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Rav Yitzchak Berkovits (also spelled as Berkowitz, an expert in the laws of loshon hara) understands that if one follows all the requirements of toeles, there is no prohibition at all. It's not tha...
Are there any sources that discuss how one can internalize the belief that their prayers have a real effect on the world?
Mercava.com has the gemara in the format it appears in a sefer, with translations1. It also breaks up the text into categories of statement, question, answer, attack, defence, and proof. I think...
I've heard from multiple people, that when wearing the tzitzis strings out, leaving the knots visible is a sign of haughtiness. Does anyone know of a source for this? How does doing this show haug...
I have often wondered about the meaning of David's name. I believe Da'at Mikra write that it may be a short form of Dodvahu (דודוהו), which also appears somewhere in Tanach and means Dod (friend) o...
On Rosh Hashana I heard somebody say something like: if you can't get to a public shofar blowing, at least this is a commandment that is relatively easy to fulfill on your own -- most people, this ...
On the question of quality control, I'm much more in favor of a passive approach over an active one. You might consider it l'havdil some form of "turn from evil" given priority over "do good," wher...
In the previous paragraph, Rambam Hilchot Teshuvah 2:9, he writes (Sefaria translation): [...] but sins between man and man, for instance, one injures his neighbor, or curses his neighbor or plund...
The locations that Rashi cites are actions by Hashem and not by human beings. Thus, the commentary by Rashi pointing out that Hashem performed the actives in broad daylight to show that he would pr...
The Rambam writes (Hilchot Teshuvah 2:10, Sefaria's translation): אָסוּר לָאָדָם לִהְיוֹת אַכְזָרִי וְלֹא יִתְפַּיֵּס אֶלָּא יְהֵא נוֹחַ לִרְצוֹת וְקָשֶׁה לִכְעֹס וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁמְּבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּו...
It should be a river or well, and it’s better if it contains live fish and it’s outside the city (Mishnah Berurah 583:8).
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 587:3, cites a view that if someone heard half of a double-long t'ki'a (long shofar blast) in a way that was effective but the other half in an invalid way, then he's n...
In Yerushalmi Taanit 20a it says: ר' זעיר' בשם רב הונה להזיר י"ז שחזר המחזיר לאלעזר Translation: R' Zeir' in the name of Rav Hunah "to Hazir 17", that returned the cycle to Elazar. On which Rabbi...
The akeidah was a significant event for both Avraham and Yitzchak.[1] Immediately after they appear to go their separate ways -- Avraham leaves without his son, and we're not told where Yitzchak w...
This d'var torah discusses kal vachomer arguments in torah: Rashi is bothered that these two arguments have some sort of flaw. He wants us to realize that this isn’t so difficult, as there are t...
I saw in my notifications that there was an answer to my question, so I clicked and was transported to my question. I read the answer and upvoted it. It was good. I then looked and saw 4 more noti...
I received an edit suggestion yesterday. a. I am unable to tell what was changed. Is there a way to highlight the changes? b. I eventually assumed that the edit was of a minor spelling mistake, s...
As I wrote in the comments of @user8078's answer, Rabbi Reuven Margaliyot wrote an essay called "חכמי התלמוד ותרגום השבעים" (The Talmudic Sages and The LXX). In it he brings eight examples of inexp...
Finals are finally over! I apologize for the long delay in which we missed the first month of this quarter, but hopefully we should be back in business. Obligatory topic submission thread. On Sund...
How do you establish valuation -- compare to what's for sale in the grocery store? The other answer and plenty of online resources discuss the lists of what portions to designate and in what o...
Exodus 34:7 ("נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֺן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה") is written in Torah scrolls with a large initial letter nun. My kid wants to know why. (I checked several commentaries and fo...
The Bracha of Shehechiyanu reads as follows: ברוך...×©×”×—×™×™× ×• ×•×§×™×™×ž× ×• ×•×”×’×™×¢× ×• לזמן ×”×–×” ...that He kept us alive and sustained us and brought us to this time. ...
All translations below are my own. Lev Melech B'Yad Hashem Shlomo HaMelech tells us (Mishlei 21:1): פלגי מים לב מלך ביד יהוה על כל אשר יחפץ יטנו [Like] streams of water is the heart of a king in t...
