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Touching a woman and the first Pesukim in Melachim
Shulhan Aruch Even HaEzer Siman 21 and 22 records the Halacha against men and women touching each other (especially Derech Hiba; whether it is Deorayta or Derabanan is a Mahloket Rishonim between ...
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The spelling of Eliyahu's name
Why is it that is some places in Melachim Eliyahu is spelled with a Vav and sometimes the Vav is missing? I have looked in as many sources as I can think of and can not find an answer.
Examples:
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If Eliyahu is Pinchas and Pinchas is a Cohen how was he in the Room when he did Revival of the Dead?
In Melochim there is a famous occurance of the Eliyahu Hanavi reviving the Dead Child of Ovadiah's Hanavi's widow's child who some say was Yonah Hanavi. If Eliyahu was a Cohen how was he allowed to be ...
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Is the passage describing an approximation of pi or is it one of the miracles of Bais Hamikdash?
In Sepher M'lakhim we read how different measurement was taken. I wonder if this passage (Ⅰ M'lakhim 7:23) is describing an approximation of PI (3.1415...), or was this one of the hidden miracles?
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Why did Gechazi go first?
In this weeks haftarah for parshat Va'Yaira Elisha sends his second Gechazi to go with the woman whose son had just died. after which Gechazi could do nothing and had to call for Elisha.
Do any of ...
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How many children did King Solomon have?
King Solomon [1 Kings 11 (4)] “had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines;”
How many children did he have? Three. The question is referred to at ...
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Shimi Ben Geira was Shlomo's Teacher?
The Talmud (Berachot 8A) seems to indicate that Shimi Ben Geira was King Shlomo's teacher:
ואמר רבי חייא בר אמי משמיה דעולא לעולם ידור אדם במקום רבו שכל זמן ששמעי בן גרא קיים לא נשא שלמה את בת ...
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Why was Mesha king of Moav successful?
King Mesha of Moab fought against the kings of Yisrael, Yehuda and Edom (2 Melachim chapter 3). The navi Elisha prophecies, under oath, that the Jews will be successful. However at the end of the ...
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What is the significance of Eliyahu haNavi's travels prior to being taken up into heaven and Elisha haNavi's travels afterwards?
If I am reading and understanding the text correctly, in chapter 2 of II Melachim (2 Kings) Eliyahu (Elijah) and Elisha haNevi'im travel from Gilgal to Bethel to Jericho to across the Jordan. After ...
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Was Naaman tamei from tzaraas?
In Melachim Bet 5:10 we read:
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֵלָיו אֱלִישָׁע, מַלְאָךְ לֵאמֹר: הָלוֹךְ, וְרָחַצְתָּ שֶׁבַע-פְּעָמִים בַּיַּרְדֵּן, וְיָשֹׁב בְּשָׂרְךָ לְךָ וּטְהָר.
And Elisha sent a ...
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Why all the repetition in Ⅰ M'lachim 6?
Ⅰ M'lachim, chapter 6, describes part of the building of the first bes hamikdash. What follows is a rough translation in line with the commentaries.
First, though, note that the structure was divided ...
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Why did David HaMelech tell Shlomo to punish Shimei Ben Geira?
Melachim I 2:8-9 reads
And, behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went
to Mahanaim, and he came down ...
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Why doesn't Ahab have the right to just seize land as he see fits?
Ahab wanted a land from Nabot. Nabot doesn't want to sell. Well, Ahab is a king.
So Ahab frames Nabot for treason, kills him, and takes his land. G-d gets upset and curses Ahab and his descendants.
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Why is Chronicles so similar to Kings?
Why is Chronicles so similar to Kings? Consider these two passages:
Ⅱ Kings 22
Ⅱ Chronicles 34
It's almost the same word for word. Were they originally the same book that got forked out like open ...
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King Yoash murdered - Who's responsible?
II Melechim 12:21 and II Divri HaYamim 24:25 both indicate that servants conspired and killed King Joash. There seems to be a little bit of confusion on the murderers' names---Yozacar vs Zabad ben ...
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Did Hezekiah discovered Torah (or scriptures) Last Copies?
There is a story that Hezekiah discovers scriptures. What scriptures did Hezekiah discover?
Is it Torah?
Is it the last copy?
The reason #2 is important is if it's the last copy, then our whole ...
