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Chanie: I assume he started a year before Yetziyas Mitzrayim at the Sneh. I don’t think we know when that was, so I’m assuming it was around when the Makkos started which according to I believe a Rashi Al Hatorah is 1 year before they left. From Yetziyas Mitzrayim to Chet Ham’raglim is 17 months (one year+5 months until Av). Then there are 6 more months from Av in the final year until Adar. What did you do differently?

Dr. Suess: During the year that is a real Hataras Nedarim. The one we do before R”H is symbolic and doesn’t really do anything.

The Gemara in Nedarim says that one who gets up before R”H and announces that any Nedarim he makes during the year won’t be Chal then it works. So the last paragraph we say may be to effect that outcome.

Sorry Toi, you’re gonna have to be more specific. I’m not sure exactly what you’re referring to. Lo Soch’lu Al Hadam? Eating before Davening is a Lav Sheyeish Bo Kareis? I don’t think so. And it’s a Drasha somewhere that Lo Soch’lu Ad Sheyispalelu Al Dimchem.

1-4: Dunno.

5: Yes.

1. It is symbolic (although the last paragraph may have a Halachic effect, which we only give a one-year term on) and doesn’t accomplish any Halachic function so we do it every year.

2. In many places women do do it or appoint a brother/father/spouse as a Shaliach when they do it.

3. The answer would be the same as my answer to #1, though it’s not clear that a father or brother actually can serve on the Beis Din.

The real question is why we Pasken like that. It’s from a dream and a source that should be questionable at best.

Chanie: I would say about 2 years and 11 months.

PBA: You were Yotzei before this. Although if that was really your intention then this would be an Aveirah Lishmah and not count.

I someone takes a Neder not to eat anything on Erev Yom Kippur then he was Over Bal T’acher immediately and the Neder was not Chal. If someone had already eaten something that day then they cannot eat until after the fast unless they do Hataras Nedarim.

Where is that story is there anything that would be Battul because of Masneh Al Ma Shekasuv Batorah.

Sam4: I don’t know what to say to those who don’t. It’s against a black and white Din in the Gemara. Assuming the weather is fair it’s a Bittul Asei D’Oraisa. The weather always having been too cold in Europe can’t be an excuse for Eretz Yisrael (and sometimes in America) now.

Mik5: Some Poskim hold there might be a Mitzvah last night but it’s a minority. If you hold like the Rishonim who say that the Mitzvah is Davka B’Seudah then it wouldn’t matter what or how much you eat or drink as long as you have the Seudah. If you hold there is a Mitzvah for everything you eat all day then it should apply to drinking as well. (If I recall correctly the Gemara uses the Lashon of Kol Ha’ochel V’shoseh…”)

I think it was from last year. It was chilling.

M80: I don’t know all the biology behind it. What I know is that both myself and several people I know have had this issue in the past. It could just be correlation and not causation, but be wary. I use Mentos now and have never had a problem with them. I do make sure to take a 5-minute break every few hours and brush my teeth. I don’t know if that actually accomplishes anything but sucking on Mentos all day cannot be good for them.

Yungerman: Of course. Although someone who has to sleep all day may be getting close to someone who has to eat. It’s a case-by-case thing, but I do agree with you in theory. But still, someone who fasts but doesn’t do T’shuvah has fulfilled the Mitzvah of fasting (and avoided the Lav of not fasting) but has not accomplished the purpose of Yom Kippur.

Yungerman: That’s R’ Shlomo Zalman Leshitaso by Mitzvos Tzrichos Kavanah who says (first Siman in the Minchas Shlomo) that the Din should be that you’re Over an Asei D’Oraisa if you wear Tzitzis in a bathroom (Mitzvos Tzrichos Kavana and since you can’t have Kavana in a bathroom you are wearing a Beged Shel 4 Kanfos without Tzitzis). For whatever reason, we clearly don’t hold by his understanding of Mitzvos Tzrichos Kavana. (And yes, I do realize that there are several potential ways to distinguish between Tzitzis and Sukkah and say even though we don’t hold like him there we hold like him by Sukkah.)

And I already made my M’cha’ah. What you choose to do with it is not my responsibility.

Obligatory unless it’s raining/too cold or there is a legitimate concern that you would get yourself sick.

The Rama has a Heter for married people and Chabad (in theory) has a Minhag not, but it’s against the Din of the Gemara and Poskim so it’s probably not a Minhag that should be followed.

Chanie: On what do you base your assumption that all the Avos were supposed to live for 180 years? That’s also interesting; I will look into if another source for that exists. So far every one I have seen referenced talks about the “Midrash” by the Kosel, but it’s possible. I know the Family Midrash Says on Shmuel quotes it if I recall correctly, maybe I can track down the source through there.

Sam4: The Mishnah Berurah might be Machmir for it and there really is little reason in most cases not to treat it as a D’Oraisa, but it is hard to say that Poshut P’shat is that it’s D’Oraisa. Still, according to the Shittos that it is D’Oraisa you would need a different answer.

PBA: Why are you making these up and how is it not Megaleh Panim Batorah (especially because you tried to pass it off as truth and a lot of people thought you were serious)?

BaalHabooze: The Artscroll Machzor gives a different answer to that. They say that after a day of fasting and Davening on Yom Kippur we realize how much left we really have to do.

I always thought that is was a special law by Yom Kippur. Even a Tzaddik Gammur says it quietly all year round. On Yom Kippur (Kol Hayom Mechaper) we are like Malachim every second of the day, so as long as it’s part of Yom Kippur we say it out loud. As soon as it’s no longer than holy day we are not like Malachim, regardless of what level each individual is on.

Lesschumras: Having gone to a Shul that says almost all of those I really appreciate it.

I think I’ve made my position clear. It stems from the fact that I have had the fortune (obviously misfortune in some of your eyes) of having met several Conservatives who are Shomer Halacha. That has shaped my opinion on this. I am not defending anything; I am just saying that some of the reactions here to them are extreme and are not what Halacha (though I will agree it is debatable) holds in this situation.

Honestly, I find Vayeilech terrible to prepare. But the hardest by far is Vayikra, and it’s not even close.

This woman was giving a Gemara Shiur, not Nach or Halacha. And I am not defending the action of even going to the Conservative synagogue. I just think that it doesn’t Passul the person.