Judaism - Q&A

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Does all of Israel sell its chametz through the chief rabbinate? If so, why?

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Seudah shlishit before Pesach: what's the source for omitting bread?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 7mo ago by msh210‭

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Why do we forgive past incarnations every night?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by Dani‭

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הֶעֱלֵיתָ vs. הֶעֱלִיתָ

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Giving food to a spouse for Mishlo'ach manot

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Does charity on Purim have to be "new" donations?

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by rosends‭ · edited 8mo ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Shehecheyanu on Purim

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Ein somchin al Hanes - Purim

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purim

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Blotting out Haman's name only some of the time?

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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After the destruction of the temple, why didn't we revert to a temporary mishkan?

2 answers · posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Should rabbis come up with new ideas about niddah. [closed]

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by interested‭ · closed 8mo ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Can one fulfill the obligation of megillah on Purim via Zoom?

2 answers · posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 8mo ago by manassehkatz‭

halacha purim

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Why marry at eighteen if one's reasoning isn't great yet?

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by msh210‭ · edited 8mo ago by msh210‭

marriage age

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Talmudic proverb based on Job 42:10 — source?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by David‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

tanach talmud

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Why is מוציא לחם more of a problem than מתיר אסורים or מלביש ערמים?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by DonielF‭ · last activity 8mo ago by simyou‭

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(When) can halacha with a stated reason be revisited in light of new information?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 8mo ago by DonielF‭

halacha-theory

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Besamim and the Tree of Knowledge

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by eliyahu‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Isaac Moses‭

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What's the reason for Caleb, Achsah and Othniel story?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by artaxerxe‭

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In which volume is the Sdei Chemed’s rebuttal kuntrus printed?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Dr. Shmuel‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Dr. Shmuel‭

sefer book

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Disposing of a Christian bible written in Hebrew?

2 answers · posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why is Shlissel Challah permissible?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by DonielF‭ · edited 9mo ago by msh210‭

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Are there any sources for counting Druze men as part of a Jewish minyan?

2 answers · posted 9mo ago by Mithical‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Aliza‭

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When to say fleishik versus fleishike (in English)

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by Aliza‭

kashrut

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Why do Egyptian priests keep land while Levites don't get any

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by ckoppelman‭ · last activity 9mo ago by simyou‭

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Does the Torah guarantee free speech?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by DonielF‭

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Lesser-known Shabbos Zemiros

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by simyou‭ · edited 9mo ago by msh210‭

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Why do we destroy t'rumah and challah instead of giving it to a kohein?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 10mo ago by msh210‭

challah kohen-priests tithes

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(How) does the home gardener tithe?

2 answers · posted 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 10mo ago by AA ‭

agriculture tithes

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What exactly is "cooking"?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by rosends‭ · last activity 10mo ago by manassehkatz‭

cooking

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Read the wrong haftara. Now what?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by msh210‭ · last activity 10mo ago by ploni‭

haftarah

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Does a living brother fulfill his own pru ur'vu during a Yibum marriage?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by rosends‭ · last activity 10mo ago by msh210‭

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What does אלוף mean in the context of Eisav's family tree?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by Mithical‭ · last activity 10mo ago by msh210‭

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What does this abbreviation stand for?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by rosends‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Isaac Moses‭

hebrew abbreviations

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Avinu Malkeinu as part of Tachanun

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by rosends‭ · last activity 10mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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Are flowers muktzah on Shabbat?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by ploni‭ · last activity 10mo ago by msh210‭

halacha shabbat muktzah

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What are the flaws in the ten kal vachomer arguments in the torah?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited 10mo ago by msh210‭

rashi

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Why "את אבי מורי בעל הבית הזה" when inapplicable?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by msh210‭

chabad birkat-hamazon

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What's wrong with salmon skin?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by msh210‭ · edited 11mo ago by msh210‭

kosher fish

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Lights for 24 hours or 3 hours on 8 days -- which is better?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by rosends‭ · last activity 11mo ago by robev‭

chanukah

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Purity and Channukah

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by rosends‭ · last activity 11mo ago by robev‭

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Why did Yaakov propose his payment scheme?

2 answers · posted 11mo ago by msh210‭ · last activity 11mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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Sources discussing electric cars on Chol Hamo'ed

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by rosends‭

sources-mekorot

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Do you say Baruch Dayan Ha-emet immediately, regardless of where you are when you learn the news?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

priorities blessing

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Why the large נ in the thirteen midos?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by msh210‭ · edited 11mo ago by msh210‭

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Not referring to children by nicknames

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by ploni‭ · edited 11mo ago by ploni‭

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The encampments in the midbar

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history

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Did any ancient Jewish writers address the differences in Jeremiah's source texts?

2 answers · posted 11mo ago by curiousdannii‭ · last activity 11mo ago by Harel13‭

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Shgagah with the killing of the son of the Amalekite ger?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by Harel13‭

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Does the narrator of Numbers assert that the Anakim come from the Nephilim?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by curiousdannii‭ · last activity 11mo ago by user8078‭

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(When) can one listen to Christian music, according to Igrot Moshe?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 11mo ago by user8078‭

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