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כל האומר דבר בשם אומרו מביא גאולה לעולם שנא׳ ותאמר אסתר למלך בשם מרדכי Whoever says something in the name of the one who said it brings redemption to the world, as it says (Esther 2:22), "And Esth...
In a message on the Codidact network Discord channel, msh210 pointed out: https://judaism.codidact.com/help/faq This page -- its title and some of its text -- sound like it's introducing people to...
To answer the technical questions, a site's name is reflected in: the logo the URL(s) the short description in the list of communities Changing the logo is a matter of replacing one graphic with ...
As of a few hours ago, an Omer counter is now live on Judaism Codidact! The counter appears on the right side of the site, and shows the Hebrew date, the day of the Omer, and the day of the week. ...
The Purim Torah category is scheduled to disappear at the end of Adar. All its posts will disappear also: not even their respective authors will be able to see them. (Moderators will.) I recommend...
The following isn't necessarily the only answer, and the sources aren't necessarily the earliest. Also, this is just a partial answer for now. What you were taught as a child is mentioned by the R...
In ancient times, the Roman pagan holiday of Saturnalia included a practice of baking some type of cake with a fava bean hidden inside, with a prize for whoever got the piece containing the bean. I...
Makkot 24a: בא חבקוק והעמידן על אחת שנאמר (חבקוק ב, ד) וצדיק באמונתו יחיה Habakuk came and established [the 613 mitzvot] on one, as it says (Habakuk 2:4), “And a righteous one will live with his f...
I understood that it was to give the angels an appreciation of what man can be based on Bamidbar Rabbah 19:3 (מלכים א ה, יא): ויחכם מכל האדם, אדם הראשון מה היתה חכמתו, את מוצא כשבקש הקדוש ברוך הוא...
וַיִּ֩צֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיָּבֵא֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־ל֑וֹ וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקְרָא־ל֧וֹ הָֽאָדָ֛ם נֶ֥פֶ...
An accidental killer flees to one of the cities of refuge for an indeterminate time (until the death of the kohein gadol, or even longer if the timing is unfortunate). The cities of refuge are cit...
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 ...
I understand that one should take challah when baking bread made with at least 10 cups of flour. (That article says 14 for saying the b'racha but down to 10 for taking at all.) How does this requ...
Divrei Torah One of the things I've picked up in my time with various online communities is that giving people multiple modes of engagement strengthens community connections. It's why SE chat help...
On a simple level, one can say that this particular segula applies only to those who wear Tzitzit. There are other mystical pieces of advice given to help one overcome anger, including what Shelah ...
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...
Various halachic authorities (see e.g. Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank in Responsa Har Tzvi 1:9, and discussion here) exempt garments produced from sheets of synthetic materials (e.g. nylon) from Tzitzit, ...
How to reference I'm going to start off by quoting /help/referencing (disclaimer: I wrote it). When you're referencing or quoting material that can be found online (such as Wikipedia or similar), ...
In several locations (example: Yoma 75a.14 ), Chazal mention that Bnei Yisroel had slaves even while they were in the midbar. Where did they get them from? Did they take them from Egypt? Did they t...
I'm somewhat competent in praying alone on weekdays and Shabbat, with the current pandemic providing a forcing function. I prefer to be part of a community and be able to rely on the sh'liach tzib...
My understanding is that the repetition of the prayer popularly referred to as the Shmoneh Esrei was instituted to assist people who were illiterate and could not say the prayer themselves. Since t...
Chaye Adam 138:5 writes: וראוי לכל אדם לטבול במקוה או בנהר ולא יקדים לטבול עד שעה קודם חצות היום In my own translation: It's seemly for every man to immerse in a ritualarium or a river [on the d...
Bottom Line: Apparently this Chayei Adam is based on the Arizal, so presumably it's kabbalistic. If you try to give a rational explanation to it, it creates problems. There's also a dispute if the ...
