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| Comment | Post #280488 |
Just a note -- not every commentator sees the word "kohen" in 47:22 to refer to priests in a way parallel to the use of the word as it applies to the castes among the biblical Jews. If it is simply a title of rank/nobility then the difference in terms of land ownership is natural. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280480 |
with all the halachic limitations and the conventional wisdom of statements like וְלֹא מָצָאתִי לַגּוּף טוֹב אֶלָּא שְׁתִיקָה I'm not sure why there would be any notion of freedom of speech (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280261 |
But if I use a non-traditional method of heating, then the application of heat is no longer the same issue. And if I use a lower heat to, for example, melt something then the level of heat isn't the issue. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280252 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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What exactly is "cooking"? I'm having trouble putting this question into words so hear me out, while I struggle: What is cooking halachically? I don't mean "at what temperature does cooking happen?" but more like "what is considered cooking and how/why is it considered that?" Is "cooking" a change in some item's chemi... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280236 |
regarding the S'forno's statement, is the deceased brother still required (through his living brother) to have a boy and a girl (is a dead person still mechuyav in the mitzvah??)
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280145 |
@sabbahillel if the children from the former sister in law can inherit from the dead brother's estate, then they ALL (?) belong to the dead brother's "line". If there is a clear cut halacha that says "only the first" or "only the boys" then that's great -- the rest would "belong" to the living brothe... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280145 |
@msh210 I don't know if it would (clearly, I'm playing fast and loose, inventing a time period where there is no automatic chalitzah, but expecting that multiple wives are not an option - mostly because I don't know how multiple wives plays into a yibum marriage and inheritance etc). My point simply ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280145 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Does a living brother fulfill his own pru ur'vu during a Yibum marriage? If a man is required to father a boy and a girl (according to B"Hillel in Yevamos 61b), but is married to his late brother's wife (the brother died, childless) then do (all) the children who are born of the Levirate marriage belong to the dead brother's "line" and fulfill the dead brother's or do the... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280136 |
https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.36.15?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280012 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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What does this abbreviation stand for? What does this mean? (written about a rabbi of renown, often the author of a book, or the person buried, listed on a headstone) הבחור כמ“ר I have my guesses but I'd like a real answer, not my gut reaction. I assume that the bachur part is a statement of age, but is it specifically saying that t... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279768 |
Some of those words made sense. I know that I'm using Chrome Version 87.0.4280.88 (Official Build) (64-bit) here at work (I have to check to see if the problem occurs at home also). I am wearing black sox and had brocolli for lunch but I'm not sure if that is relevant. Computers these days seem compl... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279781 |
Yes, this is about the decision in the temple -- not in our houses as the personal obligation for Channuka candles is different. And I did see their language of "all night" and I guess they mean "over night until the next time it would be lit in the morning" maybe?
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279781 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Lights for 24 hours or 3 hours on 8 days -- which is better? One understanding of the Channukah miracle is that oil that should have lasted for 1 day lasted for eight and the famous question is "if it should have lasted for 1 day, then why is the miracle an 8 day celebration as only 7 of the days were miraculous" and to this there are many answers. One whic... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279768 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Notifications from within the question being notified about I saw in my notifications that there was an answer to my question, so I clicked and was transported to my question. I read the answer and upvoted it. It was good. I then looked and saw 4 more notifications, so I clicked on the little inbox icon and, nothing. I couldn't open it or do anything becau... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279757 |
do the rules of kedusha apply to a makeshift menorah? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279757 |
it also begs another question -- why didn't the Greeks loot the temple and take the solid gold menorah? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279757 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Purity and Channukah I'm trying to figure something out about Channukah: When the victorious Jews cleaned the temple they found only enough oil to light the menorah for 1 day and it took another 7 days before they had more oil. I learned as a boy (and with no sources) that it took that long to travel to where there... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279745 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Sources discussing electric cars on Chol Hamo'ed 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 quote in the email was, "Contemporary poskim discuss how this halacha applies to driving a car, which en... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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The encampments in the midbar Is there a list of all the stops that Bnei Yisrael made after leaving Egypt (in chronological order), and how long they stayed in each place, especially one which lists different opinions about the lengths of stays? I vaguely recall seeing some sort of list but don't know where and haven't found one ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279309 |
@curiousdannii it makes such an insertion unnecessary. The section is introduced "the spies said:" and then recounts what they said (including their use of the first person). To assume that part is an insertion by another voice makes no sense unless you insist that they said something which they coul... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279309 |
Verse 33 continues the narrative started in the middle of verse 32, introduced by the word "leimor" ("saying:"). The writer put down in words the event including what the 10 spies reported. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278486 |
I think you are asking a deeper question -- is there an essential tension between v'chai bahem on one hand, and R. Akiva's seeming interpretation that the only way to be mekayem a particular mitzvah is by dying. Maybe he knew that there were other ways of satisfying b'chol nafshecha but that martyrdo... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279028 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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The years of Sarah Calling a parsha “chayeii sarah” makes very little sense. Not only is the phrase “the life or lives of” confusing because of the collective noun role of “chayiim”, but the parsha is not really about Sarah – she dies in the first posuk. The chochomim who established the parshiyot, instead of appending... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278964 |
Radak says coincidence, the Tzror Hamor says something about its being a remez and the Ohr Chadash ties it to Haman's ancestors. I think. I can't follow it https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.8.4?lang=bi&with=Ohr%20Chadash|Quoting&lang2=en I also found this -- good luck...https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278781 |
related to the underlying question https://www.yeshiva.co/ask/7539 and this document (question 6, point 2) http://download.yutorah.org/2016/1165/848382.docx (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278758 |
I get the sense that "shul" is the actual "sanctuary" whereas guests stayed in the building that housed the sanctuary. "The downstairs halls of the inn are used for the Rebbe’s shul and for tishen on Shabbos, while the upstairs quarters are divided into the Rebbe’s sleeping quarters, kvittel shtib, a... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278589 |
You have 2 separate questions here -- one is why the creation narrative says "let us" (https://www.etzion.org.il/en/let-us-make-man) and whether the word "Elokim" is actually a plural (https://outreachjudaism.org/elohim-plural/) (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278587 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Dreams, interpretations, and outlook Yosef is both a dreamer and an interpreter of dreams – these traits make him both a victim and a hero. I’d like to take a closer look at the process of victimization and Yosef’s dreams. He wakes up one morning and tells his brothers (Bereishit 37:5) that he had a dream. “Meh,” they say. They have ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278550 |
The Haamek Davar does appear to discuss this and the minei Targuma points out that it happens with the birth of Chanoch as well וַיֵּדַע קַיִן אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת חֲנוֹךְ (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278443 |
I would think it is similar to ochel mim'huma which the Artscroll connects to the "confusion and panic caused by the sounds of an attacking army" because then food is scarce. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278131 |
or at least we should be told to lean to the left (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278188 |
I'd like to think that even after 30 years, it isn't a grudge yet. Well...hypothetically. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278045 |
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/67589/is-it-a-mainstream-view-that-satan-is-an-angel-testing-us-for-hashem-so-that-he (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277866 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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Imported answers incorrectly reported There is a post asking about "Plants before the Sun in the Order of Creation." On my screen, it registers as having no answers, but when I look at the question, I see 4 answers. Do imported answers not qualify as answers? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277286 |
I just read through a bunch of commentaries on the mishna and they talk about finding someone to settle issues, or teach laws, or argue with, but none mentions life cycle events. It appears that you can continue to have a learning/study relationship with a former-pulpit rabbi. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277191 |
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/64742/difference-between-%D7%90%D6%B2%D7%A0%D6%B4%D7%99-and-%D7%90%D6%B8%D7%A0%D6%B9%D7%9B%D6%B4%D7%99 (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277171 |
I read that and the answers but none mentioned eating trumah and even the other conclusions didn't seem clear (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277171 | Post undeleted | — | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277171 | Post deleted | — | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277171 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |