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| Edit | Post #283676 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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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) |
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| Comment | Post #281865 |
@MonicaCellio As a mashal one can say (as in the hagadah) our ancestors (before Avraham) were idol worshipers and they nations are attempting to convince us to become idol worshipers again. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #281954 |
@robev Since this is only a parable, it cannot be literal. Thus while one can say that the *fox* (nations) is saying that originally the Jews were idol worshipers, it is now attempting to convince them to leave the Torah and become idol worshipers *again*.
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| Comment | Post #281954 |
@robev I added a sentence pointing out that the parable does not deal with this. It is only a claim by the nations that before the Jews received the Torah they were idol worshipers. (more) |
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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) |
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| Comment | Post #281865 |
I would say that the point is that the mashal of water being torah is what is important. That is that the fish will die out of the water just as the Jews will *die* if they try to survive without Torah and the *fox* are those who try to get the Jews to leave the torah. Obviously it could never have h... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #281865 |
As a medrash it is not taken literally. Also the point is that the fox is lieing in order to con the fish into being victims and allow the fox to easily catch and eat the fish.
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| Comment | Post #281614 |
Just because some other religion pretends to make up a different name for a deity has no meaning for Judaism. It is just like xianity calling *god* jesus or greek making the chief deity zeus. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280891 |
@interested Actually the fact that the taharas hamishpacha groups in o many locations do keep hilchos niddah and that the mikvaos in so many cities are active show that you are mistaken. Your claim that women are not keeping hilchos niddah is like claiming that no one keeps shabbos or eats kosher foo... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280891 |
@interested Not necessarily. The halacha is that a woman who issues blood because of the menstrual cycle is tamei. The details of what happens inside the body do not matter. In any case, laws of the torah cannot be changed. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280891 |
What *new ideas* do you mean? Niddah is the issuing of blood during menstruation. That has not changed. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280480 |
Rabbi Avi Shafran said this https://religionnews.com/2021/01/15/twitters-cancelation-of-free-speech-isnt-a-legal-question-its-a-moral-one/ (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280509 |
@manassehkatz Since they seem to claim to honor Yisro as their founding prophet and are rigid monotheists, they would appear to be Bnai Noach. However, since they do not release details of their beliefs we do not really know. We will find out **after** the mashiach comes.
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| Edit | Post #280533 | Initial revision | — | over 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) |
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| Comment | Post #280145 |
@rosends I do not know what the halacha is supposed to be. I had thought that it was all to the first son, but I do not know for sure. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280145 |
Once he has fulfilled the brother's child, wouldn't any additional children be his?
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| Comment | Post #279805 |
There are occasions in which the knife that removed the scales may not be kosher. This does not make the fish itself not kosher but requires that the immediate outside be removed.
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| Comment | Post #279782 |
I have seen that while the intention is to be all night, there are those that say if one of the candles goes out, it does not have to be relit that night. Since this is from memory, I cannot say definitely. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279757 |
@Harel13 The story is that they used iron spears to make a makeshift menorah. Gold is only the best way required to make as specified in the Torah. However, if necessary other metals can be used if sufficient gold is not available.
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| Edit | Post #279748 |
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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) |
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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) |
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| Edit | Post #278913 | Initial revision | — | 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) |
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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) |
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| Edit | Post #278543 | Initial revision | — | 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) |
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| Edit | Post #278518 | Initial revision | — | 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) |
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| Edit | Post #278517 | Initial revision | — | 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) |
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| Comment | Post #278480 |
I do not understand the question. The reference is to a day which the Torah defines as a *moed* a fixed day as a holiday. Thus, the day is determined to be celebrated in the same way. There should be no question about celebrationg the days of Yom Tov in a different manner unless the Torah explicitly ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #278223 |
@msh210 It is based on what Rashi says (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278223 | Initial revision | — | 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) |
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