Judaism - Q&A

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

0 answers · last activity about 3 hours ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

yom-kippur hebrew chabad

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Naming a daughter when there's no minyan around

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Why does Rashi leave out an example?

2 answers · last activity about 4 hours ago by ‭Dani‭

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When does not forgiving become holding a grudge?

0 answers · last activity 6 days ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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

1 answer · last activity 9 days ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

shofar

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Why are we only worried about choking now?

0 answers · last activity 12 days ago by ‭msh210‭

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Fasting 3 fasts.

2 answers · last activity 9 days 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 9 days ago by ‭Dani‭

teshuvah-repentance forgiveness

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What role does the Satan play in Jewish theology?

0 answers · last activity 17 days ago by ‭Mithical‭

satan theology

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Source of Chasam Sofer's prediction.

1 answer · last activity 17 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

sources-mekorot chatam-sofer

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Longest list of practical differences in shas.

0 answers · last activity 18 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

talmud

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Extra-Tanachic accounts for Nitzavim prophecy?

0 answers · last activity 19 days ago by ‭Harel13‭

history parshat-nitzavim

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Seeking list of prohibitions which force one to do an action

2 answers · last activity 14 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

mitzvah-theory

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

0 answers · last activity 20 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

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

1 answer · last activity 20 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

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May Jews bow as a courtesy?

1 answer · last activity 18 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

halacha avodah-zara-idolatry

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

1 answer · last activity 23 days ago by ‭ploni‭

halacha measures tashlich

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Making a Bracha on a smell test.

0 answers · last activity 23 days ago by ‭Dani‭

halacha spices blessing

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Wearing the knots of tzitzis visibly.

0 answers · last activity 26 days ago by ‭Dani‭

tzitzit sources-mekorot

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hearing half of a double-long תרועה

0 answers · last activity 27 days ago by ‭msh210‭

halacha shofar rosh-hashanah

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

1 answer · last activity 27 days ago by ‭robev‭

parshat-ki-tavo bikkurim

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May one name a secular object using a Divine Name?

1 answer · last activity 24 days ago by ‭Alaychem‭

halacha divine-names

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Sources for the meaning of David's name

0 answers · last activity 28 days ago by ‭Harel13‭

names sources-mekorot king-david

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Is Lashon Hara L'toelet Hutra or Dechuya?

1 answer · last activity 29 days ago by ‭robev‭

halacha halacha-theory lashon-hara-gossip

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Can a Rabbi lose his ordination?

0 answers · last activity 29 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

halacha rabbis semicha-ordination

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How should one who hears lashon hara respond?

0 answers · last activity 27 days ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

lashon-hara-gossip

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Status of the descendants of Yarcha

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Harel13‭

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

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭DonielF‭

death-burial medicine masechet-berachot masechet-pesachim

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Why aren't weddings on specific days?

1 answer · last activity 18 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

masechet-ketubot nisuin

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

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭msh210‭

shemoneh-esrei-amida

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭robev‭

lifnei-iver leviticus-book-of masechet-avodah-zarah

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Ancestry of the Mishmarot Kehunah

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Harel13‭

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Seeking advice as a chazzan in training

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭msh210‭

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭eliyahu‭

masechet-sotah shalom-bayit divine-presence sources-mekorot

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

1 answer · last activity 14 days ago by ‭ploni‭

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Blowing a Shofar with a mask over the wide end

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭MTL‭

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

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

rabbis ethics synagogue

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

1 answer · last activity 19 days ago by ‭DonielF‭

tzniut-modesty lifnei-iver

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Explanation about story in Maseches Shabbos.

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Dani‭

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vegans in Tanach

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Dani‭

tanach food

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

1 answer · last activity 29 days ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

hebrew

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Determining Reshus Harabbim if a street is not busy on Shabbos

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭eliyahu‭

halacha shabbat eruv-chatzerot masechet-eruvin

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Mamzer child of a Kohen

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭rosends‭

kohen-priests mamzer

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭DonielF‭

shofar rosh-hashanah

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Is there any connection between the Sotah, the Mizbeiach, and the Beis HaMikdash keychain?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

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The Talmudic "Drakkon" and the Chinese "Long"

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

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What happened to the fruit brought by the spies?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Harel13‭

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

2 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭user8078‭

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

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Harel13‭

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