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A: Did Moshe have free will when he struck the rock in the wilderness? Gittin 60a (as explained by Rashi) alludes to a debate as to whether the Torah was written down one paragraph at a time throughout the stay in the desert, and then put together at the end of the forty years, or was only written down for the first time, in one go, at the end of the forty years (with e... (more) |
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A: How is God's name pronounced when there is a prefix? There is a popular mnemonic to remember this (a brief search for its origin was not successful): >מש"ה מוציא וכל"ב מכניס > >Moshe “takes out” but Kalev “brings in” That is, if the prefix is one of the letters mem, shin or heh, then the aleph of G-d's name retains its vowel and is pronounced (... (more) |
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A: Havdallah during the nine days Pretty much every approach you mentioned has its adherents. To give some examples: Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayyim 551:10 rules that it is permissible to drink the havdallah wine during the nine days. Rema ad loc. notes a local custom not to drink the wine, but instead to give it to a minor to dri... (more) |
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A: Do the requirements to honor a Kohen require one to honor a female Kohen? Minchat Chinuch 269 seems to take it as a given that the requirement to honor the kohen does not apply to a kohenet. He writes: >וטומטום ואנדרוגינוס כיון שהם ספק נראה דמצוה לקדשם אף על פי שאין ראויים לעבוד וגם אין חולקים בקדשים כמבואר בה' מעה"ק מכל מקום כיון דהם ס' זכרים מצוה לקדשם מספק.‏ ... (more) |
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