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

Avodah Zarah 6a.16-6b.1: והתניא: אמר רבי נתן, ״מנין שלא יושיט אדם כוס של יין לנזיר ואבר מן החי לבני נח? ת"ל (ויקרא יט, יד) ולפני עור לא תתן מכשול.״‏ It was taught in a Braisa: R' Nassan said, "Fro...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by DonielF‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by robev‭

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

According to the work Perek Shirah, Yirmiyahu 22:13 is the verse associated with the fox (shual). What is the explanation for the link between the contents of that pasuk and the fox?

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by withoutatrace‭  ·  edited 3y ago by msh210‭

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

In the beginning of Ekev, Moshe says that Hashem tested Bnei Yisrael in the desert to see if they would remain faithful - "Remember the long way that the LORD your God has made you travel in the wi...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Harel13‭

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

We know that God told the entire torah to Moshe (with Moshe writing it down the second time) at Har Sinai. This must include the book of D'varim, because I have learned somewhere that there is a d...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by user8078‭

Question parshat-chukat
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Challenges Weekly Topic Challenge #4: Deuteronomy

posted 3y ago by DonielF‭  ·  edited 3y ago by DonielF‭

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Q&A vegans in Tanach

Are there any vegans/vegetarians that we know of anywhere in Tanach? (Not someone that just took a neder)

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Dani‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Dani‭

Question tanach food
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Q&A Examples of derivations

At the end of Korbanos during davening there is a Baraisa that starts with רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר. It tells us of different methods of derivation that can be used throughout Tanach. Does anyone ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Dani‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Lo Ani‭

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Q&A What happened to the fruit brought by the spies?

Kind of a weird question. Does anyone have any idea what happened to the fruit brought by the spies from Israel to the desert? Was it eaten by specific people? Buried? Left behind?

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭

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Q&A Why does Nun have an Aramaic name?

Nun, the father of Yehoshua, is apparently named after a word for fish in Aramaic (for example, Beresheet Rabbah 97:3; Divrei Emet, Matot). His father Elishama (according to Divrei Hayamim 1:7:26-2...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭

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Q&A Why didn't Yitzchak help his father?

In Bereishis 22, the story of the עקידת יצחק (binding of Isaac) takes place. When Avraham sets up the altar in Bereishis 22:9, the Pasuk says: וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ אֶֽל־הַמָּקוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־ל֣וֹ הָאֱל...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Dani‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Harel13‭

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Q&A How obligatory is Eicha on Tish'ah b'Av?

On Tish'ah b'Av, it's a universal (I think) tradition to read megillat Eicha at night (and some also read during the day); see Shulchan Aruch 559:2. Generally, this is read in a communal setting, b...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by magicker72‭  ·  edited 3y ago by magicker72‭

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Q&A Where is 'Khina'?

Malbim on Beresheet 6:4 writes: "הנפלים. עתה יפרש מ"ש ויראו בני האלהים את בנות האדם, מי היו בני האלהים, הם אלה שאמרו שהם בני אלהים ונפלו משמים, והגדות כאלה היו בימים האלה וגם אחרי כן. כי נודע שבכל...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭

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Q&A Who was Yitzchaki?

In his commentary on Beresheet 36:31, Ibn Ezra writes: "ואלה המלכים. יש אומרים כי בדרך נבואה נכתבה זאת הפרשה. ויצחקי אמר בספרו כי בימי יהושפט נכתבה זאת הפרשה. ופי' הדורות כרצונו הכי קרא שמו יצחק כ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by user8078‭

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Q&A Why was Tisha B'av chosen as the day of crying for naught, when the Jews had cried previously?

ותשא כל העדה ויתנו את קולם ויבכו העם בלילה ההוא (במדבר יד, א) אמר רבה א"ר יוחנן אותו ליל ט' באב היה אמר להן הקב"ה לישראל אתם בכיתם בכיה של חנם ואני אקבע לכם בכיה לדורות (סנהדרין קד:, תענית כט.)‏ "...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by DonielF‭  ·  edited 3y ago by DonielF‭

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Q&A What is the purpose of tehillim at shemira?

Based on the gemara, the Shulḥan Aruch states (YD 344:16): אין אומרים בפני המת אלא דברים של מת כגון צרכי קבורתו והספד אבל שאר כל דבר אסור והני מילי בדברי תורה אבל במילי דעלמא לית לן בה Before a de...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by magicker72‭

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Q&A Prophetic styles in Melachim?

If Yirmiyahu wrote Sefer Melachim (Bava Batra 15a), and "two prophets do not prophesy employing one and the same style of expression" (Sanhedrin 89a), does that mean that the prophecies of prophets...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭

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Q&A Why isn't Dagon mentioned in Yirmyahu's prophecy against the Plishtim?

The final chapters of Yirmiyahu are dedicated to Yirmiyahu foreseeing the fall of several nations in and around the Land of Israel, nations such as Egypt, Kedar, Babylon, Edom, Moav and Ammon. For ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Harel13‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Harel13‭

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Q&A What's the difference between רָדַף אֶת and רָדַף אַחֲרֵי?

The kal verb רדף, "chase", appears many times in Tanach. But the preposition that follows it, to mark the object of the verb, varies: Sometimes it's a direct object: it's marked either with no pre...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by msh210‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by msh210‭

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

The conquest of the land described in the book of Yehoshua took seven years (Arakhin 13a).1 It is only at the end of the conquest that Yehoshua dismisses the "shock troops". We know from Yehoshua 1...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by robev‭

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Q&A What is the status of a human-mermaid offspring?

Bechorot 8a discusses a species called dolfinim, which, in Rashi's understanding, are merpeople and can bear viable offspring with humans. Let's suppose that merpeople actually exist as Rashi descr...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by DonielF‭