Here is a list of other posts relating to this topic:
Matzah/Maror Chart for Rationalists - so that you, too, can have a chart!
The Popularity of Olives - exploring why this paper is so popular and yet hated by some.
Why On Earth Would One Eat A Kezayis? - discussing the strange notion that one should aim to eat a kezayis of matzah on Seder night.
The Riddle of the Giant Kezayis Defense - wondering why many people would not accept that a kezayis is the size of an olive.
Maniacal Dishonesty About Olives - exposing an error-ridden critique that appeared in the charedi polemical journal Dialogue.
It's Krazy Kezayis Time! - discussing the view that one should eat a huge amount of matzah in a very short time in order to fulfill all opinions.
The Kezayis Revolution - announcing the fabulous sefer by Rabbi Hadar Margolin, which presents the same arguments that I brought but in a more yeshivish manner. He also brings an astonishing array of evidence that many recent charedi gedolim likewise held that a kezayis is very small, including even the Chazon Ish! Best of all, the entire sefer can be freely downloaded.
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Dont forget about the kazayis for maror.
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Apropos of things everyone does wrong at the Seder, if you have ever noticed that the Maggid doesn't appear to make a whole lot of sense, I have wrote an explanatory Haggadah, which can be downloaded https://haggadahberurah.com/download-haggadah/ and a couple of essays explaining most of it: https://haggadahberurah.com/
ReplyDeleteIt's in it's beta stage at the moment, so I would very much appreciate anyone who uses it at the Seder and provides feedback.
Although we have argued vociferously over the years on this blog, I must compliment you on your extensive work and research in compiling this Haggadah.
DeleteOne comment: when we used to learn Gemara in our shul in the Bronx, and someone would say, "This Rashi doesn't make sense!", the Maggid-shiur (not a chassid, by the way) would correct him and say, "You mean that you don't understand the Rashi!"
--Yehudah P.
That link doesn't work for me. Any alternatives?
DeleteI would love to know who this Maggid Shiur was.
DeleteDo you recall his name?
Cheers.
DeleteI should of course point out that mine is a vindication of a traditional text and, therefore, to some extent a vindication of traditional practice. Not that I originally set out to do that - the spirit moved me.
@Shlomo
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The Maggid Shiur's name is Rabbi Meir Lubin, שליט"א. He taught us Gemara when he used to live in the Bronx, but he later moved to Brooklyn. He recently celebrated his 96th birthday!
Delete(As an aside, he wrote an article on the identification of the gamal, shafan, and arnevet, as camel, Bactrian dromedary, and llama. Rabbi Slifkin respectfully disagrees.)
--Yehudah P.
Chaim: Every Maggid Shiur Ever.
DeleteI think your missing the whole idea of a "Baal nefesh". The chareidi culture is and always was about doing the laws as faithfully as possible. If that means erring on the side of stringency, so be it.
ReplyDeleteThe difference is in honesty. If a person says "I am erring on the side of caution but you don't have to", that's not the same as saying "This is how big an olive is and therefore you should eat accordingly."
DeleteIt also gives us a chance to assess the wisdom of the person saying it if they really think olives are that big...
What is the story behind the picture ???
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bhol.co.il/news/977857 (Found by right clicking the picture in Google Chrome and clicking "Search Google for image"). Pretty worthless article though as it's about as incomplete as its attached truncated video. Jewish click-bait.
Delete*Yawn. In line
DeleteWith expectation.
*yawn. Another.. yawn appeal. Get a real job.
DeleteWhat is the story behind the picture ???
DeleteObviously the man holding the matza is asking RCK if it's a Kezayis or not. ;)
And here is something new to consider:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.timesofisrael.com/2600-year-old-chicken-egg-shells-from-jerusalem-first-evidence-of-use-in-diet/
I love that Kezayis chart -- a true work of art.
ReplyDeleteJust tonight I came across a thin leaflet/Kuntres by Menachem Noeh of London, a grandson of R AC Noe. He levels some serious accusations againt R H Margolin (doesnt call him shlita), namely that he cannot understand basic Gemoros, that he argues with Rashi in explaining Sugyos, and that he has the Chutspah to declare that the Mechaber was not paskening LeHalocha.
ReplyDeleteI know that you think highly of Margolin, so am wondering if you encountered Noeh's arguments at all, and if yes, what you thought of them.
Can you post the link to this kuntres by Menachem Noeh.
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ReplyDeleteHe also writes how Margolin cites support from a handwritten letter he ascribes to R Chaim Kanievsky, however Noeh states this letter was an obvious forgery as confirmed to him by members of the Kanievsky family as not being R Chaim's handwriting.