Erev Shabbat Jewish Blogging...

[gnomi]

...but, again, only kinda-sorta (I do hope to get back to real ESJB posts eventually).

On July 4th, mabfan and I were talking to friends (::waves to said friends::) about... something. I can't even remember what. But somehow we came around to the topic of whether or not to ask a rabbi a shaila (again, I have no clue how or what). And that's when I figured it out -- some communities seem to have a "Don't ask, don't posken" policy.

Have a good Shabbat, all. I promise (bli neder) I'll put more of my brain to ESJB topics for the future. If anyone has a suggestion of a Jewish-related topic I should tackle/discuss/whatever, please do leave it here.

Comments

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

My former MO rabbi here in town used to say very clearly that most of the time he gave eitza (advice) and not psak (binding decisions). This helped a few times when I really understood why he ruled the way he did, and really disagreed with it. On the rare occasion he paskened, I listened all the more readily because I knew he felt it was important.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Narf!

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

::wave::