העורך Editor

He wrote about quality fish, but it’s the same with Cholent.

See the source and quote over here.

I recommend reading the whole article over here.

An excerpt:

… Therefore, election day is basically a national emergency day, and we should pray that somehow God grants us the wisdom to choose what is right.

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The Knesset elections are to be held on Tuesday, the fourth of Nisan (April 9), and because it is inappropriate to hold a public fast day during Nisan, I propose that the previous day, Monday, the third of Nisan, be declared a day of extra prayer, while on election day laymen should be encouraged to spend a significant part of their work holiday in the study halls.

Again, see the rest here.

Apparently, the “Academy for the Hebrew Language” (the governmental language standards organization) has decided next year will be noted in all government documents as תש”ף (instead of תש”פ, like a normal person!).

I believe that distorts the Gematria. The regular פ is 80, while the ending form of ף is sometimes 800! See this essay by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg, and the chart at the end.

And see the following screenshot of the pesukim counts in the ArtScroll Chumash:

At least their decisions aren’t binding on civilians yet…

Rabbi Miller as quoted in “Rav Avigdor Miller – His Life And His Revolution” by Rabbi Yaakov Y. Hamburger (I don’t recall the page number):

I’ll tell you a story. In Vilna, Reb Yisrael Salanter once entered the big shul and there was a custom to say, ‘Hanosein teshuah lamelachim,’ a certain prayer for the king. When the shamash skipped it, Reb Yisrael went up to the bimah, took the siddur, and recited it out loud for the public to hear. He did it to let them know that it’s an obligation – we have to pray for the government.

Yes, there’s a difference between the two!