tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post115884981715915307..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: But Egoz is NOT Gematria Chet!joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-72667792439157033442016-07-18T23:57:43.322-04:002016-07-18T23:57:43.322-04:00“The customs of Israel are so important, that it i...“The customs of Israel are so important, that it is safe to say that they give more spirituality to a person than the mitsvot themselves. This is so although breaking a custom does not yield punishment, and breaking a ruling does yield punishment. Still, concerning the benefit, meaning producing fear of heaven, the customs yield more spirituality, since the great ones who established the customs arranged it so that spirituality would shine through them.<br /><br />This is why he said that he who avoids the custom of eating meat and fish on the Sabbath denies spirituality of himself. However, this concerns a person who has not achieved perfection, meaning seeing what he does. This means that he has still not been rewarded with the flavors of the mitsvot, so he needs to observe the customs.<br /><br />It is like an apple that is spoiled before it rots, but when it is spoiled, rotting is certain. Similarly, when a person becomes free, he rejects the customs, and following the rejection either he becomes free or his sons become free” (Rabbi Barukh Ashlag, Shamati).www.thenutgarden.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941575755686521576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-40232582408256222522016-07-18T02:22:22.800-04:002016-07-18T02:22:22.800-04:00קכ. טעם על מנהג שלא אוכלין אגוזים בראש השנה
שמעתי ...קכ. טעם על מנהג שלא אוכלין אגוזים בראש השנה<br />שמעתי מוצאי ראש השנה תש"ג ירושלים<br />טעם על מנהג שלא אוכלין אגוזים בראש השנה, משום שאגוז גמטריא חטא "חט" .והקשה, הלא אגוז גמטריא טוב.<br />ואמר, שאגוז רומז לעץ הדעת טוב ורע, וטרם שהאדם עשה תשובה מאהבה, אצלו האגוז עדיין חטא, ומי שכבר זכה לתשובה מאהבה אזי זדונות נעשו לו כזכיות, נמצא שמה-חט נעשה בחינת טוב, ואז כבר מותר לו לאכול אגוז. לכן צריכין להיזהר לאכול דברים שאין בהם שום רמז לחט, שהם בבחינת עץ החיים, מה שאם כן בדברים שיש בהם גמטריא לחט, מרומזים לעץ הדעת טוב ורע.www.thenutgarden.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941575755686521576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1159214180338831552006-09-25T15:56:00.000-04:002006-09-25T15:56:00.000-04:00thanks! I'll include the link in the next relevant...thanks! I'll include the link in the next relevant pst.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1159211937170670302006-09-25T15:18:00.000-04:002006-09-25T15:18:00.000-04:00see http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/rosh/men.html...see http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/rosh/men.html and http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/rosh/men.html<BR/><BR/>for a discussion of this issueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1159165437031876052006-09-25T02:23:00.000-04:002006-09-25T02:23:00.000-04:00I recall reading about an Eastern European traditi...I recall reading about an Eastern European tradition not to eat one's first walnuts of the season until Hoshana Raba. A few minutes of frezied searching have not yet turned up the source (I will be trying to find it b"n), but clearly, if one is waiting for shanerabe to have the first walnuts, one is not having them on Rosheshone.the chocolate doctor מרת שאקאלאדhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844956689807749316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158924000531134902006-09-22T07:20:00.000-04:002006-09-22T07:20:00.000-04:00Oops! I meant Orach Chaim, not Even haEzer!Oops! I meant Orach Chaim, not Even haEzer!joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158878727457353682006-09-21T18:45:00.000-04:002006-09-21T18:45:00.000-04:00Frum:good question. Rema (in Even haEzer 583:2) st...Frum:<BR/>good question. Rema (in Even haEzer 583:2) starts it off as "yesh medakdekin," so perhaps others were not medakdek. minhagim are not always universal.<BR/><BR/>or perhaps people only applied it to whole nuts, applying only the gematria reason, and didn't consider these to be egozim since they were part of a pastry.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158863554874271132006-09-21T14:32:00.000-04:002006-09-21T14:32:00.000-04:00On Rosh Hashana I always remember eating Teidlach ...On Rosh Hashana I always remember eating Teidlach which had nuts in it. I don't know if their is another word for this desert dish but I see it in every single kosher bakery this time of the year. If it is such a custom then how come this desert is sold with nuts?FrumWithQuestionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16669717584308348172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158862672495172172006-09-21T14:17:00.000-04:002006-09-21T14:17:00.000-04:00Could also be that people didn't have the same fre...Could also be that people didn't have the same frequent opportunities to take a drink (of water or other juice) that we do and throat clearing was indeed a bigger problem, not to mention the lack of over the counter medications like Sudafed or Nasonex.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158856016532058432006-09-21T12:26:00.000-04:002006-09-21T12:26:00.000-04:00Josh:yeah, i've never noticed it either.I most lik...Josh:<BR/>yeah, i've never noticed it either.<BR/><BR/>I most likely translated it incorrectly, though. "kicha" means coughing or phlegm, so it could mean that it more likely means that it causes phlegm, in which case people will have phlegm in their oral/nasal area, and be constantly clearing their throat.<BR/><BR/>though i haven't noticed that either, not that i was looking.<BR/><BR/>also: perhaps I might add an additional restriction. people get snuff for Yom Kippur, and since they have it, hand it around during Rosh haShana as well. which most often leads to sneezing during shemoneh esrei, chazarat haShatz, or tekiat shofar. one *could* make up a similar negative siman based on the English connotations of snuff...joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158855136209457662006-09-21T12:12:00.000-04:002006-09-21T12:12:00.000-04:00Do nuts really cause coughing? I've never noticed...Do nuts really cause coughing? I've never noticed that.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158854567109964542006-09-21T12:02:00.000-04:002006-09-21T12:02:00.000-04:00Similar to the Tzitzis Shaila: We say that we wear...Similar to the Tzitzis Shaila: We say that we wear Tzitzis because it reminds us of the 613 mitvos by way of gematria. Except, that every use of the word Tzitzis in the Torah is with 1 yud, not 2, meaning it reminds us of the 603 mitzvos!AlanLazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757346681674998921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158853488089509722006-09-21T11:44:00.000-04:002006-09-21T11:44:00.000-04:00hee.:)I suppose the existence of a negative aspect...hee.<BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>I suppose the existence of a negative aspect trumps any positive aspect, either in reality or, according to Sperber's account, in the mind of those who would do this.<BR/><BR/>BTW, a practical nafka mina: can one eat Eggo waffles (which IIRC are not cholov yisrael, BTW, on Rosh HaShana). They have the same connotation ("Leggo my Eggos!") but do not promote coughing.<BR/><BR/>;)joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1158852274790225402006-09-21T11:24:00.000-04:002006-09-21T11:24:00.000-04:00And what about the fact that egoz=tov with no "sil...And what about the fact that egoz=tov with no "silent alef?"<BR/>:-)Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com