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Questions about the destruction of Sodom and the vicinity
I am having a hard time making heads or tails of the story of the destruction of Sodom and the vicinity. All questions below are questions about the narrative of the story based on the interpretation ...
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Setting up municipalities run by Jews in Eretz Yisrael
Even those who are against the State of Israel have no problem with living in the Land of Israel. Is there anything (in Torah, Halacha) that would prevent a group of Jews from coming to Eretz Yisrael ...
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Difference between the spoils in Yericho and Ai
Why by the plunder of Yericho (Yehoshua chapter 6) the Jews were forbidden to take anything, but by Ai they were commanded to take the spoils (Yehoshua 8:6)?
Any insight would be appreciated.
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Holy Cities in Israel
It's almost a colloquialism that there are four holy cities in Israel.
If, indeed, there is some significant message derived from the historical importance of these cities that imparts in them some ...
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Cities' רבנויות's accepting others' food
Years ago, IIRC, I heard the following from a respectable source:
By Israeli law, if the רבנות of one city certifies a food as kosher, then the רבנות of any other city must allow that food as an ...
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Was Lot, himself, sodomized when he first moved into Sodom?
In Genesis 19, Lot defends the angels who came under his roof against the demands of the local men who want a chance to sodomize the three visitors. From the Torah's description, and Rashi's take on ...
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What is special about Tzfat?
The city of Tzefat seems to be a magnet for torah scholars and kabbalists for many hundreds of years. Why is that?
