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I was reading about driving a car on Chol Hamo'ed and the article stated that many see the melacha of driving as tied to havarah (which I assume to refer to the burning of gas via combustion). The ...
Why did the Ark rest on Ararat? It seems random. Why not have it rest in Eretz Yisrael, for example?
Presumably a Jew could sell his pet to a non-Jew who could then feed the pet what is forbidden to the Jew. The sale could just be technical, even if the pet stays in the Jew's care.
Is this site going to be as aggressively Orthodox as Mi Yodeya?
Maybe the "Jews not Judaism" questions should also have their own category, or a separate tag structure (including date ranges and locations) And a clear division between biography ("Where did the ...
I would posit that there is no obligation of Shofar during Elul. It is a longstanding custom, but there are none of the hallmarks of an obligation, even Rabbinic: No ברכה (blessing) associated wit...
B. Gather the Tzitzis while saying the Pasuk of וַהֲבִיאֵנוּ לְשָׁלוֹם Why? Because the next words are מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפות הָאָרֶץ "from the four corners of the Earth". We connect "four corners" ...
I think Purim Torah should be open all time. As I previously wrote when we planned the build of the site: It's a method of developing Jewish thought and creativity while learning. As a more light-h...
Here, it can be even worse, since (as far as I can tell) comments cannot be flagged for moderator attention True; specifically flagging comments doesn't seem to have been implemented yet (and I d...
I think that questions about Hebrew and Jewish languages should be allowed. Knowledge of Hebrew/JL is useful for studying Torah and Jewish texts, even though requiring questions about it to be aske...
Comments are meant for requesting more information or clarification, pointing out issues to be addressed in an edit, and other things that lead to improving the post they're attached to. As we've ...
More than a comment, less than an answer... Two data points: "New" Haftarah The Haftarah portions for Shabbos, Yom Tov, Fast Days, etc. were all set hundreds of years ago. There are some variatio...
In addition to whatever criteria we choose for wholesale importing, maybe there can be an option, once the linking Codidact and SE accounts thing is working properly, to browse all of your own ques...
Each year my rabbi arranges the sale of chameitz for me (and anybody else who asks), and I know that I could also do this online. Either way, I provide some basic information, like the location of...
No. The list of useful links — even of very useful ones — is far too long to fit comfortably in the sidebar.
The main discussion regarding when to begin counting occurs in Menachot 65a.12-66a.15. The discussion is prompted by the Boethusian practice of interpreting the charge of Leviticus 23:15 to begin c...
I'm not a grammarian, but I think that with Rosh Hashana the focus is on the coming year, and it is not a categorization of the day. Rosh Chodesh is a type of day, but not specifically related to t...
What is the shecheyanu for on Purim night? The one before the morning megillah reading is (according to the announcement in shul) for the mitzvos done in the daytime. But in the preceding night, w...
Note: I have references for many of these things, but Friday morning stream-of-consciousness at the moment. References later if I get a chance. There are a lot of different issues here, though all...
It is in volume five.
Halachipedia says it is not necessary to learn the material in order: What Learning Entitles One To Make a Siyum If one learned an entire Maasechet except for one paragraph, it’s sufficient f...
Here is a hypothetical case -- I get home from work on June 22 and I'm bushed. Totally knackered and it is only 5:30. I'm afraid, though, that I won't be able to fall asleep again tonight so I take...
I have read that men wear a tallit gadol at Shacharit because of a connection to Avraham (the mitzvah was given in his merit and Shacharit is 'his' prayer). Why then are men instructed to wear it a...
Actually, the bigger issue is Tefillin. But first of all, while there is a standard practice to wear a Tallis Kattan (a smaller 4-cornered garment with Tzitzis, typically worn underneath a regular...
