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Nov 28 |
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Is Muslim prayer rooted in Jewish prayer? An influential book on the subject, written in the 1950's, is 'Judaism in Islam: Biblical and Talmudic Backgrounds of the Koran and its Commentaries' - amazon.com/Judaism-Islam-Biblical-Backgrounds-Commentaries/dp/… |
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Nov 28 |
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Is Muslim prayer rooted in Jewish prayer? Also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_holidays#Ashura_Day :Ashura is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims on the ninth and tenth days of Muharram on the Islamic Calendar. Ashura is an Arabic word meaning "ten", and according to Sunni schools of thought it is a day of optional fasting. Jews in the city of Madina fasted only one day, on Yom Kippur, the 10th of Tishrei because they believe that Prophet Moses fasted on this day; so the Prophet Muhammad would fast too, to express the continuity of Islam and brotherhood with the earlier Prophet. |
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Nov 28 |
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Is Muslim prayer rooted in Jewish prayer? While the number of daily prayers may not have been adopted from Judaism, the grain of truth in these claims might still exist. Wikipedia states: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_Medina uhammad also adopted some features of the Jewish worship and customs such as fasting on the Yom Kippur day. According to Alford Welch, the Jewish practice of having three daily prayer rituals appears to have been a factor in the introduction of the Islamic midday prayer (previously Muhammad was keeping the morning and evening prayers). |
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Nov 25 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Nov 25 |
asked | What are the kashrut standards of the various nationwide (and regional) kashrut agencies? |
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Nov 25 |
answered | Non-Israeli pulpit rabbis who actively promote moving to Israel |
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Nov 25 |
asked | SE Challenge: Halachot in which rulings range from permissible to Torah violation? |
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Nov 25 |
asked | Non-Yemenites who heat up soup after the start of Shabbat? |
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Nov 16 |
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Why does revi'i of Vayeira seem to end four verses late? As for division of the Bible's chapters, Wikipedia: <<Archbishop Stephen Langton and Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro developed different schemas for systematic division of the Bible in the early 13th century. It is the system of Archbishop Langton on which the modern chapter divisions are based.>> |
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Nov 16 |
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Why does revi'i of Vayeira seem to end four verses late? A former teacher of mine, Rav Elchanan Samet who now teaches and publishes on Tanach at Herzog College, said that there are certain breaks in Aliyot in the Torah which simply don't correspond to a proper unit of a 'Biblical story'. Sometimes when reading Torah he'll end an Aliyah where he sees as the more appropriate stopping point, which makes him less than popular with the shul gabbaim. |
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Nov 14 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Nov 13 |
awarded | Student |
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Nov 13 |
asked | Does artificial meat grown in a petri dish have the halachic status of meat? |
