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General understanding of Kri and Ktiv added 234 characters in body |
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May 21 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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May 21 |
answered | General understanding of Kri and Ktiv |
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Dec 20 |
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Does artificial meat grown in a petri dish have the halachic status of meat? This is from a completely unofficial, tenative email conversation with the Star-K: <<Rabbi Heinemann has told me in the past that if they start with neveilah meat as the source material it will not be kosher, and, even if they start with kosher meat, the growth medium also needs to be kosher. I asked him whether starting with neveilah meat would be a problem if the source material was microscopic. He was skeptical that it starts off microscopic and invisible to the naked eye. I guess that we would need to know more about the process and circumstances before making any decision.>> |
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Nov 29 |
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Which Hasidic rabbi has no beard, and what is the story? (The Hebrew wikipedia entry, he.wikipedia.org/wiki/… , mentions that 'chemical experiments' were performed on him). |
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Nov 13 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Oct 25 |
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Why doesn't Tefilat Geshem have a verse referring to Miriam? There's a wonderful site, piyut.org.il , which gathers liturgical poetry, music and essays from many different Jewish communities. One essay by Ruth Gan Kagan (Israeli leader in Jewish Renewal movement) asks this same question. While she doesn't have any good historical explanation, a number of years ago she decided to write her own poem featuring 5 significant water-inspired Jewish women (Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, Miriam, Devora). She reports of a number of shuls which have integrated her poem into their Tefilat HaGeshem. piyut.org.il/articles/578.html |
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Oct 18 |
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Why doesn't Tefilat Geshem have a verse referring to Miriam? And G-d said unto Abraham: 'As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.' I think G-d couldn't be any more clear regarding Sarah's 'level of significance.' In fact, it seems to be very similar to that of Avraham's. |
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Oct 18 |
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Why doesn't Tefilat Geshem have a verse referring to Miriam? "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. " and similarly, only 9 passages later, a directly parallel statement is made regarding Sarah (17:15-16): " ויאמר אלהים אל אברהם שרי אשתך לא תקרא את שמה שרי כי שרה שמה וברכתי אתה וגם נתתי ממנה לך בן וברכתיה והיתה לגוים מלכי עמים ממנה יהיו" |
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Oct 18 |
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Why doesn't Tefilat Geshem have a verse referring to Miriam? Regarding Sarah, Scripture (see below) makes a clear parallel between her relevance/worthiness/choseness regarding G-d's blessing as much as Abraham. Sarah isn't simply a vessel for Abraham's blessing, rather she is worthy in her own right of being a founder of this nation that G-d is blessing. G-d renews His covenant with Avraham in 17:4-6 stating, אני הנה בריתי אתך, והיית לאב המון גוים. ולא יקרא עוד את שמך אברם, והיה שמך אברהם כי אב המון גוים נתתיך. והפריתי אתך במאד מאד ונתתיך לגוים ומלכים ממך יצאו. |
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Oct 18 |
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Why doesn't Tefilat Geshem have a verse referring to Miriam? @DoubleAA Our Sages of Blessed Memory say it explicity in Shmot Rabbah 1: "ויאמר אלהים אל אברהם: אל ירע בעיניך" וגו' (בראשית כא, יב ) מכאן אתה למד שהיה אברהם טפל לשרה בנביאות. "And G-d said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight [because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice]" (Genesis 21:12) from here we learn that Avraham was subordinate to Sarah in prophesy." |
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Sep 15 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Sep 15 |
accepted | Does artificial meat grown in a petri dish have the halachic status of meat? |
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Sep 15 |
accepted | Non-Yemenites who heat up soup after the start of Shabbat? |
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Sep 15 |
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Are there any halachic authorities which relate to the non-mechitza, pre-1967 prayers which were held at the Kotel? Thanks for the information. As per my question, I'm particularly interested in what they did during the period when there wasn't a mechitza. Any ideas? |
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Sep 15 |
asked | Holiday cooking: website(s) with prepared menus? |
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Mar 30 |
answered | What is the source for the “Upsheirin”? |
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Mar 30 |
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What is the source for the “Upsheirin”? The name of the Upsherin is unrelated to its origins, e.g. some claim that it was started as a result of influence by Muslims who cut their children's hair at sanctified gravesites, and later was brought to Ashkenazi Europe in the Middle Ages (to this day it is known among many Israelis as 'halaka', Arabic for 'shave'). At that time Ashkenazi Jews may have adopted a local name for it. |
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Mar 29 |
answered | So should be done unto the man |
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Mar 29 |
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Commencing Shabbos: Shkiya behind a mountain As a datapoint, Maaleh Adumim in Israel is only slightly east of Jerusalem, but is found below the mountain range surrounding Jerusalem. Perceived sunset is therefore about 20 minutes prior to perceived sunset in Jerusalem. The chief rabbis of the city therefore are stringent in Torah-related matters (דאורייתא) and consider Shabbat to arrive 20 minutes earlier for those matters (in deference to the ruling of Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitz as per his understanding of the Rambam). For all other matters, they rule sunset to be according to the horizon. |
