Judaism - Q&A

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Why can't a shopping cart interface run on the Sabbath?

0 answers · posted 25d ago by Fred Wamsley‭

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How did people understand references to 2 destructions before the first destruction?

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Why must the omer be counted at night?

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Is being a book mark a mitzvah?

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Maariv with a mincha minyan

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In the list of spies, why is Yosef added to the listing for Manashe but not to the one for Efrayim? [duplicate]

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Is an orphan obligated to honor parents?

0 answers · posted 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Could I keep K for P all year round and not search the next year?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by rosends‭

pesach

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Is it better to not tell someone she's Jewish if she won't follow it?

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

personal-status

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Why do we designate specific matzot for seder rituals?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

seder

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What does law say about vaccination?

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by Fred Wamsley‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Fred Wamsley‭

COVID Vaccination

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Is Ulichaporas Pasha a new request or a continuation?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by Dani‭ · edited 9mo ago by snowbunting‭

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Did the people hear the words of the revelation directly at Sinei?

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

parshat-yitro

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What does the change from "a man shall not..." to "you shall not..." for one verse in Vayikra 20 signify?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

parshat-kedoshim

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Why are Matzah and Sukkah different in terms of intent?

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Is there a timeline of creation, hour by hour?

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time-of-day midrash creation

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What is “Hakobes”?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by runters32‭ · edited 9mo ago by runters32‭

sefer

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On Pharaoh's not knowing יקוק

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divine-names genesis-book-of shmot

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What does "May his memory be for a blessing" mean?

1 answer · posted 3mo ago by Fred Wamsley‭ · last activity 2mo ago by Mithical‭

mourning death

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Does God of Judaism permit to pray in any language?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

languages

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Is Moses Mendelssohn in Shem HaGedolim?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by runters32‭

sefer

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Can one change the wording of davening?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by rosends‭ · edited 2mo ago by rosends‭

tefilla-prayer

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Logistics: what do you do about dishes if you're hosting both seders?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

seder

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Sh'mita and the home garden: what if anything is permitted?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 10mo ago by msh210‭

agriculture shmita

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What are Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach's Three Threes?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by Dani‭ · edited 10mo ago by Dani‭

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How long did it take to set up the mishkan?

0 answers · posted 10d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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

0 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user

jduaism-and-islam

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Which haftarah when Rosh Chodesh Av is on Shabbat?

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 12mo ago by msh210‭

haftarah three-weeks rosh-chodesh

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If one designates a gift for another person, is it committed or can it be retracted?

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 5mo ago by msh210‭

halacha transactions

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Animal product spoons and Kashrut

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kosher

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Why will Mashiach do what the Yalkut Shimoni says he will?

0 answers · posted 11mo ago by Dani‭

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Rosh Hashanah vs Rosh Chodesh

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Dani‭ · last activity 1y ago by simyou‭

grammar rosh-hashanah rosh-chodesh

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For starting Shabbat, is sunset astronomical or visible?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

halacha time-of-day

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How does agency work for selling chameitz?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by manassehkatz‭

passover transactions

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Blessing on Salt

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by manassehkatz‭ · last activity 7mo ago by PinnyM‭

blessing

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Did the urim v'tummim require binary questions?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 11mo ago by sabbahillel‭

kohen-priests prophecy-nevuah

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Tamid as Kaparah?

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korban kaparah

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Ha-Yarden ha-zeh -- what does the torah mean by this Jordan as opposed to the Jordan?

0 answers · posted 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

parshat-vaetchanan

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What does it mean to speak of the Jews as a single entity?

0 answers · posted 6mo ago by rosends‭

masechet-avodah-zarah

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How many times does this phrase appear in the Chumash, and why?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by yisrael‭

torah

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

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by msh210‭

chametz transactions israel

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

0 answers · posted 1y ago by Dani‭

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How does civil disobedience fit into Jewish law and practice?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by Fred Wamsley‭

law

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Midrash called ‘K’bod Huppah”

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by runters32‭

midrash

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Would the Aruch Hashulchan rule that one is yotzei if he doesn't drink melo lugmav by havdalah?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by runters32‭

havdala

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

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

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Canaan's descendants and the curse

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by rosends‭

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Worshipping outdoors in the COVID era, issues and options

2 answers · posted 2mo ago by Fred Wamsley‭ · last activity 10d ago by manassehkatz‭

Carrying Sabbath

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What happens if the goring ox was provoked?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 1y ago by Yehuda‭

damages parshat-mishpatim

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Alternative to Trope Trainer for printing large-print torah portions with trope and vowels?

4 answers · posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 9mo ago by richardf8‭

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