About Jewish holidays generally. However, not for use for any one specific holiday which has its own tag. Also, not for use for questions that are about holidays on which activity is restricted (exclusive of chol hamoed): for that use [yom-tov].
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Source for this Remez expansion of יד שחט דם
There is an acronym for the liquids that make things able to be made ritually impure. The Halacha is in order for fruit and the like to be made ritually impure it has to be made wet with these ...
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May Hallel be said on Yom Nicanor?
I know that usually, Yom Nicanor is displaced by the Fast of Esther. But in years (such as 2013 / 5773) when the Fast of Esther is displaced due to Shabbat, may Hallel be said on the 13th of Adar, ...
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Why isn't Tefilat Mussaf consistent?
[Edit: According to Nusach Edot HamMizrach,] why does the Mussaf prayer on Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh include a description of the actual mussaf sacrifice, while the Mussaf prayer on Moed does not? Why ...
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Holiday cooking: website(s) with prepared menus?
There are plenty of websites with endless recipes for appetizers, desserts, etc. but they don't help you coordinate between the different parts of the meal, suggesting which salads go with which ...
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When do we add Ye'aleh V'yaboh?
According to Shulchan Aruch, (please cite Saeef and Siman so I can read further):
What are all the days we add Ye'aleh V'yaboh?
What happens if we forget to say it?
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Different Aliyot for Same Torah Reading
We lane (read) the same for 1st Yom Tov of Sukkot and 2nd day of Pesach. I've noticed, however, that even though שלישי is in the same place, לוי isn't. Why would this be?
