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| Edit | Post #280817 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Why marry at eighteen if one's reasoning isn't great yet? Although I can't seem to find it now, I recall a rule that says that no one under the age of twenty can sell real property that he's inherited. Why? Because people under the age of twenty are not trusted to make reasoned decisions. We also find that God does not punish people under the age of twen... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280796 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How am I supposed to pay *half* a coin? The Torah there answers your question: > עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה הַשֶּׁקֶל מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל תְּרוּמָה לַה׳ > Twenty chews to a shekel. Half a shekel is a donation to God. That is, you bite and nibble at the coin twenty times to get it to just the halfway mark and donate what's left. The rest, of ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280782 |
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| Comment | Post #280773 |
Follow-up: https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/280782 (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280782 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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Purim Torah should be visible year-round The Purim Torah category is scheduled to disappear at the end of Adar. All its posts will disappear also: not even their respective authors will be able to see them. (Moderators will.) I recommend the category continue to exist and be visible year-round, but be locked to edits, edit suggestions, c... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280575 |
Post edited: You seem to be asking about a particular practice (or a couple with the same name) so I'm editing to make that clear. Unless I misunderstood |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #280575 |
Suggested edit: You seem to be asking about a particular practice (or a couple with the same name) so I'm editing to make that clear. Unless I misunderstood (more) |
helpful | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280339 |
Thanks. I haven't time at the moment, and hope to remember to do so later. Anyone interested reading this should feel free to beat me to it. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280339 |
Nice that there's a button! Thank you (pl.)! I wonder whether it should be a per-browser setting, inasmuch as different browsers may perform differently when rendering and saving. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280448 |
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| Comment | Post #280448 |
I'm not sure there's a single "standard repertoire". There are many different songbooks in use in various communities. (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #280448 |
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helpful | almost 4 years ago |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #280260 |
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declined | almost 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #280262 |
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helpful | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280260 |
He's talking about a specific case (ר״ח). (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280251 |
IMO definitely worth mentioning the text recited when tithing (whether with or without a _b'racha_) since otherwise you're not actually tithing, just moving stuff from your counter to your garbage. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #280236 |
@rosends, I don't know. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280236 |
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| Edit | Post #280236 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Does a living brother fulfill his own pru ur'vu during a Yibum marriage? D'varim 25:6 says "the firstborn that she'll give birth to, he will stand on his dead brother's name". There are a few interpretations: - Rashi says the eldest brother of the deceased should do yibum (i.e., marry the widow), provided she can give birth, and he then inherits his brother's share in ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280145 |
Could you edit to clarify why divorce would be necessary before marrying another wife? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280140 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What does אלוף mean in the context of Eisav's family tree? Onkelus to Genesis 36:15 says it means "great one". Rashi there says more specifically that it means "head of a family"; Sifse Chachamim clarifies that this is the leader or ruler but not necessarily the progenitor. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #280110 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Are flowers muktzah on Shabbat? Sh'miras Shabas K'hilchasah (5739 edition) 26:25 says it is not muktze and can be moved. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279028 |
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| Edit | Post #280066 |
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| Edit | Post #280066 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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ban the dvar-torah tag in the Divrei Torah category A bunch of posts in the Divrei Torah category are tagged "dvar-torah". Taggedness with this tag is wholly duplicative of category membership, so I recommend detagging (perhaps it would be easier server-side) now and forever. (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #279028 |
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helpful | almost 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #279800 |
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helpful | almost 4 years ago |
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helpful | almost 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #279882 |
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helpful | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279904 |
Post edited: make the title match the revised question |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #279904 |
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helpful | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279837 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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Why "את אבי מורי בעל הבית הזה" when inapplicable? Toward the end of ברכת המזון (the prayer after a bread meal), we include a litany of short prayers that start "הרחמן" ("May the merciful one do such-and-such"). In the Ashkenazic version, one of them goes something like this: > הרחמן הוא יברך את אבי מורי בעל הבית הזה ואת אמי מורתי בעלת הבית הזה או... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279805 |
@sabbahillel I've edited (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279805 |
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| Edit | Post #279805 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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What's wrong with salmon skin? I bought a package of frozen salmon filet pieces in Israel; they'd been imported from Poland. The package reads, in part: > מטעמי הכשרות חובה לשטוף את העור או להסירו לפני השימוש.‏ In my own translation: > For reasons of kashruth, there's a requirement to rinse the skin or to remove it be... (more) |
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