Judaism - Q&A

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Where was Lot during the famine?

0 answers · last activity about 10 hours ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

parshat-lech-lecha

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Was Sigd part of historical Jewish observance?

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history

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Can a sick pet eat food that would otherwise be forbidden?

0 answers · last activity 4 days ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

halacha animals food

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How did they used to sleep in the shul?

0 answers · last activity 6 days ago by ‭Dani‭

halacha synagogue masechet-eruvin sleep

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Understanding the dispute between Rashi and Kallah Rabbasi on singing Song of Songs?

0 answers · last activity 6 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

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What is the purpose of God asking Adam to name the animals?

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parshat-bereishit

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After being expelled, did Adam and Chava build tents or houses for themselves or continue to live outdoors?

0 answers · last activity 10 days ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

parshat-bereishit

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Does "החג" include שמיני עצרת?

1 answer · last activity 10 days ago by ‭msh210‭

names shmini-atzeret sukot

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

2 answers · last activity 10 days ago by ‭sabbahillel‭

parshat-bereishit theology

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Why is the birth of Kayin written strangely?

1 answer · last activity 11 days ago by ‭msh210‭

parshat-bereishit

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Why did Abraham refuse to accept Bera's proposal

1 answer · last activity 12 days ago by ‭artaxerxe‭

parshat-lech-lecha abraham

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Hiding in a tree or hiding among the trees?

1 answer · last activity 13 days ago by ‭sabbahillel‭

grammar parshanut--reading-tanach parshat-bereishit

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Which of the Asseres Hadibros is most important?

2 answers · last activity 15 days ago by ‭eliyahu‭

sources-mekorot jealousy aseres-hadibros

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Have other great Rabbis followed Rebbi Akiva's example for dying as a martyr?

0 answers · last activity 16 days ago by ‭Dr. Shmuel‭

masechet-berachot

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

0 answers · last activity 17 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

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

0 answers · last activity 17 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

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"דִבַּרְתִּי צֶדֶק" in Ps. 40:10?

0 answers · last activity 17 days ago by ‭msh210‭

psalms-book-of

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

0 answers · last activity 19 days ago by ‭Dr. Shmuel‭

sefer book

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

0 answers · last activity 19 days ago by ‭Isaac Moses‭

tefilla-prayer agriculture sukkot

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How much contact did Avraham and Yitzchak have after the akeidah?

0 answers · last activity 20 days ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

akeidah-binding-of-isaac

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

0 answers · last activity 20 days ago by ‭user8078‭

masechet-menachot

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Is closing the Succah door ‘hiddur-Mitzvah’?

0 answers · last activity 20 days ago by ‭Dr. Shmuel‭

sukkah

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Internet Bavli resource

2 answers · last activity 20 days ago by ‭Dr. Shmuel‭

product-recommendation talmud-bavli

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

1 answer · last activity 20 days ago by ‭robev‭

halacha sukkah

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Believing prayer works

0 answers · last activity 21 days ago by ‭Harel13‭

tefilla-prayer sources-mekorot emunah-faith

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

1 answer · last activity 23 days ago by ‭robev‭

desert sukkot

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Why are we only worried about choking now?

1 answer · last activity 28 days ago by ‭Dani‭

viduy-confession mishnah-berurah

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Ancestry of the Mishmarot Kehunah

1 answer · last activity 28 days ago by ‭Harel13‭

kohen-priests chronicles-book-of

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

1 answer · last activity 29 days ago by ‭msh210‭

yom-kippur hebrew chabad

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Why does Rashi leave out an example?

2 answers · last activity 29 days ago by ‭Dani‭

rashi parshat-haazinu parshat-lech-lecha

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Naming a daughter when there's no minyan around

0 answers · last activity 30 days ago by ‭msh210‭

minyan naming-people isolation

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When does not forgiving become holding a grudge?

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

teshuvah-repentance forgiveness grudges

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Fasting 3 fasts.

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭DonielF‭

minhag fasting bar-bat-mitzvah

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Dani‭

teshuvah-repentance forgiveness

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

shofar

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭ploni‭

zemirot history nuschaot

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Seeking list of prohibitions which force one to do an action

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭DonielF‭

mitzvah-theory

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Source of Chasam Sofer's prediction.

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

sources-mekorot chatam-sofer

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What role does the Satan play in Jewish theology?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Mithical‭

satan theology

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Longest list of practical differences in shas.

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

talmud

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May Jews bow as a courtesy?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

halacha avodah-zara-idolatry

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

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

halacha sefer-torah

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Should you bring the ketubah on vacation?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

halacha ketubah

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Why aren't weddings on specific days?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

masechet-ketubot nisuin

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

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

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Intentionally praying shacharis without tefillin

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

shacharit tefillin

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Which ethical teachings are unique to Judaism?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

ethics

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

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

rosh-hashanah tumah-taharah-ritual-purity time-of-day chayei-adam

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Extra-Tanachic accounts for Nitzavim prophecy?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Harel13‭

history parshat-nitzavim

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

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

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