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Jan 16 |
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Are children adopted by Jews Jewish? @msh210 now that I think more on it, I believe he was speaking of a case where the mother's geirus was not according to halacha. |
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Jan 13 |
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Are children adopted by Jews Jewish? I heard in the same of the Satmer rebbe zy'a that one who is raised Jewish and doesn't know they aren't is halachically a Jew as long as they are brought up to wear tefilin and say the shema, but I don't know where he wrote or said this. |
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Jan 11 |
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Is one allowed to smoke Marijuana? @avi kal vchomer alcohol, which actively destroys brain cells... |
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Jan 11 |
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Precise Zemanim? I have heard in the name of R' Elazar Kenig shlita of Tzfas that we are ovdei HaShem, not ovdei hashemesh (servants of G-d, not servants of the sun), meaning that it is not necessary to be overly punctilious about zmanim. This is typical of a Breslev approach, but it would seem that he is quoting the Rashash, a very significant mekubal. |
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Dec 4 |
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Why don't people bentch on a kos nowadays? I can't speak for any particular minhag but I am always particular to bentch with a kos on Shabbos and Yom Tov as it also resolves the question of whether or not bentching is a valid brocha achrona for kiddush. |
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Dec 1 |
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Is it required to stand during Kaddish? In most Chasidic communities, usually only those reciting stand. |
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Nov 25 |
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What are the evidence of red/reed sea crossing? As this stackexchange deals in traditional Judaism and not archaeology, is this an answerable question within the context of the site? The answer is that the Torah is the evidence. Three million Jewish eyewitnesses are the evidence. This is obviously not the answer the OP has in mind, but it is the correct answer in the context of this site. |
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Nov 21 |
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End of Davening - Al Tira MiPachad Pisom Nusach Sefard says it almost universally, although I've seen that we tend to say it quietly rather than together as Chabad does. |
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Nov 20 |
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Does cheese without a hekhsher tref dishes? What does the issur of gevinas akum have to do with hashgacha agencies? That said, it has to do with the manufacturer, not the product, so maybe it's not strictly an issue of kashrus per se, as you suggest. |
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Nov 16 |
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Can I omit ברוך השם לעולם אמן ואמן to catch up in Maariv? In general, the Arizal was firmly opposed to skipping any part of davening to stay with the tzibur. On the other hand, he didn't include ברוך השם לעולם in his siddur... |
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Nov 15 |
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How to reconcile the possibility that Rashi had a slightly different text of the Torah This isn't an answer, but... is it possible that Rashi, Midrash, even Chazal were just quoting from memory, thus silent letters are present or not according to the author's memory rather than their actual text? |
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Nov 13 |
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When and why did the black velvet yarmulke become the standard for some communities? @avi (and AviD) the question specifies amongst whom it is the standard. |
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Nov 11 |
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When and why did the black velvet yarmulke become the standard for some communities? Well, as you may know, even Moshe Rabenu wore a streiml... |
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Nov 11 |
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When and why did the black velvet yarmulke become the standard for some communities? @avi I assume Seth means that we might as well ask how it is that many Yerushalmim wear yarmulkes like those worn 200 years ago and never adopted the standard black velvet. |
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Nov 6 |
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Why do siddurim and Shulchan Oruch OC start with Shacharis? @Alex I know that many chasidim regard it as something for tzadikim only, although in Breslev we are particular to say it as Rebbe Nachman speaks very highly of the practice. Have the past rebbes in Chabad had anything to say on the matter? I assume they themselves did say it regardless... |
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Nov 6 |
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Why do siddurim and Shulchan Oruch OC start with Shacharis? @Alex huh, interesting! Why isn't Tikkun Chatzos in the regular Chabad siddur? Do any (or rather, do any significant number of) Lubavitchers say it? |
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Nov 6 |
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Why do siddurim and Shulchan Oruch OC start with Shacharis? Indeed, siddurs that contain Tikkun Chatzos start with that, even though it is said at night, specifically because it is the first thing one says on waking. |
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Oct 30 |
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How to bow during Shemone Esre The question then would be how to return to an erect position - unbending the knees and straightening the back simultaneously, or first the back and then the knees, or first the knees and then the back? |
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Oct 27 |
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Source of Dzikov customs I would really love to see a website that compiles minhagim of as many different communities as possible. I guess it would be easy enough to start with Chabad and Breslev, but the communities with a less prominent internet presence are tougher. |
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Oct 25 |
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Where is the text of Friday night Kiddush from? @avi oops, forgot about ki hu yom - do most say that? I've never heard it, I don't think, only seen it. Isn't it "mikrai" in R'Amram Gaon's? So it's just the addition of "L'". Anybody got a link to the Sefardi kiddush? Now I'm curious.. |
