Judaism - Q&A

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Does "החג" include שמיני עצרת?

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Why does the text in B'reishit refer to God in the plural?

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Why is the birth of Kayin written strangely?

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Why did Abraham refuse to accept Bera's proposal

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Hiding in a tree or hiding among the trees?

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Which of the Asseres Hadibros is most important?

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Why must there be a contradiction between the seventh day of Passover and the eighth day of Sukkot?

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Can a Levi be called up in place of a Yisrael?

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"דִבַּרְתִּי צֶדֶק" in Ps. 40:10?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by msh210‭

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Why is "life from confusion" included in the agricultural Hoshana-prayer?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Where is Rabeinu Gershom's commentary on the first half of Menachos [in the ancient editions]?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Dr. Shmuel‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user8078‭

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Is closing the Succah door ‘hiddur-Mitzvah’?

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Internet Bavli resource

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Can one intentionally wait for a "painful" situation to be exempt from Sukkah?

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Believing prayer works

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What does it mean that Yisrael dwelt in sukkot in the wilderness?

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Why are we only worried about choking now?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Dani‭

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Ancestry of the Mishmarot Kehunah

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Why is cholam sometimes pronounced like segol (Chabad, Yom Kippur)?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by msh210‭

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Why does Rashi leave out an example?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Dani‭

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Naming a daughter when there's no minyan around

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When does not forgiving become holding a grudge?

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Fasting 3 fasts.

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Must one forgive those who wronged him but do not ask forgiveness?

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What does a beginning shofar blower need to know to correctly make the sounds?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by manassehkatz‭

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What happened to the end of the Aleph-Beis in Kol Mekadesh?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by ploni‭

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Seeking list of prohibitions which force one to do an action

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mitzvah-theory

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Source of Chasam Sofer's prediction.

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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What role does the Satan play in Jewish theology?

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Mithical‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by Mithical‭

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Longest list of practical differences in shas.

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

talmud

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May Jews bow as a courtesy?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Aliza‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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What specific action fulfills the commandment to write a sefer torah?

1 answer · posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

halacha sefer-torah

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Should you bring the ketubah on vacation?

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by withoutatrace‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

halacha ketubah

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Why aren't weddings on specific days?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

masechet-ketubot nisuin

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What's your favorite weekly Torah section, and why?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by msh210‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Intentionally praying shacharis without tefillin

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Why not immerse in the early morning on erev Rosh Hashana?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by msh210‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Extra-Tanachic accounts for Nitzavim prophecy?

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How do we understand tzniut as a violation of lifnei eevar?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by withoutatrace‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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How is God's name pronounced when there is a prefix?

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Is the Sanhedrin supposed to serve as an international court?

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Harel13‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Shalom Aleichem -- "shuvchem" instead of "tzeitchem"?

0 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

zemirot nuschaot

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Should the repetition of the amidah be discontinued?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by withoutatrace‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Why did the Davidic dynasty need to come from questionable relations?

4 answers · posted over 3 years ago by DonielF‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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I've already made a siyum on a work. Can I make a full siyum a second time?

1 answer · posted 2y ago by Mithical‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Why does the verse state that one should "destroy" Maaser Sheni and Neta Reva'i?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭

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Do any scholars identify Tarshish with Tartessos, before the Malbim?

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What are the requirements for the body of water used for tashlich?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by ploni‭

halacha measures tashlich

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Making a Bracha on a smell test.

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Dani‭ · edited almost 2 years ago by Dani‭

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May one name a secular object using a Divine Name?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by DonielF‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Alaychem‭

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