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halacha× 958 NOTE: Like Wikipedia, this site makes no guarantee of validity, and does not offer professional (particularly rabbinic) advice. Treat information from this site like it came from a crowd of your frien… 5 asked today, 29 this week	number× 327 questions about numbers 9 asked this month, 139 this year	shabbat× 316 Shabbat (also called Shabbos, or Sabbath) is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. 5 asked this week, 21 this month	tefilla× 313 questions about Jewish prayer 6 asked this week, 21 this month
history× 308 Questions related to how something was in the past, and how it's developed since then. 26 asked this month, 201 this year	minhag× 303 Questions about Jewish customs and traditions. 20 asked this month, 200 this year	mi-yodeya-series× 292 for the series of "[number] mi yodeya" questions 110 asked this year	parshanut-torah-comment× 257 interpretation of parts of Tanach by close reading, not derivation 6 asked this week, 20 this month
food× 196 one of the bases of Jewish culture. Questions with this tag relate to laws of food or anything pertaining to food. 5 asked this week, 10 this month	blessing× 185 questions about short prayers called b'rachos ("benedictions" or "blessings") 12 asked this month, 114 this year	kashrut-kosher× 161 Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, כשרות or כַּשְׁרוּת) is the set of Jewish dietary laws. 8 asked this month, 82 this year	words× 154 10 asked this month, 109 this year
hebrew× 138 pertaining to the Hebrew language 5 asked this month, 85 this year	hashkafah-philosophy× 120 Jewish philosophy as well as Jewish perspectives - i.e. not only formal philosophy. NOT for questions about Jewish practice unless there's a philosophical component. 9 asked this month, 87 this year	chanuka× 117 Hanukkah, a holiday commemorating the miracles surrounding the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BCE 40 asked this year	gentiles× 111 Relations with non-Jews, and laws regarding them. 8 asked this month, 68 this year
passover× 111 the holiday of Pesach 63 asked this year	tanach× 111 An acronym of "Torah" (Five Books of Moses), "Neviim" (Prophets), and "Kesuvim" (Writings). The three books together form the "Written Torah". 5 asked this week, 13 this month	names× 108 6 asked this month, 65 this year	talmud-gemara× 103 9 asked this month, 68 this year
rabbis× 85 9 asked this month, 65 this year	books-generally× 85 55 asked this year	women× 85 Questions about or that apply specifically to women. 9 asked this month, 57 this year	calendar× 81 5 asked this month, 44 this year
marriage× 74 5 asked this month, 34 this year	choshen-mishpat-civil-law× 72 50 asked this year	technology× 68 technological innovations 53 asked this year	eretz-yisrael× 67 The "Land of Israel", it may refer to either the biblical country or the modern one. 39 asked this year
internet× 67 42 asked this year	product-recommendation× 66 5 asked this month, 39 this year	torah-study× 65 5 asked this month, 41 this year	tzitzis× 65 a fringe tied to each corner of four-cornered garments 10 asked this month, 40 this year
riddle× 65 discouraged as questions on StackExchange. Any riddle questions posted here are likely to be closed. 8 asked this year	avot-patriarch-fathers× 63 46 asked this year	purim× 62 the holiday of Purim 53 asked this year	money× 62 38 asked this year

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