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| Edit | Post #276529 |
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— | about 2 months ago |
| Edit | Post #276529 |
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— | 2 months ago |
| Comment | Post #296332 |
Also maybe relevant: Muslims (who care) would prefer the kosher hot dogs to the normal ones to guarantee they don't contain pork. So the kosher hot dogs aren't exclusively for Jews, though still mostly (I assume). (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Edit | Post #295417 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
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Why is 17 Cheshvan the date we start fasting for rain? The mishna in Ta'anit talks about praying for rain. Ta'anit 1:4 says that if 17 Cheshvan arrives and rain hasn't fallen, individuals begin to fast. The previous mishna gives 3 Cheshvan (two weeks earlier) as the date to insert rain language into the ninth blessing in the Amidah, though Rabban G... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #295321 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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Should we stop hiding Purim Torah? During this community's first year, we created a category for Purim Torah and opened it for posting for a few weeks in season. After that we hid the category -- the posts are still there, but they're not visible to non-moderators. Then for some reason we didn't reopen it in subsequent years. ... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #295140 | Initial revision | — | 9 months ago |
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A: Question about disposing of Christian books For practical advice you'll need to ask your own rabbi, particularly as some of our sources disagree with each other. Here's what I found: It appears to depend on what specifically the books are: - A sefer torah written by a heretic is burned (Rambam Laws of Tefilin, Mezuzah, and Sefer Tor... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #295129 |
Welcome to Judaism Codidact! The question of how to dispose of idolatrous books containing (or possibly containing) divine names is interesting and important. Answers here can discuss *halacha* and philosophy in general, but for specific, personal advice, you'll ultimately need to ask your rabb... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294918 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: Looking for tags about "Messiah" or "end of the world" The tag mashiach-messiah covers the messiah. I don't see an existing tag for the end-times; feel free to create it if `mashiach-messiah` doesn't cover what you need. (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294798 |
Not fear so much as that my Hebrew spelling is really terrible. :-) I'll try to fill these in later. (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294798 |
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— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294798 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: Is Civet coffee kosher? Civet coffee, like honey, is the result of something being eaten and excreted by a non-kosher animal. While any direct product of a non-kosher animal -- like milk -- is not kosher, there might be a different reasoning for something that passed through a non-kosher animal rather than being made b... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294761 |
I found the same source as rosends (thanks for linking). I'll add an answer to unpack this a little. (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294697 |
That is a very interesting question that I would ask separately. *Milk* of a non-kosher animal isn't kosher, but bee honey and, it appears, civet coffee is excreted, not milk, and there is the precedent from bees. I don't know what other considerations apply, but if you ask a new question speci... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294697 |
That's a good point; I had forgotten about that swarm of bees (Rashi says it was a beehive). (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294697 |
I thought the rabbis understood that to be date honey, not bee honey? (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294688 |
I would guess that this is fuzzy or bad math, as they didn't "leave it behind" before the destruction. But probably some saw it coming in the weeks or perhaps months leading up to it; Yochanan ben Zakkai must have done some prep work to be able to escape and set up a new center of learning. But... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294435 |
Ah, that makes sense -- thanks. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294435 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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Where we have upper trope, what's the regular (lower?) trope for? The decalogue passages in Sh'mot and D'varim have two sets of trope. The special ("upper") trope is used in public torah readings. What is the other (regular) trope for? Why not just have the upper trope there? We also chant with a special melody for the song at the sea. There we have a tr... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #294330 |
Where does the measure of "within the time it would take for one to say 'shalom aliechem rebbi umori'" come from? This is new to me. I always assumed I could make a b'racha if I hadn't interrupted it with anything other than looking up the correct b'racha, which, uh, sometimes I need help with.... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294214 |
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— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294215 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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A: Who inherits Canaan? "Your offspring" doesn't necessarily mean all of Avraham's offspring. Avraham had six more sons later in life (Genesis 25:2), but nobody considers them heirs to the land either. Yishmael and the other six were specifically disinherited; Avraham gave everything to Yitzchak (Genesis 25:5). Aft... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293834 |
It was Conservative. (Among the local Conservative synagogues, it's the one that seems closest to Orthodox in practice.) (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293962 |
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293962 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: Participate Everywhere Ability Bug Sorry for the confusion! We should adjust that wording, beyond correcting the typo. What's going on is that normally you have to earn that ability as described, but we have a "young site" mode (or "new site", though this one isn't so new any more) where we automatically grant that ability to he... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293960 |
Thank you! This community is still having difficulty growing, so I am definitely interested in further answers. I hope you'll try asking and answering some questions here; I think you'll find that the people here are friendly and eager to help. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293950 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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What does halacha say about avoiding jury duty? Where I live, juries in civil and criminal trials are made up of ordinary citizens, who are summoned for this purpose ("jury duty"). Being judged by a jury of impartial "regular people" (not judges, not lawyers, etc) is an important part of the (US) justice system. If everybody avoided jury dut... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293834 |
I'm not sure. There were several short phrases *before* the shira where the congregation read along with the *ba'al koreh* (not in shira *trop*), but by the time yom tov was over and I could make notes, I'd forgotten where it happened. I'm hoping that somebody who recognizes this practice can fi... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293679 |
Most of our celebrations and prayers are rightly focused on what God does for us (even when we do not merit it). One thing about Pesach that jumps out to me is that it required *public, positive action* from Yisrael. We didn't just have to ask or pray, or even just have a special meal inside our... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293834 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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What's with the congregation joining in for a few phrases in the torah reading on Pesach (7th day)? I visited another synagogue for the seventh day of Pesach, and noticed that during the torah reading (which is from B'shalach), there were parts that the congregation read along with the reader. These phrases weren't marked in the chumash I was using to follow the reading, and I don't now rememb... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293499 |
If you click on your name here (or your avatar at the top of the page), you'll see the main page of your profile. There are several tabs, one of which is "edit". If you go there, you can add a web site or something about yourself in the text boxes there.
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293526 |
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293526 |
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293499 |
Great, thanks! By the way, if you edit your profile you can add a link to your blog.
You have a broken image at the beginning of this post; that and the blog reference in the last line made me wonder if this was copied. Copying your *own* work is of course fine, but just needed to ask in cas... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #293499 |
Welcome to our community. Interesting post -- is it copied from somewhere else? (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293497 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: New with understanding of some principals. Want more Torah talk. Questions about Judaism are welcome from anyone who wants to know more. This community is not limited to Jews. (I welcomed you in a comment but failed to post an actual answer that would be more visible, sorry.) The community here doesn't do "personal advice" questions, the sort that you wou... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293126 |
Post edited: removed wrong comparison (misread a source) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #293126 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How heavy were the bowls the high priest carried in the Yom Kippur service? I'm learning mishna Yoma, which describes the high priest's service on Yom Kippur, and I was struck by some of the logistical challenges. I am wondering, in particular, about the bowls of blood. The misha says that after the bull is slaughtered its blood is collected in a bowl, and likewise for... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #292875 |
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— | almost 2 years ago |