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Kohen

www.kohein.com will provide you with links to all of these sources.

see also: Magen Avraham 201:4. Y.D. 322 Taz 5 and Shach 9; Sh'elas Ya'avetz 155; Chazon Ish, Shvi'is 5:12. See also Rama O.C. 457:2 and Mishnah Berurah 22. "Divrei Yatziv" by R' Y. Halberstam, E.H. 6; "Yechaveh Da'at" by R' O. Yosef, V 61.

Chazon Ish

Mishna Hamelech

Maharshal rivash

thank you

You are welcome.

the new site kohen.co.uk is still there though this was recently referenced by the following website

http://torahmusings.com/2010/10/kohanic-lineage.html

You seem like the person to ask...

Can you take a look at this from commons, regarding the Misplaced Pages logo. I figured I'd ask you when I saw the native level understanding of the Hebrew alphabet userbox. That, and you're one of the few people powerful enough to get it changed if it actually is a problem. Considering the traffic this site gets, I think it's just me, but I still would like your opinion. Thanks, Sven Manguard _Talk 05:29, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not Avi but that seems to be a link to edit a new section of Avi's talk page, is that what you intended? ++Lar: t/c 22:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Fixed the link. Sorry about that. Sven Manguard _Talk 03:02, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to bring this up again

As you handled a lot of stuff with Rlevse's RTV, just wondering if it would be appropriate if you created his username again to prevent disruption and whatnot or if you were leaving it open if he came back? /ƒETCH COMMS / 23:21, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Since he still controls the SUL across wikimedia projects, no one can create that username. The worst that may happen is that a bureaucrat can rename someone Rlevse, but I am certain no EnWiki 'crat would do so. -- Avi (talk) 01:01, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, got it. Thanks, /ƒETCH COMMS / 05:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Copyright

Talk:Ahmed Yassin

And as a side note, those images should not be here without a valid FUR. I understand that you were trying to make it easier on everyone and that there is likely not going to be any legal issue but that does not change the fact that you infringed on copyright and ignored policy. They should be nommed for speedy deletion. You requested that this be closed in 7 days (which I strongly disagree with) and the speedy probably wouldn't close before then. I probably wouldn't have mentioned it but you have some decent responsibility on Misplaced Pages. You kind of screwed up. Cptnono (talk) 07:43, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps I did, but let me explain my reasoning. We allow a claim of fair use when the images can be used in instances including "commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship." Deciding on the approriate image to use in an encyclopedia qualifies under teaching, scholarship, and archiving. The selections presented in the gallery are:

Portions of the original images, not the full image
Low resolution, the largest image is less than 0.26 megapixel
The purpose is to decide upon the appropriate image for the article, which qualifies as fair use above.
There are no free-use equivalents

I did not post a FUR on each, true, but that is because I wanted to make it clearer that the images are only here temporarily. Even though any one of them is appropriate on a permanent basis under fair use (although one of the reasons I like #1 is the information that we have about it), I was afraid that if I put a FUR on all three, people would get confused and start using all three when we should restrict ourselves to one. -- Avi (talk) 15:23, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

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Tidying up

Thanks for tidying Sphilbrick's rights. I always forget all that, and I can't remember the last time I was conscious when an RFA closed successfully! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:54, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure :) -- Avi (talk) 22:40, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

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Kohen Update

A very respected Rabbi and Website recently published the following article. Perhaps you should update Misplaced Pages's Kohen article accordingly.

"With the importance and centrality of lineage in ritual matters, one is compelled to question how we can be so certain that after so many centuries in Exile the chain of lineage has been properly maintained. Can anyone who claims to be a Kohen simply be relied upon? Indeed, a number of authorities rule that the tribal designations in use today are merely “assumptions” with no halachic or scientific certainty as to their accuracy. It is actually presumed that most Kohanim today are likely not of pure lineage. In fact, already in the late Biblical era, and certainly in the Talmudic era, there was considerable doubt as to who was truly a Kohen. Because we are not sure who is truly a Kohen, there are several mitzvot which are no longer performed today in their entirety such a ma’aser, teruma, and challa. Similarly, a number of authorities rule that Kohanim today are not entitled to all the rights and honors that Kohanim had commanded in Biblical times."

"One who was raised in a completely assimilated or unobservant family should not necessarily conduct himself as a Kohen even if his father should tell him that he is one."

~Rabbi Ari Enkin

http://torahmusings.com/2010/10/kohanic-lineage.html

Blogs, in general, are not reliable sources. Enkin, for that matter, is not a posek on the level of R' Moshe or R' SHlomo Zalman, or yibadel machayim l'chayim, R' Elyashuv. -- Avi (talk) 06:36, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Christianity and violence

There is discussion on the above page regarding how much space to give antisemitism in the article, and we could probably use some input on sourcing as well. I think your input on the subject in general, and regarding antisemitism particularly, would be more than welcome. John Carter (talk) 23:27, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

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Vandalism corrected. -- Avi (talk) 04:55, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Creativity, image, copyright

Hi, Avi. :) Hope you're well; I've not spoken to you for a bit. The reason for my ~~harrassment~~ note today is that there's a copyright question concerning File:Polenabzeichen.jpg at my talk page. It's actually multifaceted, but at base is this: is that emblem creative enough to be copyrighted? Images are not my major area, and you being an admin at Commons and all I thought you might have feedback on that. (If it is, we need then to determine whence comes the new version of the image. Formerly, we had a non-free version, and somebody replaced it. If he made the emblem or took a picture in a museum and the emblem is not itself copyrightable, then we could be clear. But we need to figure out that core question, first. :))

If this isn't an area of images where you work, no problem; please just let me know, and I'll find somebody else to ~~bug~~ ask. :) --Moonriddengirl 16:39, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Avi. I see you're editing, but haven't answered. Does that mean you don't have an opinion or would prefer not to take a look at this? If not, that's fine, but I would appreciate it if you could let me know. I don't like to ask two people to do the same job, and I'm leaving town tomorrow for a few days, so I'll need to try to find somebody else to help out before I go. :) --Moonriddengirl 19:29, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

No, I just haven't had the time to look into your issue in detail, although the letter "P", some colors, and some squares don't strike me as copyrightable. Sorry about the delay. -- Avi (talk) 00:36, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and no problem! I don't mean to rush you. I was just hoping to get some feedback before heading out of town tomorrow. :) --Moonriddengirl 00:42, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Markk7

Hi there! This user would like his account to be "deleted" but since we can't do that can you rename his account to Vanished Account 1232134 or something to follow WP:RTV? Thanks :) --Addihockey10 20:52, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Loosmark

Wow. I just saw Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Loosmark. Incredible. Are all those socks certain? Because I see you only blocked the master for a month, but if that's the extent of the socking, and considering the highly disruptive behaviour of several of the socks, and the master account's own checkered history, I'd consider much stronger sanctions. Especially given the fact that he was even running for Arbcom, this cries out for an indef community ban, in my view. Thoughts? Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:39, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I am more than happy to have the master blocked for good, but I leave that up to the community. I am still appalled bythe abuse of trust. For the record, four separate non-arbcom, non-candidate, checkusers reviewed the evidence and we all agreed, so either we're all wrong, or, you get the idea :). By all means, a longer term block is well called for, but I was going to leave that up to the community! -- Avi (talk) 21:41, 28 November 2010 (UTC)