Judaism - Q&A

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If a Zoom minyan reads torah (without blessings, as study), should the reader still chant?

1 answer · last activity 11 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What did the Kotzker mean by "If I am I…"?

1 answer · last activity 11 months ago by Harel13‭

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What is special about the Aleph-Bais?

0 answers · last activity 11 months ago by Dani‭

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Why was Tisha B'av chosen as the day of crying for naught, when the Jews had cried previously?

0 answers · last activity 11 months ago by DonielF‭

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What is the purpose of tehillim at shemira?

0 answers · last activity 11 months ago by magicker72‭

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Do the requirements to honor a Kohen require one to honor a female Kohen?

1 answer · last activity 11 months ago by JoelK‭

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Contradiction in statements of Rabbi Avigdor Miller

0 answers · last activity 11 months ago by robev‭

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Targum of yehoshua bin nun [closed]

0 answers · last activity 11 months ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Why does everyone talk during pesukei d’zimra? [closed]

1 answer · last activity 11 months ago by DonielF‭

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How did accidental killers sustain themselves while living in the cities of refuge?

2 answers · last activity 11 months ago by Alaychem‭

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Prophetic styles in Melachim?

0 answers · last activity 11 months ago by Harel13‭

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Are there guidelines to define if something is an aggada

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by withoutatrace‭

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Why isn't Dagon mentioned in Yirmyahu's prophecy against the Plishtim?

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by Harel13‭

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Can a man father legal children after death?

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by DonielF‭

halacha inheritance

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Doubling up on a Siyum

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by רבות מחשבות‭

mourning siyum

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Retying shoes in order

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by Dani‭

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What's the difference between רָדַף אֶת and רָדַף אַחֲרֵי?

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by msh210‭

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When (if ever) can you read a non-standard haftarah, and how far afield can it go?

2 answers · last activity 12 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Who protected the women and children of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 Menashe during the conquest?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by robev‭

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Do Felt Garments Require Tzitzit?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Where did Bnei Yisroel get slaves in the desert?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by manassehkatz‭

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What is the status of a human-mermaid offspring?

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by DonielF‭

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Translation of ״זעיר אנפין״ as "The Impatient One"

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by רבות מחשבות‭

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Anger advice is only for men?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by רבות מחשבות‭

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For taking challah, (how) do you account for the flour in sourdough starter?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by msh210‭

challah measures

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Does a Shochet need to have his knife checked by a Rabbi? If not, why not?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by Dani‭

halacha shechita

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Why do we kiss the Teffilin at Ashrei?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by rosends‭

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Does a husband have to maintain his wife's bondwomen?

2 answers · last activity 12 months ago by PinnyM‭

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What are the issues in talking into a mic that was accidentally turned on on Shabbat?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by PinnyM‭

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When to gather the Tzitzis

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by manassehkatz‭

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Which tallis should be kissed?

0 answers · last activity 12 months ago by Dani‭

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Why is it necessary to ask a Rabbi?

1 answer · last activity 12 months ago by System‭

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Why is Tzaara'as considered a Sakana?

2 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by eliyahu‭

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Has anyone proposed to recreate the system of 24 ma'amadot, since the Dispersal?

0 answers · last activity about 1 year ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Why is the beracha of Shehechiyanu phrased in the plural?

1 answer · last activity over 1 year ago by DonielF‭

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Who got to have the leftover flour from the Omer?

0 answers · last activity about 2 years ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

25 answers · last activity over 2 years ago by Isaac Moses‭

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What prompted the absent-Sanhedrin-head decree in Rosh Hashana 4:4?

0 answers · last activity about 4 years ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Source for not referring to Chanuka lights as a "menora"

0 answers · last activity almost 7 years ago by Isaac Moses‭

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