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Posts by JoelK‭

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Q&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....

posted 3y ago by JoelK‭  ·  edited 3y ago by JoelK‭

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Q&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 ראוי...

posted 4y ago by JoelK‭  ·  edited 4y ago by JoelK‭

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Q&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 fo...

posted 3y ago by JoelK‭

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Q&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 th...

posted 3y ago by JoelK‭  ·  edited 3y ago by JoelK‭

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