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Activity for Harel13
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Shgagah with the killing of the son of the Amalekite ger? In Shmuel 1:31:4 it says that Shaul committed suicide rather than be captured alive by the Plishtim. Later, in Shmuel 2:1:2-15 it says that the son of an Amalekite ger who was in the ranks of Shaul's army came to David and claimed that he had killed Shaul as an act of mercy. It's clear he wished t... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278964 |
@MonicaCellio after some thinking, I would say that aderabah, why not tell Noach to build a ship and not an ark and to set sail to Yisrael? But even if one prefers the purpose of an ark, which seems to be the aimlessness of floating in water without knowing what will happen next or whether things wil... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278964 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Why did the Ark rest on Ararat? Why did the Ark rest on Ararat? It seems random. Why not have it rest in Eretz Yisrael, for example? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278731 |
Links could be things like online essays about interesting subjects that haven't necessarily been asked about in the Q&A section and aren't relevant for use in the DT section. For example, links to sites of Jewish quarterlies and essays, or links to specific essays or articles that may be useful for ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278731 |
"things like that" may include something that may otherwise be considered a half-finished idea for a DT, like: the geo-political ramifications of the War of the 4 & 5 Kings, but in this section would simply be that idea, standing on its own, without the need of some Torah-based, moral twist or chiddu... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278731 |
@msh210 well I don't know what would be considered "edge cases" here, but I'll try to give some examples. That chart you put in DT, in my opinion, is something that one wouldn't just show at a shabbat table and be יוצא ידי חובה of saying a DT. It's a useful thing to have around when studying the rele... (more) |
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Lech-Lecha DT: Why is the king of Tzo'ar nameless? Side note: I've been wanting to post this DT all week, but was trying to track down a certain source and unfortunately haven't managed to find it yet. If anyone has any idea and can point me to where it's located, I will very much appreciate it. Thanks! This is an idea that I thought of last year.... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278866 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Where was Lot during the famine? Rashi alludes to this in Beresheet 13:5: > "WHO WENT WITH ABRAM — What brought it about that he possessed all this? The fact that he was accompanying Abram (Genesis Rabbah 41:3; Pesikta Rabbati, שמיני)." And he expounds on this in Beresheet 19:29: >"GOD REMEMBERED ABRAHAM — What bearing has God’... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278839 |
Sigd may very well have been a special day that was lost to Am Yisrael at some point, as are a number of different customs that Ethiopians have that may have been preserved from pre-exilic times. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278839 |
Interesting article (in Hebrew) https://www.srugim.co.il/389043-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%92%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%92%D7%93-%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278829 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Topic Submission Thread (Q1 5781) The life and character of Avraham Avinu. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278731 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Resource section After seeing this post in the Divrei Torah section, which in the opinion of some didn't quite fit the category of DT, and I agree, I thought of suggesting the creation of another section of the site: Resources. In Resources one could post charts and useful links and things like that that are related,... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278662 |
@Dr.Shmuel maybe סדר הקורות בתנ"ך? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278521 |
@manassehkatz maybe. Just a thought I'm having now: water, as rain, comes down, while oil, when burned, goes up (the flames...). Needs more work... :D (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278520 |
@MonicaCellio I suppose that could work too. :) (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278521 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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The seven liquids and the chagim This dvar Torah is still, technically, in the works. It's meant to b"h span all of the chagim but only covers Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot and Chanukah for the moment. However, each part of the dvar Torah can be a standalone dvar Torah. Note: The basic idea of the opening and the addition at the beginning ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278520 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Hiding in a tree or hiding among the trees? As I was reading Beresheet 3:8 today ("וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי ה' אֱלֹוקים בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן"), it suddenly occurred to me that though I had never thought about the term "בתוך עץ הגן" (inside/among the tree(s) of the garden), my mind probably usually understood it like it's trans... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278481 |
Awesome! :D 15 ch. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278414 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Believing prayer works Are there any sources that discuss how one can internalize the belief that their prayers have a real effect on the world? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278321 |
Traumatic? In what way? (and please don't say: oh, how would you feel if your dad c"v tried to slaughter and sacrifice you? Because that minimizes greatly the character and greatness of the two people we're talking about here) (more) |
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A: Ancestry of the Mishmarot Kehunah 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 Kanievsky writes: >שח' משמרות ראשונות לאלעזר וח' שאחר כך לאיתמר ומי"ז ואילך חזר המחזור לאלעזר ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #277351 |
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| Comment | Post #278286 |
During Israel's first wave, there was a shacharit minyan broadcast on the radio every weekday and on Mondays and Thursdays they would announce newborn girl names sent to them. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278045 |
There are several answers to what it means to confuse Satan, so I recommend putting that as a separate question. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278033 |
@DonielF no, but the source would still be welcomed, to check out. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278033 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Extra-Tanachic accounts for Nitzavim prophecy? In Nitzavim, Devarim 29:23-27 it says: >"all nations will ask, “Why did the LORD do thus to this land? Wherefore that awful wrath?” They will be told, “Because they forsook the covenant that the LORD, God of their fathers, made with them when He freed them from the land of Egypt; they turned to the ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277987 |
https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=2590&st=&pgnum=327 Some more background info on Tarshish. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277865 |
@Alaychem shameless self-promoting, I see...;D (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277865 |
@Alaychem "Elohim" also means "judges" so.......maybe not? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277663 |
@Alaychem those must be illnesses that weren't around in the time of the gemara... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277849 |
@MonicaCellio thank you. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277849 |
@msh210 are you suggesting that names that are short forms are meaningless? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277849 |
@msh210 sorry. I'm looking for the meaning of the name. If it's a short form of Dodvahu, it means that David means Dod (friend) of Hashem. Random example for meaning: my name, Harel, literally means mountain of Hashem, but is also the name of a part of the mizbe'ach in the Mikdash, as described in th... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #277849 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |