tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post4735880745228895349..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Succot Rains, Scuds and the Power of G-dBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-21991254488862510262012-10-04T12:08:27.097+02:002012-10-04T12:08:27.097+02:00Shy, what would I do without you?
Chag sameachShy, what would I do without you?<br />Chag sameachBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-22726081336207584722012-10-04T11:39:24.178+02:002012-10-04T11:39:24.178+02:00More yukkety-yuck gibberish from Plotzen & Kre...More yukkety-yuck gibberish from Plotzen & Kreplach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-8727796863799820572012-10-03T09:14:12.430+02:002012-10-03T09:14:12.430+02:00Thanks to this article and Shy Guy, I now understa...Thanks to this article and Shy Guy, I now understand why most Meretz supporters remained dry on Sukkot and religious people got wet.<br /><br />Moshe Kreplachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-51283305957844542882012-10-03T09:08:41.640+02:002012-10-03T09:08:41.640+02:00You're right, I get it.
We start saying the w...You're right, I get it.<br /><br />We start saying the words mashiv haruach umored hageshem in the 2nd bracha at the end of Sukkot.<br /><br />However, there are some people in our country who do not accept the halachic definition of winter beginning at the end of Succot.<br /><br />G-d poured out his wrath upon those who defied him and the 2nd bracha and declared winter early.<br /><br />However, secular people who were against the evil plan to have early wintertime, and stayed indoors and watched TV on Succot night, remained dry.<br /><br />Thank you for making this clear.Chaim Plotniknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-85522643178264463612012-10-03T06:10:01.031+02:002012-10-03T06:10:01.031+02:00Chaim, no, not my real name.
Glad to oblige. Simp...Chaim, no, not my real name.<br /><br />Glad to oblige. Simply read the sources I give in my comments - one is scriptural, the other is Rabbinic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-45103793169410440732012-10-02T13:11:48.310+02:002012-10-02T13:11:48.310+02:00Hi Shy Guy (I assume you also don't want to te...Hi Shy Guy (I assume you also don't want to tell us your real name.)<br /><br />Perhaps, instead of insulting people (which I believe is not the highest form of Judaism) since you are obviously a very wise and learned person could you please share some of your knowledge about how we are supposed to learn things from the weather (please quote from your vast store of knowledge of meforshim, rishonim, acharonim, etc.)Chaim Plotniknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-64881441240416841282012-10-02T12:15:08.202+02:002012-10-02T12:15:08.202+02:003 people with stupid names wrote similar comments,...3 people with stupid names wrote similar comments, showing their complete ignorance of Judaism. What a coincidence!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-56725146895451186872012-10-02T11:40:27.066+02:002012-10-02T11:40:27.066+02:00A big department store in Israel called IKEA was r...A big department store in Israel called IKEA was recently destroyed in a fire.<br /><br />However, a store right next to IKEA that sells non-kosher meat was completely untouched by the fire.<br /><br />I thought that there was no significance to this; until I read this article.<br /><br />Thank you.I. Chazerfressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-62958786456243906982012-10-02T11:35:53.224+02:002012-10-02T11:35:53.224+02:00Our rabbanim teach us that we live in a world of f...Our rabbanim teach us that we live in a world of free choice.<br /><br />If lightning (or rain) were to strike in specific locations, we would lose free choice when we see good people rewarded and bad people rained upon.<br /><br />This article goes against the rabbinical principle of free choice. Moshe Kreplachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-42887696799492757172012-10-02T11:30:14.226+02:002012-10-02T11:30:14.226+02:00People who stayed indoors and watched TV on the fi...People who stayed indoors and watched TV on the first night of succot did not get wet.<br /><br />What are you saying we should learn from this?Chaim Plotniknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-6968470652720140252012-10-02T11:13:23.190+02:002012-10-02T11:13:23.190+02:00I should also have mentioned Parshat "Vehaya ...I should also have mentioned Parshat "Vehaya Im Sha'moa", right after Parshat Shmah.<br /><br />There are certain causes we are responsible for which have the potential to elicit specific Divine effects. Precipitation or the lack of it, at the right or wrong times, is one of the most mentioned examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-47394721838650910162012-10-02T10:55:04.616+02:002012-10-02T10:55:04.616+02:00a, read carefully
shy, I agree about the name
I wr...a, read carefully<br />shy, I agree about the name<br />I wrote that we don't know G-d's accounting laws. We should be aware of His power.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-60658381702483535952012-10-02T10:04:35.739+02:002012-10-02T10:04:35.739+02:00Anonymous (get a name!), I can't find the Olym...Anonymous (get a name!), I can't find the Olympics mentioned in the 2nd bracha of Shmonah Esrei.<br /><br />Can you figure the rest out by yourself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-49612601517386739332012-10-02T09:34:48.589+02:002012-10-02T09:34:48.589+02:00Several years ago, during an Olympics, a rabbi &qu...Several years ago, during an Olympics, a rabbi "explained" that Israel wasn't winning any medals because the last day of the event was on Rosh Hashanna, and Israel was planning to take part in the closing ceremonies.<br /><br />Israel then won a medal for kayaking - on Rosh Hashanna.<br /><br />Batya Medad, if you believe that when and where it rains is a direct message to us, do you honestly believe that Israel winning a medal for kayaking on Rosh Hashanna is a sign from above that we have to go kayaking every Rosh Hashanna?<br /><br />Or do you pick and choose which "signs" are significant?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-51629269902702801062012-10-02T09:30:31.395+02:002012-10-02T09:30:31.395+02:00I strongly object to these types of articles.
For...I strongly object to these types of articles.<br /><br />For example, Yeshivot in Poland with their students were destroyed during the Holocaust yet most of Germany's reform Jews survived (they managed to escape after years of persecution before WWII). The article you posted implies that we can learn from this which type of religious practice G-d prefers.<br /><br />I suggest that you don't "put words in G-d's mouth."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com