Nov 1, 2020

notable articles

Here are a couple of interesting links I just did not know how to work them into anything I would write about but also thought they were still worth noting..

an op-ed in the WSJ about Beatie Deutsch's efforts to get to the Tokyo Olympics being a sequel to Chariots of Fire.

Menachem Zivotofsky, son of Ari, who unsuccessfully sued the US government to force them to print Jerusalem, Israel on US passports of US expats born in Jerusalem was given the first such passport printed by the United States Embassy in Jerusalem after the recent decision to change this policy. 




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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 01, 2020 4:42 PM

    Forgive my ignorance, but technically, what melocha is involved in running on shabbos?

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    1. NachumNovember 01, 2020 8:16 PM

      It's almost certainly outside the techum.

      But of course it's much more than that.

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    2. NachumNovember 01, 2020 8:17 PM

      It's almost certainly outside the techum.

      But of course it's much more than that.

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    3. AnonymousNovember 01, 2020 9:11 PM

      If you run outside of an inhabited area by a biblical mil, that would be true. But the same for walking or crawling.
      Let's say you stay within the inhabited geographical limits, or have set up an eruv tchumin.
      Which one of the 39 melachos would you be transgressing?

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    4. Bored LawyerNovember 02, 2020 4:42 PM

      It is forbidden as a form of exercise on Shabbos. Not to mention uvdan d'chol. There are many more things forbidden that melacha.

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    5. AnonymousNovember 02, 2020 9:51 PM

      But it seems that the rabbis have tacked on ideas of what's forbidden beyond the core 39 melachos, probably with good intention at the time. And now, to the extent that they possess authority, they have made it harder for klal yisroel to keep shabbat because what was once allowed is now forbidden.
      But back to the topic, it seems there are sources in the shulchan aruch (301:2) and magen avraham (301:3) that support running on shabbat provided it is done as enjoyment and not for medicinal purposes. This is also supported by the mishna berura (301:5) under the right circumstances. Regarding U'vda D'chol, I suppose that if people ran on shabbat under the right conditions as as they may be indeed allowed, running wouldn't be a signature weekday activity exclusively.
      Anyway, food for thought.

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