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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #291246 | Initial revision | — | 15 days ago |
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Adam's Age and lifespan I recall hearing of a medrash which explains that Adam harishon was supposed to live until 1000 years old but he saw that Dovid Hamelech would die as an infant so he "donated" 70 of his years to David, so he died at 930. But I just read a medrash which says that Adam was created at (approximately)... (more) |
— | 15 days ago |
| Comment | Post #290871 |
I was asked that last night and I think that there is a category of "chinuch" that (I guess) allows certain things to be said. Would Mitoch Shelo Lishma be a form of chinuch? (more) |
— | about 2 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290871 | Initial revision | — | about 2 months ago |
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How is Mitoch Shelo lishma ba lishma allowed? I'm not fully finished with this question as I haven't researched all of my premises, and if someone can point me in the direction of a resource which would stop my question before it starts, that would be great. One important tenet which I have learned is מתוך שלא לשמה בא לשמה, that we are direct... (more) |
— | about 2 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290692 |
the local expert I consulted said "you can't try to help Hashem if the judgment is his" and i said "what about Pinchas" and he said "OK, so for someone on that level, maybe" (more) |
— | 2 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290692 | Initial revision | — | 2 months ago |
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Can suicide be halachically acceptable? This is a strange fact pattern that I thought of and I will explain my premises as I move through it, but the bottom line is whether a person can use suicide as a halachically acceptable behavior: A person commits murder during first temple times -- cold blooded, premeditated murder on someone who... (more) |
— | 2 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290644 |
It is better for a Noachide to be a righteous Noachide. Since converting through reform auspices would lead the Noachide to believe that he is Jewish, he might end up observing things forbidden to him, or not following actual Jewish law, and not focusing on the elements required of a Noachide. (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290644 |
Many people are willing to "commit" to being a Jew if it doesn't impinge too much on their lives. That's not what marks a proper convert. Being able to participate in communal prayers might be a perk, but there are also obligations -- you can't have one without the other. The communal identity is par... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290644 |
Hello -- if one wanted to stick with an orthodox perspective, I would point out that a reform conversion would be tantamount to "no conversion" but someone having gone through that process might call himself Jewish which would cause confusion in the future. An orthodox conversion is a rigorous proces... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290635 | Initial revision | — | 3 months ago |
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Taking goods from Egyptians During the plague of darkness, the Jews went around to scout out what the Egyptians had in their houses and then they "asked" for things before they left and the Egyptians gave them lots. No doubt, though, that some of the things given were related to the Avodah Zara that the Egyptians practiced. ... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290466 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
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Shimon in Egyptian jail After Yosef gave the brothers provisions, he kept Shimon (Bereisheet 42:24) there to guarantee that the brothers would return with Binyomin. They went home and didn't come back until they ran out of food (43:2) and at that point Yaakov says to them to go back down and buy some more food. Questions... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290408 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
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How is the latest time for Channukah candles determined? One may light Channukah candles ad shetichle regel min hashuk, until people stop walking through the market, because after that there would be no pirsumei nisa, advertisement of the miracle, outside of the household (since there are no people who would see the candles). If so, is this a subjective... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290310 |
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/6097/phrasing-of-refuah-prayer-when-praying-for-a-non-jew (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290265 |
I have been in school minyanim which sing all 3 p'rakim with the proper trop and ones where people just "chant" on their own, and ones where things are more quiet. There is no set rule about an alternate set of t'amim (though I thought that the halacha includes a statement recommending saying with th... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290265 |
I would say not because both are said during leining. If one was reserved for leining and another for learning, that would interest me. (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290265 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
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Different Trop when laining Ignoring the question of why, there is a practice of using different musical trop when laining the 10 commandments from when studying it. Are there other examples of different trop or pronunciation when using text in different contexts for other parts of chumash? (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290244 |
Would a line of smoke constitute a connected stream or must it be literally liquid, or could it be something which looks like it flows? Would steam which condenses on the utensil count? (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290243 |
This calls into question the threshold of use. Do I have to hold each spoon? Lick it once? Use it for cereal? Is it about stated kavannah or demonstrated action? I have utensils that, after many years, I haven't actually used. When I put them in the drawer, did that constitute intent? (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290241 |
I would think that it would still be considered as being used under the same initial erroneous assumption. (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290242 |
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— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290242 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
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Halacha applied differently dependent on the situation I recall asking someone about whether a Jew could work in a non-kosher restaurant. One of the opinions I heard was that a Jew shouldn't because "odds are" that the person, as a waiter, will end up serving treif food to a Jewish customer. I don't know, then, if this would only apply in areas of the co... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290241 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
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Tevillas Keilim on Used things I was reading up on tevillas keilim and saw the following statements on this site: > Utensils require tevila if they were given by a Jew to a Yehudi as a gift or if they were bought from a aino Yehudi . this would lead me to think that if one BOUGHT from a Jew, one would not be required to... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289800 |
the three are connected because of the supposed Abrahamic linkage. There are distinct differences in concepts of prophecy and a whole lot of other stuff. (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289800 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
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A: The Essence of Judaism Judaism doesn't distinguish itself -- the other religions, as offshoots, differentiate themselves, Christianity by the abandoning of the laws and adopting Jesus, and Islam, by adopting Muhammed and following the Koranic text. Judaism is an exhaustive way of life with many rules and texts which oth... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289059 | Initial revision | — | 9 months ago |
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Why is the system of listing unkosher animals inconsistent? I am looking for resources that go through the section (Vayikra 11:1-30) with a fine toothed comb and discuss and explain the inconsistencies in how animals are described/listed. I have assembled a chart which helped me see that some categories are spoken of via the signs of being edible while others... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289015 | Initial revision | — | 9 months ago |
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Tallow candles and Kashrut There are candles that are made from beef tallow (https://www.theprairiehomestead.com/2014/01/tallow-emergency-candles.html). If one were to burn one, residue and soot from incomplete combustion could end up on the walls, and, I assume, if one burned the candle near dishes, on those dishes. Does r... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288717 |
But if on shabbos, we don't generally have the aveil daven for the amud (usually -- there are cases where it could happen) then is it still a shiva minyan (for the sake of no tzidkat'cha) because of his presence which would, even if he didn't daven for the amud on a Tuesday, stop tachanun (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288717 |
So it is the house and not the person? I recall that when I was an aveil and minyan was in shul I DID daven for the amud but I don't remember whether or not we said tachanun. What if (as was the case in the olden days) the person sitting shiva lived in the shul? (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288716 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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Nemuel vs Yemuel I am looking at the geneology of the 12 tribes and I found that Reuvein had son named Palu. Palu had a son named Eli'av and Eli'av had 3 sons, Datan, Aviram and Nemuel (Bamidbar 26:9) וּבְנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֔ב נְמוּאֵ֖ל וְדָתָ֣ן וַאֲבִירָ֑ם Shim'on also had a son named Nemuel (26:12) בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְעוֹ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288712 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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Tzidkat'cha in the presence of a mourner If one is in shul on a Shabbos afternoon and a mourner (who is in his 7 days) is davening there, does the minyan say Tzidkat'cha? My logic -- during the week,one does not say tachanun in the house of a mourner (or, if the mourner must daven in shul, in the shul). My siddur says that we don't say T... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288518 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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Was Mordechai Consoled? When Haman came home after leading Mordechai around, he complained to his wife, Zeresh. Her reaction was (from Sefaria) > וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר הָמָ֜ן לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ וּלְכׇל־אֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו אֵ֖ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ חֲכָמָ֜יו וְזֶ֣רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אִ֣ם מִזֶּ֣רַע הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים מׇרְדֳּכַ֞י א... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288517 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Why is kosher wine sometimes boiled? Kosher wine must never have been used for anything that he talmud sees as idolatry and the suspicion, dating back to talmudic times, is that an idolater's even slightly moving an open bottle, could have had in mind idolatrous service thus changing the status of the wine to "forbidden" for Jews. As su... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288250 |
there are definitely different rules for contact between hot and cold items but does the nesech status of wine transcend that? (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288250 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Wine Making things treif Non kosher food creates a status in dishes that requires that they go through a kashering process. I recall learning that this is at least partially to remove any residual taste or particulates from the non kosher food. Let's say that I have a non Jewish friend over at my house for a meal. I serve... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |