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| Comment | Post #280509 |
Anyone know if conversion to Druze is allowed, or if one must be born Druze? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280508 |
Completely in favor (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279800 |
@Harel You can trivially compare calendars to one another; we do it on a regular basis between Gregorian and Jewish. The trick is that when two calendars use nonidentical year lengths, you need to keep track of how the difference adds up over time. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280480 |
@AA Would depend on your interpretation of the halachos I think. The simplest reading is that it’s Rabbinically prohibited, but I’ve heard some apologists claiming it’s their interpretations of the verses and therefore it’s really Biblically prohibited, or the opposite approach that they’re discourag... (more) |
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Does the Torah guarantee free speech? There are certain categories of speech which are outright forbidden by the Torah (various forms of gossip, profanity, blasphemy, curse, etc.). Theoretically speaking, could the Sanhedrin legislate further restrictions on speech, or does the Torah guarantee free speech to Jews? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279800 |
Good attempt, but you're forgetting something important: the Egyptian calendar didn't have leap years in the Julian/Gregorian sense, rather having a calendar of exactly 365 days, where each of the twelve months were exactly 30 days divided into 10-day "weeks," and at the end of the calendar was five ... (more) |
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Topic Submission Thread (Q2 5781) 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 Sunday, January 17, I'll post the next challenge. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279469 |
Very interesting! Also raises the question of why Hashem tapper Ephraim specifically to lead Malchus Yisrael. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279266 |
Consider the term used for vocals-only music, a term employed often during Sefirah and the Three Weeks: _a capella_, “as in the chapel.” (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279263 |
I would bet a good place to look is to try comparing Christian music with Christian art; maybe there’s a comparison to be drawn between listening to music praising their Messiah and observing (but not owning!) art which glorifies him. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279263 |
FWIW he writes elsewhere (don’t have the source offhand) that ideally one shouldn’t listen to music at all. Obviously the question only starts if one relies on the Rema that he cites there. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279108 |
They had Milah previously in fulfillment of a Mitzvah d'Oraisa in which they are obligated. You'd be right according to Rashi, but I'm asking according to Rambam. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279106 |
@robev Re your first comment: Both circumcisions are entering into the covenant of Avraham Avinu; but they've already entered into that Bris! Or maybe there's a difference between the two Brissim. Re your second comment: They'd still need it out of a doubt; maybe they weren't previously Bnei Keturah ... (more) |
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Weekly Topic Challenge #15: Music This week's challenge is about music. There's plenty of discussions of music in halacha — the prohibition against a male listening to a female singing, the prohibition against listening to music nowadays, the prohibition against listening to music during periods of mourning — as well as in hashkafa. ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279106 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Do Bnei Keturah need a Bris upon conversion according to Rambam? Rambam paskens (Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars 10:7-8): >הַמִּילָה נִצְטַוָּה בָּהּ אַבְרָהָם וְזַרְעוֹ בִּלְבַד. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית יז, ט) "אַתָּה וְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ". יָצָא זַרְעוֹ שֶׁל יִשְׁמָעֵאל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית כא, יב) "כִּי בְיִצְחָק יִקָּרֵא לְךָ זָרַע". [...] אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים שֶׁבְּנ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278991 |
@robev I'm unfamiliar with such a halacha, but if you can track it down, it would make for a good starting point for an answer. (more) |
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Is learning Aleph Beis considered learning Torah? In a number of sources we find learning Aleph Beis associated with learning Torah: notably Shabbos 31a, with the convert who Hillel persuaded with reversing the Aleph Beis; Shabbos 103b-104a, with its lengthy expositions on the shape and order of the Aleph Beis, as well as permutations and pairings t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278990 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Hagar vs. Yishmael: How do one's actions affect others? In Parshas Lech Lecha, we find that Sarah came to Avraham with a simple demand (Genesis 16:5): >וַתֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֣י אֶל־אַבְרָם֮ חֲמָסִ֣י עָלֶיךָ֒ אָנֹכִ֗י נָתַ֤תִּי שִׁפְחָתִי֙ בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ כִּ֣י הָרָ֔תָה וָאֵקַ֖ל בְּעֵינֶ֑יהָ יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יְהוָ֖ה בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֶֽיׄךָ׃ > >And Sarai sai... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278960 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Weekly Topic Challenge #14: The Hebrew Alphabet This week's challenge, if you choose to accept it, is about the Hebrew alphabet. Questions about the meaning of words would not be accepted for the challenge, but questions about the interplay between related roots or about the Kabbalistic meaning of letters, and certainly about halachos related to t... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278746 |
@magicker72 Not certain at all. I wonder if the line of thought had independently occurred to him, however, that one who merely misuses the Torah has not abused it to the point of necessitating such strong words being said against him. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278011 |
@ArtOfCode Editing works mostly fine on Firefox, but Safari consistently gives me issues. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278746 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Understanding the dispute between Rashi and Kallah Rabbasi on singing Song of Songs? Sanhedrin 101a.2 teaches: >תנו רבנן הקורא פסוק של שיר השירים ועושה אותו כמין זמר והקורא פסוק בבית משתאות בלא זמנו מביא רעה לעולם מפני שהתורה חוגרת שק ועומדת לפני הקב"ה ואומרת לפניו רבונו של עולם עשאוני בניך ככנור שמנגנין בו לצים > > The Rabbis taught [in a Braisa]: One who reads a verse of Song... (more) |
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Weekly Topic Challenge #13: Pets and Animals In honor of Parshas Noach's emphasis on Noach's care of the world's animals, belated though it may be, this week's challenge will be on animals and pets. If you want to participate, all you have to do is tag your post [[animals]](https://judaism.codidact.com/categories/32/tags/3044) and add a link to... (more) |
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How the Supernal Light (Mostly) Reconciles Bereishis with Archaeology Previously I've discussed on here an understanding by my Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yochanan Zweig, Shlit"a, on the concept of עצם היום in conjunction with the Supernal Light of the first day of creation, the general theory of which I've reproduced below from my previous discussion. In a different Shiur,... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278587 |
(2/2) On the second dream, they held their tongues and their hatred; but once Yaakov interpreted the dream, they fumed once more. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278587 |
The Gemara writes that "an uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter" (Berachos 55a). So long as the dream is left uninterpreted, it doesn't come into reality. Yosef never interpreted his dreams; when his brothers interpreted the first dream, they immediately shoved their feet in their mouths. "... (more) |
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