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Activity for sabbahillel
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A: Did the urim v'tummim require binary questions? It is not that binary questions were required but that the answers could very easily be misunderstood. For example, the question that Eli asked about Chana (Shmuels mother) is a example. The answer consisted of the letters הכרש which he read as שִׁכֹּרָה (drunk) when it actually was כְּשָׂרָה (like S... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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A: Is there a medrash that says that foxes and fish lived together? Since this is a mashal, then it is not to be taken literally. The mashal of water and the nimshal of Torah is what is important. Just as originally before the Jews received the Torah they lived as Bnei Noach, those who are attempting to destroy the Bnei Yisrael are saying that the Jews should abandon... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
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A: Are there any sources for counting Druze men as part of a Jewish minyan? Basically it would appear that the Druze are an offshoot of Islam. The only reason that someone would accept a Druze as part of a minyan would be if they claimed to be Jewish. It appears from the description of Druze that they do not claim to be Jewish. If he had been accepted in a minyan, it would o... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why did Yaakov propose his payment scheme? Rav Hirsch points out that Yaakov knew that Lavan was a trickster and was going to attempt to avoid paying him anything. He had worked forteen years for his wives and children without getting anything. Lavan in Vayeitze 30:27 tried to con him ito continuing to work for free. > I have a superstitio... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Do Bnei Keturah need a Bris upon conversion according to Rambam? Since the Bnei Keturah or the descendants of Yishmael did not accept the Torah at Sinai, they would have to convert completely if they wished to become Jewish. Even if they had had circumcision previously as a result of being descendants of Abraham, they would be no more than any other gentile who ha... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Where was Lot during the famine? Rav Hirsch says that Lot was with them all along from the time that they left Charan until he split from them after they returned (wealthy) to Canaan. Lech Lacha 12:5 > And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls they... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why does the text in B'reishit refer to God in the plural? Hebrew uses the plural form of a word to indicate majesty and high status. For example, when speaking of a slave's owner it uses the term בעלים rather than the singular form בעל. Thus the use of the plural form in the noun does not imply a multiple or plural being. As an example we see from the very ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Hiding in a tree or hiding among the trees? Rav Hirsch does tranlate בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן as amongst the trees of the garden because he considers this the appropriate idiom required by the term וַיִּתְחַבֵּא. That is, it is not a matter of direct translation, but an idiom based on the meaning that the Garden was now treated as the singular Tree... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why did Abraham refuse to accept Bera's proposal While Sefaria.org translates this as > But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I swear to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth: Rav Hirsch translates this as > And Abram said to the King of Sodom: I have lifted up my hand to Hashem, the most high God the owner of heaven and Ea... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: What is the purpose of God asking Adam to name the animals? > > וַיִּ֩צֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיָּבֵא֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־ל֑וֹ וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקְרָא־ל֧וֹ הָֽאָדָ֛ם נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה ה֥וּא שְׁמֽוֹ: Rav Hirsch translates the pasuk diffferently than Sefaria.org or ch... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why does Rashi leave out an example? The locations that Rashi cites are actions by Hashem and not by human beings. Thus, the commentary by Rashi pointing out that Hashem performed the actives in broad daylight to show that he would prevent anyone from attempting to interfere. The fourth pasuk cited was about the action of Avraham which ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why does the verse state that one should "destroy" Maaser Sheni and Neta Reva'i? Rav Hirsch states that בערתי is used because it must not just be removed but it must be cleared out in the way specified for that type of kodshim. That is it must be eaten or burnt. Rav Hirsch translates the pasuk as > I have cleared out that which is hallowed from the house. Since this means... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Havdallah during the nine days Rabbi Yehuda Spitz discusses the matter in the Yated Ne'eman and summarizes the three main approaches. The Shulchan Aruch Oruch Chaim 551:10 states that the person making havdallah should drink the wine. The Gra explqains that this is because havdallah is no worse than a seudas mitzvah, such as at... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Who protected the women and children of Reuven, Gad, and 1/2 Menashe during the conquest? The count of the soldiers in Numbers 26 of the two and a half tribes were over 100,000. However, Joshua 4:13 shows that the special troops were about 40,000. > 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of > Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Isra... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |