Judaism - Q&A

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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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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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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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Was Sigd part of historical Jewish observance?

0 answers · last activity 1 day ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

history

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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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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 aren't weddings on specific days?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

masechet-ketubot nisuin

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

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

hebrew

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

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

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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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How is God's name pronounced when there is a prefix?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

words divine-names

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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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Who was Yitzchaki?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by ‭user8078‭

parshanut--reading-tanach

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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

tzniut-modesty lifnei-iver

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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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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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Is it preferable to not say Mincha early on a fast day?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by ‭Isaac Moses‭

fasting tefilla-prayer

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Is there any davening unique to being said when alone?

2 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭ploni‭

minyan tefilla-prayer

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Who protected the women and children of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 Menashe during the conquest?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by ‭robev‭

joshua-book-of

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How obligatory is Eicha on Tish'ah b'Av?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭magicker72‭

minhag tishah-bav lamentations-book-of

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Taking pills with letters on Shabbos

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭ploni‭

halacha shabbat medicine

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What is the status of a-capella music during the three weeks?

1 answer · last activity 3 months ago by ‭ploni‭

three-weeks music

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Does a husband have to maintain his wife's bondwomen?

2 answers · last activity 4 months ago by ‭PinnyM‭

masechet-ketubot

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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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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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Seeking advice as a chazzan in training

2 answers · last activity 2 months ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

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Status of the descendants of Yarcha

0 answers · last activity 2 months ago by ‭Harel13‭

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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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Making a Bracha on a smell test.

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Dani‭

halacha spices blessing

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Contradiction in statements of Rabbi Avigdor Miller

0 answers · last activity 4 months ago by ‭robev‭

rabbi-avigdor-miller

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

1 answer · last activity 2 months ago by ‭msh210‭

animals jeremiah-book-of perek-shirah

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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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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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If someone accidentally misses davening, but would have skipped it anyway, does he do tashlumin?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭Lo Ani‭

tefilla-prayer

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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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Is Lashon Hara L'toelet Hutra or Dechuya?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭robev‭

halacha halacha-theory lashon-hara-gossip

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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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Where did Bnei Yisroel get slaves in the desert?

1 answer · last activity 4 months ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

slaves desert

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Can a terminally-ill patient give up his ventilator to save another?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭Dani‭

halacha medicine

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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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I've already made a siyum on a work. Can I make a full siyum a second time?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

siyum

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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 fruit brought by the spies?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭Harel13‭

parshanut--reading-tanach parshat-shelach seven-species

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

1 answer · last activity 2 months ago by ‭eliyahu‭

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

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Why does the incense offerer get a chosen buddy?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭Isaac Moses‭

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What is special about the Aleph-Bais?

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭Dani‭

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

0 answers · last activity 3 months ago by ‭DonielF‭

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