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"Hatarat Nedarim" & "Kol Nidrei"?
Why if we do Hatarat Nedarim Erev Rosh Hashana must we say Kol Nidrei and conversely, if we say Kol Nidrei why must we say Hatarat Nedarim?
Oaths and Vows
Can freedom and order coexist in the human sphere? Can there be a society which is both free and just at the same time?
How May We Use a Dishwasher?
Can it be used for milk and meat (seperately of course)?
Changing the Law to be What They Want it to be
The Attorney General should be fired for attempting to render meaningless the Law against Fraud in kashrut.
Lessons on Swears and Oaths
When Does a Negative Practice Become Binding?
If one decided to accept a stringency and is refraining from doing something, without a verbal acceptance of a neder (oath), at what point is it considered binding? While for something active, three performances make it binding, how does refraining from action work to accomplish it?
My Vows I Shall Fulfill
Can performing a mitzvah become a liability? What does it mean that I am doing something "bli neder?" "When I attended a Gemara shiur on Nedarim, I got the impression that performing hataras nedarim requires having a talmid chacham deliberate over the specific neder, until he concludes that there are grounds to release the neder. This seems to have no relationship to what we do on Erev Rosh Hashanah." "My friend Billy Nader says bli neder on almost everything. Is this being too frum?"
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 17- "Miracles Don't Make a Messiah (87)
After learning about the unique "mass-revelation" at Sinai, the question was asked: what about the Christian claim that their "messiah also did miracles in front of people. The class summarizes the 3 significant differences between that claim and Israel's "mass-revelation".
