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Sephardic kaddish d rabbanan transliteration12/27/2023 Although the author claims his book is merely a collection of sources, in fact it is much more. Chaim agreed or disagreed with the prior opinions. Chaim were not novel and instead asked questions that had been discussed previously – one assumes to see if R. The author explains that many of the questions he asked R. Additionally, as appears to be de rigueur today, the final section are questions and responses from R. as well as some more esoteric topics like skiing on shabbos. It covers the obvious ones like shoveling snow on shabbos, using snow for ritual hand washing etc. The book then turns to the halachik questions. The author then ensures that his readers are actually aware of the phenomena that will be discussed so he provides the scientific definitions of snow, ice, and hail. In both, whenever it would snow all the paths in the morning would be cleared by these great Rabbis. Chaim Volozhin and the other with the Chofetz Hayyim which are similar. For example, he has two stories one with R. A common theme is that many great people felt shoveling snow was not beneath their dignity. Additionally, he collects stories that are centered around snow. The first section collects every mention of snow in Tanakh and the Talmud. As one would expect with a book devoted to a singular halacha, it covers every possible aspect of snow. For example, is there any need for a book I once came across that is hundreds of pages on the "halachos" of walking in front of someone praying? In this case, however, the author appears to have succeeded in producing a valuable work. What becomes problematic is when one takes a single subject and merely culls from other books what they have to say about it. That is, there is no issue with writing a book on all of hilchos shabbos which incorporate something about snow. This somewhat unique in so far as the author is at least willing to admit and deal with the problems with single subject works. ![]() Indeed, the author in his introduction is aware how silly books devoted to a single topic can be and offers some justification for composing this work. This book, which is on Orach Hayyim and volumes on the other sections of Shulchan Orach are planned. Today, we now have a work that is entirely devoted to snow and halacha. ![]() Zevin's discussion of the halachik use of snow in his Le-Or ha-Halacha, R. Meiselman, Ha-Noten Sheleg, Be-Inyanei ha-Sheleg veha-Kerach be-Halacha, Holon, 2001, 266 pp.With winter approaching, a review of a work devoted to the topic of snow is particularly appropriate.
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