16,374
edits
Halachipedia:About: Difference between revisions
From Halachipedia
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Our goal is to create the greatest, most useful, and readily available resource for Halacha on the web. Our intentions are leshem shamayim. We aim to police the site to keep contributions true to torah misinai. We envision that an undertaking this massive would only be done as a joint effort by klal yisroel, hence we chose to use the open code wiki platform. Obviously open code can be misused. Please help us in the effort. This project can use lots of help. If you have time to volunteer towards populating, cleaning or checking references, please contact us at support@halachipedia.com. Note this is not the same as Halachapedia. | Our goal is to create the greatest, most useful, and readily available resource for Halacha on the web. Our intentions are leshem shamayim. We aim to police the site to keep contributions true to torah misinai. We envision that an undertaking this massive would only be done as a joint effort by klal yisroel, hence we chose to use the open code wiki platform. Obviously open code can be misused. Please help us in the effort. This project can use lots of help. If you have time to volunteer towards populating, cleaning or checking references, please contact us at support@halachipedia.com. Note this is not the same as Halachapedia. | ||
== | ==Who are we?== | ||
I'm not interested in taking any credit but because people asked I just wanted to clarify who I am. My name is Yitzchak Sultan (I go by Ike). I'm currently a student in YU in Rav Schachter's shiur and previously I went to Frisch High School and Shaalvim Yeshiva. My older brothers also went to YU and are involved in another great website called [http://www.berachot.org/index.htm www.Berachot.org]. My brothers and I came up with this idea a few years ago. At first we thought it was impossible to organize and translate all of the halacha but thought perhaps it would be possible if it's done slowly and with the help of others. By the way, every edit or comment is greatly appreciated. | |||
==Choosing a Posek== | ==Choosing a Posek== | ||
"Ask your local Orthodox Rabbi" is a common phrase but doesn’t mean that you need to find a posek, usually it means that you need to find a competent Rabbi that will be able to find the relevant established opinions and judge the situation appropriately. If it’s an intricate question which one already investigated and concluded that this question has not been addressed previously, then either go to the posek which you have totally accepted or go to a local Rabbi who will suggest a resolution or refer a specific posek. | "Ask your local Orthodox Rabbi" is a common phrase but doesn’t mean that you need to find a posek, usually it means that you need to find a competent Rabbi that will be able to find the relevant established opinions and judge the situation appropriately. If it’s an intricate question which one already investigated and concluded that this question has not been addressed previously, then either go to the posek which you have totally accepted or go to a local Rabbi who will suggest a resolution or refer a specific posek. | ||
==This is not a place for your opinion == | |||
Halacha is a production of a very long and serious process. Being involved in the process requires work but much more importantly requires a proper attitude towards Halacha. Someone who is filled with the appropriate fear of heaven and serious study is capable of actually learning a halachic topic from the background of the gemaras through the Rishonim, Shulchan Aruch, and Achronim until the lastest Achronim. After completing serious study, then, it’s worthy to try understanding certain opinions and halachas and if need be ask additional questions (after serious thought). Nonetheless, under no circumstances should someone in this situation come to the conclusion that a certain opinion is incorrect and should be discarded. Only a posek who is certified from reliable and reputable Rabbis with Semicha, can come to a halachic decision after arduous study of the topic (as described). Even so, a posek is only able to come to a decision for himself or a questioner (see Choosing a posek) and a single pesak does not clarify the ultimate halacha objectively. Therefore, if an individual feels that he has a opinion on the matter, halachipedia is not the place; if you’re a qualified posek please write it down for yourself and those who ask you, if you’re not a posek, please write down your question and hold onto it until one finds a satisfying resolution either by learning the topic or through inquiring a qualified posek. | |||
==Halachipedia is not a posek== | ==Halachipedia is not a posek== | ||
| Line 42: | Line 45: | ||
[[File:hebrewvowels.png]] | [[File:hebrewvowels.png]] | ||
