Judaism - Q&A

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What's the main Jewish Holy Book?

2 answers · last activity about 13 hours ago by JohnDoea‭

holy-book torah

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If someone has fulfilled an obligation (like kiddush), can he then do it for others?

0 answers · last activity 14 days ago by Monica Cellio‭

blessing mitzvah-theory

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Which haftarah when Rosh Chodesh Av is on Shabbat?

1 answer · last activity 27 days ago by msh210‭

haftarah three-weeks rosh-chodesh

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Is a loft a room for purposes of mezuzah?

0 answers · last activity 17 days ago by Monica Cellio‭

mezuzah

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Why is parshat Balak written without breaks in the torah scroll?

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

sefer-torah parshat-balak

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What is the difference between Islam and Judaism, given that the Torah is also one of Islam's holy books?

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by DonielF‭

concept

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Metered water tap on Shabbat

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by simyou‭

halacha shabbat water

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Why do some books in Tanach have a different trop, and how are they sung?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by Dani‭

tanach tehilim-psalms trop-cantillation

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Why does the Torah mention Yosef in relation to Menashe but not Ephraim in the story of the spies?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by msh210‭

parshat-shelach

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Were Abraham's and Lot's guests the same?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by simyou‭

parshat-vayera

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Is there a medrash that says that foxes and fish lived together?

1 answer · last activity 2 months ago by sabbahillel‭

mashal-parable midrash

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What is the connection between the "tarshish" in Ezekiel's vision and the city Jonah fled toward?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by Yehuda‭

jonah-book-of ezekiel-book-of

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What is the difference when Rashi says בגמרא מפרש and מפרש בגמרא?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by Dani‭

rashi talmud-bavli

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Why does Naomi talk in masculine form to her daughters-in-law?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by Dani‭

dikduk-grammar book-of-ruth

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Is there consensus with in any major Judaic religious sect if Muslims are Noahides?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by JohnDoea‭

jduaism-and-islam

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Is according to any major Judaic sect, naming god Allah is idolatry?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by JohnDoea‭

judaism-and-islam

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Handedness for t'fillin: nature or nurture?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

tefillin

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Why do we stop saying Mashiv Haruach?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

halacha shemoneh-esrei-amida tefilla-prayer

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Why aren't worried about carrying matza on Shabas?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by msh210‭

shabbat matza

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Groundbreaking disagreement in the Gemara?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by DonielF‭

tardition machloket

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Rosh Hashanah vs Rosh Chodesh

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by simyou‭

grammar rosh-hashanah rosh-chodesh

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Why didn't the dough rise during the night of the Exodus?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by Peter Taylor‭

food passover parashat-bo

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Why do we remove wine from our cups at "דם ואש ותימרות עשן"?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by tzvi‭

passover seder

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Are we expecting Eliyahu to drink the fifth cup of wine?

0 answers · last activity 4 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

passover

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Why aren't we required to eat matzah every day during Pesach?

2 answers · last activity 4 months ago by manassehkatz‭

passover

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How does agency work for selling chameitz?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by manassehkatz‭

passover transactions

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Does all of Israel sell its chametz through the chief rabbinate? If so, why?

0 answers · last activity 4 months ago by msh210‭

chametz transactions israel

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Why do we forgive past incarnations every night?

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Dani‭

tefilla-prayer forgiveness

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Seudah shlishit before Pesach: what's the source for omitting bread?

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by msh210‭

shabbat food passover

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הֶעֱלֵיתָ vs. הֶעֱלִיתָ

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by msh210‭

words parshat-ki-tisa

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Giving food to a spouse for Mishlo'ach manot

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Isaac Moses‭

marriage purim mishloach-manot

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Does charity on Purim have to be "new" donations?

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Isaac Moses‭

purim tzedaka

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Ein somchin al Hanes - Purim

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by rosends‭

purim

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Shehecheyanu on Purim

1 answer · last activity 5 months ago by AA ‭

blessing purim

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Blotting out Haman's name only some of the time?

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

purim

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Should rabbis come up with new ideas about niddah. [closed]

0 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Isaac Moses‭

halacha-theory

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After the destruction of the temple, why didn't we revert to a temporary mishkan?

2 answers · last activity 5 months ago by Peter Taylor‭

avoda-temple-service

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Can one fulfill the obligation of megillah on Purim via Zoom?

2 answers · last activity 6 months ago by manassehkatz‭

halacha purim

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Why marry at eighteen if one's reasoning isn't great yet?

0 answers · last activity 6 months ago by msh210‭

marriage age

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What happens if the goring ox was provoked?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by Yehuda‭

damages parshat-mishpatim

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Talmudic proverb based on Job 42:10 — source?

1 answer · last activity 6 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

tanach talmud

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What's the reason for Caleb, Achsah and Othniel story?

0 answers · last activity 6 months ago by artaxerxe‭

josuha caleb prophets

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(When) can halacha with a stated reason be revisited in light of new information?

1 answer · last activity 6 months ago by DonielF‭

halacha-theory

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Why is מוציא לחם more of a problem than מתיר אסורים or מלביש ערמים?

1 answer · last activity 6 months ago by simyou‭

aleph-bet-letters masechet-berachot blessing

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Besamim and the Tree of Knowledge

0 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Isaac Moses‭

havdala sources-mekorot spices

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Why is Shlissel Challah permissible?

0 answers · last activity 6 months ago by msh210‭

avodah-zara-idolatry minhag

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Disposing of a Christian bible written in Hebrew?

2 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Monica Cellio‭

divine-names christianity

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When to say fleishik versus fleishike (in English)

0 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Aliza‭

kashrut

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Are there any sources for counting Druze men as part of a Jewish minyan?

2 answers · last activity 6 months ago by Aliza‭

minyan sources-mekorot

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Why do Egyptian priests keep land while Levites don't get any

1 answer · last activity 7 months ago by simyou‭

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