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What are the most recited verses during Jewish prayer?
What are the top three most recited/used verses/supplications (from or not from Torah) in Jewish prayers? Not asking about the single most used one only.
I think, if a passage or a sentence is ...
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What is the machlokes between the Gra and Ba'al HaTanya?
What is the famous argument between the Vilna Gaon and the Ba'al HaTanya in understanding the Sod HaTzimtzum? And what are some ma'areh mekomos in their works where this Machlokes is seen?
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Where was it first said that “The generation is diminishing and diminishing”? (הדור הולך ופוחת)
in Hebrew we have an adage that says “הדור הולך ופוחת” ("Hador holekh wepocheth"), meaning “the generation is getting more and more diminished", which may have meant that there are fewer and fewer new ...
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Quotes about justice in Neviim
I'm looking for some quotations in Neviim about justice. Of course the most famous is probably "צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף", but that is in דְּבָרִים.
Anything jump out at anyone? Something in ...
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Misquotes from Rebbi Nachman?
I cannot find two famous saying attributed to Rebbi Nachman of Breslov.
The whole world is a very narrow bridge...
It is a great mitzvah to be happy constantly
Instead I have found
A man must ...
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Which 20th century rabbi said “G-d normally doesn't stop the ill-intentioned”?
I recall hearing the following story:
There was a non-observant Israeli Jew who kept having visions of his deceased father telling him he should do more religiously. Finally he was about to turn on ...
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Pomegranate = 613 seeds?
Has anyone ever counted the seeds of a pomegranate? Is it true that each pomegranate has 613 seeds?
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How to find if a particular pasuk is used in davening
My father is trying to find out if a pasuk is ever quoted in any davening and I don't know of a specific resource which would help in a search. Other than using ctrl-f after downloading each ...
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Which rabbi said “if a horse had the mind of Kant …”?
I recall hearing in yeshiva that one great rabbi -- I think one of the baalei mussar? once said:
If a horse had the mind of Kant, it would author volume after volume of great philosphical works -- ...
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Why say Hashem wrote the torah?
Why do people say Hashem wrote the torah, shouldn't it be He created it, made it, edited it, etc?
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Why do we say “You should live till 120”?
Prior to the Mabul people lived for hundreds of years. After the Mabul lifespans shortened although we see that the Avos lived in the 180 year range. In the Pasuk in Tehilim we say Yemei Shenoseinu ...
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Correct version of pasuk about wisdom
An old teacher of mine is about to turn 90 and I'm trying to locate a pasuk, which, I think, says: "Treasure the words of a wise man for they are..." or "Heed the words of a wise man, for they are ...
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“Don't say 'lehavdil' between one Jew and another.”
In today's Parashat Hashavu'a Chat, I used the qualification "lehavdil" (*) to apply to a pun that jokingly and innocuously related the actions of Datan and Aviram to those of a community member here.
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Gemara on volunteering?
I heard that there was a Gemara to the effect of "volunteers cost more than employees because their motivation is not as good" -- or somesuch. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Need a Torah-based quote for “reaching new levels”
Can someone please recommend an appropriate biblical quote or passage that illustrates (or somehow relates to) the ethic "reaching new levels" (spiritual, emotional, educational)?
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Where is Is. 40:12 used in prayer?
The phrase
וְכָל בַּשָּׁלִשׁ עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ
from ישעיהו מ יב (used in the haftara of Vaeschanan) is very familiar to me from prayers, and I can't think where it's from. Moreover, Google is not ...
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Origin of a Jewish quote about fools
There is a quote about fools that I have heard, which is attributed to the Talmud. It goes as follows, "Never tell a fool he is a fool. All you'll have is an angry fool."
I know that there are a ...
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Rambam Quote About Books
Where can this quote be found in Rambam: "Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen."?
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Jewish Community in China Around WW2
I was recently at a lecture given by Professor Xu Xin of Nanjing University in China. The topic of the lecture was "The Jewish Diaspora in Modern China". Professor Xin covered the brief but ...
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Noach with seven mistakes
There is a pithy Yiddish description for a simple matter that has been massively bungled:
"Noiach mit zibn greizen" -- [The two-letter name] Noach (נח) spelled with seven mistakes.
Does anyone know ...
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Question about a 'Jewish proverb'
A [secular Jewish] Facebook friend posted the following as his status: "Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime. - Jewish proverb."
I am unsure about what he thinks this means, and more ...
