Judaism - Q&A

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

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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?

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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?

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

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Should the repetition of the amidah be discontinued?

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

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

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

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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 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 1y ago by ploni‭

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Making a Bracha on a smell test.

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May one name a secular object using a Divine Name?

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Wearing the knots of tzitzis visibly.

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When bringing first fruits, why do we say to the priest "your God" rather than "our God"?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 1y ago by robev‭

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When the Mishnayos were compiled, were they compiled into the perakim we have today, or were they just compiled into masechtos?

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If voting doesn't do anything, should one vote?

5 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by DonielF‭ · last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How should one who hears lashon hara respond?

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hearing half of a double-long תרועה

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Was there a Soreg in Bayit Rishon?

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Is there a list of the different types of deaths?

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Nowadays, whom is Birkat Haminim directed at?

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Sources for the meaning of David's name

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Is there any davening unique to being said when alone?

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A year with eight Sh'minis is plenteous?

1 answer · posted over 9 years ago by msh210‭ · edited 1y ago by msh210‭

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Plants before the Sun in the Order of Creation

4 answers · posted almost 8 years ago by Kinnard Hockenhull‭ · last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What is a “halachic annulment” of a marriage and when is it employed?

1 answer · posted 3y ago by DonielF‭ · last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Putting a suffering animal out of its misery - Mitzvah, Reshut or prohibition?

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Is Lashon Hara L'toelet Hutra or Dechuya?

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What is the difference between אנכי and אני in the torah? [duplicate]

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · closed as duplicate 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Difference between אני and אנכי

6 answers · posted 6y ago by Argon‭ · last activity 1y ago by msh210‭

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Can a Rabbi lose his ordination?

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Status of the descendants of Yarcha

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Why was King Hezekiah allowed to hide the Book of Healing, thereby causing otherwise preventable deaths?

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Is one in violation of Lifnei Iveir for setting himself up to sin later?

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"for you are…" in the blessings of sh'mone esre

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Can a woman blow the shofar during Elul for herself? Can anyone?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 1y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Seeking advice as a chazzan in training

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Seeking an explanation for the verse associated with the fox in Perek Shirah

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Is there a source that the Shechina rests where there is peace between husband and wife?

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Blowing a Shofar with a mask over the wide end

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Question on Ekev: in what way are good things hard?

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At what distance may one hear the shofar on Rosh Hashana?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 1y ago by DonielF‭

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Does "make for yourself a rav" normally terminate with the synagogue employment contract?

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Did Moshe have free will when he struck the rock in the wilderness?

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Explanation about story in Maseches Shabbos.

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Determining Reshus Harabbim if a street is not busy on Shabbos

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vegans in Tanach

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Mamzer child of a Kohen

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