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Why must prophets be wealthy?
I was studying in Sefer Ha-Aggadah with a chevruta this morning and we came across a passage about prophets having to have certain qualities, including wealth. I followed the reference to Nedarim ...
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How and when does a prophet know that it's God who's speaking to him?
When God addressed Moshe there was an accompanying miracle (and there's midrash about Avraham's case being special too), so it was pretty clear what was happening, but how did the other prophets come ...
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Was King David also a Navi?
Is there any suggestion in the scripture (even implicitly) that King David might have been also a Navi?
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the tangled web of prophecy
The sages removed the inclination for idol worship (gemarah in Yoma) and subsequently prophecy ceased. It is postulated that the two are interconnected. Meaning that in order to maintain free will if ...
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Can a convert be a prophet?
I don't think there were any gerim amongst the nevi'im, but would it have been possible?
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Why did Yosef tell over the dreams?
In this weeks Parsha (Vayeishev), we learn about how Yosef had his two [prophetic] dreams. We find that in each case, Yosef told his brothers about his dreams:
And he said to them, "Listen now to ...
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Who is the last prophet in Judaism?
Who is the last person regarded as a true prophet in Judaism? What was his time frame?
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Will the king messiah be a prophet?
By the phrase "king messiah," I am referring to the individual who is expected to come and restore the kingdom of David. (For example, the exact individual that Rambam writes about in this portion of ...
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Who is the author of Tehilim 137?
Who is the accepted author of Psalm 137, and if it was David Hamelech, then is it accepted as a prophecy?
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Ya'akov's brief amnesia
In Parashas Vayechi, Ya'akov calls for his sons to gather so that he can tell them about what shall befall them at the end of days. Gen. 49:1. He never gets to that, however, because, according to ...
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No yetzer hora of idolatry, so no nevuah?
I remember learning in a shiur (sorry, can't think of the reference) that Chazal was able to essentially destroy the yetzer hora of avodah zora but with the side effect that there wouldn't be nevuah ...
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Why does Hashem send Yona to tell non-Jews to do teshuva?
Sefer Yona 1:2 Why does Hashem send Yona to tell non-Jews to do teshuva (repentance)? I don't believe this was ever done before or since.
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Did Achashveirosh and Haman speak Hebrew?
Tosfos in Megilah (13b, s.v. הַכֶּסֶף נָתוּן לָךְ ) expound the pasuk in Esther (3:11)
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהָמָן, הַכֶּסֶף נָתוּן לָךְ; וְהָעָם, לַעֲשׂוֹת בּוֹ כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ - And the ...
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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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Can a prophet add to or change the Torah?
Is it possible for a prophet to add to the Torah, or change any of it? Can a prophet say that God has told him that certain parts no longer apply or are wrong? How do we know?
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What is the level of “Divrei Kabbalah”?
There are times in the Gemara that laws are derived from Psukim in Nach. They are called "Divrei Kabbalah".
What status do they have (are they considered like Torah Laws or like Rabbinic laws).
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Why was Hosea acceptable to the people if he took his adulterous wife back?
Hosea is described by Rabbi Yochanan in Pesachim 87a as the greatest of the four major prophets. At G-d's command (Hosea 1:2), he married a prostitute, Gomer, and fathered children, although there ...
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Is there a way to prove that a prophet is true?
I am asking this in response to this question, in which the asker is unwilling to edit the question to make it more suitable for this site; although I think the general idea behind the question is a ...
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How did 'Eli know HaShem was calling to Shemuel?
In Shemuel I (3:1) the Pasuk tells us that prophecy was a very rare phenomenon. How, then, did 'Eli realize that Shemuel was receiving prophecy and not merely dreaming?
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Nature of cryptic prophecies
I understand that prophecies in the Tanach seem to be very cryptic until the prophecy actually happens: then do the verses become clear and be correlated to the happened events. What are good examples ...
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Do you have to listen to angels?
Does one now (or ever in the past) have to listen to the instructions of an angel? If so, would that include listening if the angel told you to violate a Torah commandment (either temporarily or ...
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Will prophecy return in the time of Mashiach?
Will the there be prophets in the times of Moshiach? Will everyone have some level of prophecy in the time of Mashiach? Or is prophecy gone forever?
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Were there more than seven prophetesses?
The Bavli, M'gila 14:1 quotes:
Forty-eight prophets and seven prophetesses prophesied for the Jews….
Further along on the page, it questions this:
Were there no more? But it says [in ...
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Who did Daniel see?
My knowledge of Judaism is fragmentary so I would like to ask you not to assume, if possible, that I know anything about it other than what I'm saying in the question.
The Book of Daniel 7:9 speaks ...
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Today, what is our replacement for prophets?
Today, who can be a good replacement for prophets?
Whom should we go to in order to find truth?
Is a rabbi a good replacement for prophets? Today, what are the requirements for a rabbi so he can be ...
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Mention of any Prophet in other holy books
Did any prophet announce the mission of a future prophet, providing signs by which he would be known to be a prophet?
Did any prophet confirm that any prior prophets were in fact true prophets?
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Midrashim concerning Balaam?
Where can I find Midrashim about Balaam the Gentile Prophet, who appears in this week's Torah Portion?
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Breakdown of Yirmiyahu's 70 year prophecy
Can someone supply a good breakdown of Yirmiyahu's 70 year prophecy, and the misinterpretations of the prophecy? This is what I've learned in the past:
Yirmiyahu made a prophecy that 70 years after ...
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Archaeology and תחיית המתים
A few minutes ago, while standing in the rain and seeing some people passing out some pamphlets an idea occurred to me.
Are there any papers, books, dvar torahs etc, which links the traditional ...
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Why does Shmuel respond to Hashem before he knows he is a Navi? [closed]
In Shmeul Aleph Perek Gimel Shmuel becomes a Navi. Pasuk Gimel Pasuk Daled it says that Hashem called to Shmuel and he(Shmuel) said Hineni. But them Pasuk Hey continues by saying the Shmuel ran to ...
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What are signs of a prophet mentioned in Tanach
Does the tanach provides us some guidelines to Identify a future prophet?
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How Avraham could receive the Divine Presence?
How Avraham was able to receive the Divine Presence if he was not in Eretz Israel and had no brit milah?
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Can Isaiah 11:2 be used a basis for the belief that the king messiah will be a prophet?
If a recent thread, I asked, "Will the king messiah be a prophet?"
@b a cited a source from Rambam's Hilkhot Teshuva, 9.2 which states, "מפני שאותו המלך שיעמוד מזרע דויד בעל חכמה יהיה יתר משלמה, ...
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Does Judaism believe that Moshe (Moses) is the last Prophet?
Does Judaism believe that Moshe (Moses) is the last Prophet? Is this suggested in the Torah? If he was not the last prophet, but the Torah seems to suggest it, what does that mean?
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Is it possible for Nations to fail in recognizing a Prophet
Does the Tanach contain stories of the past nations who failed to identify a true Prophet whom God sent and what were the reasons given by those people to reject that true Prophet of God?
