Judaism - Q&A

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Is Ulichaporas Pasha a new request or a continuation?

0 answers · posted 16d ago by Dani‭ · edited 10d ago by snowbunting‭

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

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Midrash called ‘K’bod Huppah”

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Why must yefas toar be allowed

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Is Moses Mendelssohn in Shem HaGedolim?

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How much of an interruption is permitted between a mitzvah blessing and the mitzvah?

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Dancing in the vineyards on Yom Kippur

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What is “Hakobes”?

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Why do we dwell in booths every day during Sukkot, but we don't have to eat matzah every day during Pesach?

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Questions on sidra [closed]

0 answers · posted 5d ago by interested‭ · closed 4d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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

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What's the main Jewish Holy Book?

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Which haftarah when Rosh Chodesh Av is on Shabbat?

1 answer · posted 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 4mo ago by msh210‭

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

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

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 6mo ago by Peter Taylor‭

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

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 1mo ago by msh210‭

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Groundbreaking disagreement in the Gemara?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by Alaychem‭ · last activity 7mo ago by DonielF‭

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

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

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

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

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by Dani‭ · last activity 5mo ago by sabbahillel‭

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

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

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 7mo ago by msh210‭

shabbat food passover

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Why aren't worried about carrying matza on Shabas?

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Metered water tap on Shabbat

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What happens if the goring ox was provoked?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Yehuda‭

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

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

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

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Meor eynayim by de rossi

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Does God of Judaism permit to pray in any language?

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by Istiak‭ · last activity 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

languages

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

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by ckoppelman‭ · last activity 9mo ago by simyou‭

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smichus amolek to bikkurim

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

2 answers · posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Lights for 24 hours or 3 hours on 8 days -- which is better?

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Do Bnei Keturah need a Bris upon conversion according to Rambam?

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

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Besamim and the Tree of Knowledge

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Ein somchin al Hanes - Purim

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

0 answers · posted 7mo ago by msh210‭

chametz transactions israel

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Does "החג" include שמיני עצרת?

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Hiding in a tree or hiding among the trees?

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Does a living brother fulfill his own pru ur'vu during a Yibum marriage?

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What's wrong with salmon skin?

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How does agency work for selling chameitz?

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 7mo ago by manassehkatz‭

passover transactions

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Talmudic proverb based on Job 42:10 — source?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by David‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What does אלוף mean in the context of Eisav's family tree?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by Mithical‭ · last activity 10mo ago by msh210‭

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

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Why do we destroy t'rumah and challah instead of giving it to a kohein?

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

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What are Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach's Three Threes?

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Did the urim v'tummim require binary questions?

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 2mo ago by sabbahillel‭

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