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| location | Haifa, Israel | |
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Nov 20 |
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Ben Drosai - what was his Zechus? @DoubleAA When saying "Rama M'Pano"( or, as I would transliterate it, "Rama mi-Pano"), I'd say that using 'P' is more correct because it's a transliteration of a title in Hebrew( or, if you prefer, Leshon ha-Qodesh), in which an Ot following Mem ha-Shimus is generally Degushah. If he were saying "Menahem Azariah da Fano"( or even "the Rama of/from Fano"), then 'F' would be correct. |
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Nov 20 |
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What is the philosophy or logic for considering masturbation to be sinful? @MonicaCellio According to an answer given here( in Hebrew), the Ben Ish Chai and R. Moshe Feinstein seem to forbid women masturbating, where others only suggest against it. |
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Nov 9 |
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Are “things we don't do because of danger” also dangerous to non-Jews? @Ariel saying 'these Halakhot do/don't apply to non-Jews', to me at least, is the same as saying 'those dangerous things are/aren't forbidden to non-Jews', as the application of halakhot is to prohibit or to obligate. Also, in my opinion, 'are they prohibited to non-Jews' and 'are they dangerous for non-Jews' are two( at least) separate questions, and should be asked as such. |
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Nov 9 |
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Are “things we don't do because of danger” also dangerous to non-Jews? @Ariel I don't understand: If they are not prohibited [outright] to them, in what way should they apply? What other kind of prohibition is there? |
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Nov 9 |
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why did avraham pray for sodom I second Double AA's qustion, though I'd say that he was praying for the place to be saved as a whole, on account of the righteous inhabitants( "האף תספה ולא תשא למקום למען חמשים הצדיקם אשר בקרבה"). Avraham might have accepted God getting rid of the wicked inhabitants without destroying the place, and displacing it's righteous inhabitants. |
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Nov 6 |
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Yizkor and Rosh Hashanah @MonicaCellio Are you referring to this: "Yizkor Memorial Prayer"? |
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Nov 6 |
answered | When is Avraham Avinu's Yahrzeit? |
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Nov 6 |
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Rashi in Shelach 8 days c'neged 8 strings of tzitzis I think that "asking in the realm of p'shat" is a lost cause here, as this Perush is not in Rashi on Bamidbar 15:38, but at the end of the Parashah, after he says "ומיסודו של רבי משה הדרשן העתקתי"( "From the commentary of R. Moshe Hadarshan [the preacher] I transcribed [the following:]"), and is probably also of R. Mosheh ha-Darshan, and not subject to Rashi's general aim of bringing the Peshat. |
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Nov 5 |
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Why did God lie about Sarah? What about Rasi on 17:17, which says( in the translation in the link) "that Abraham believed and rejoiced, but Sarah did not believe and ridiculed, and for this reason, the Holy One, blessed be He, was angry with Sarah, but was not angry with Abraham"? |
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Nov 3 |
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How did they use to count years in the time of Abraham? Using you logic, "given that 100 years ago people rarely lasted past 60", it would be unlikely that many people today would live into their eighties, nineties, or even one-hundreds, but many do. In fact, except in third world countries, today someone who dies before reaching sixty is considered to have died young. How does life expectancy a hundred years ago reflect on that of biblical times? |
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Nov 3 |
answered | Shisha Ushlosh Meyot - mi yodeya? |
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Nov 3 |
answered | A tree which falls and damages |
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Nov 2 |
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Why did God lie about Sarah? @CharlesKoppelman Re: #1: But, according to Rashi on 17:17, Sarah was guilty, but Avraham was not. Re: #2: Why would Avraham accept that Sarah thought only what God told him that she thought( especially once he suspected the full true reason for her laughter)? Re: #3: Then, why did Chazal say God changed what she said? |
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Nov 2 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Nov 2 |
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Why did God lie about Sarah? @msh210 Good question. It's not what the original questioner asked, and in light of Rashi on 17:17, it should qualify for a separate question. |
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Nov 2 |
answered | Why did God lie about Sarah? |
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Nov 2 |
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Why did God lie about Sarah? @ba apparently, because I found the Yerushalmi P M is referring to to be in Pe'a 4b. It says: "א"ר חנינא בא וראה כמה קשה הוא אבק לשון הרע שדברו הכתובים לשון בדאי בשביל להטיל שלום בין אברהם לשרה 'ותצחק שרה בקרבה לאמר אחרי בלותי היתה לי עדנה ואדני זקן' ולאברהם אינו אומר כן אלא 'למה זה צחקה שרה לאמר האף אמנם אלד ואני זקנתי' ואדוני זקן אין כתיב כאן אלא ואני זקנתי". |
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Nov 1 |
answered | Why does the congregation recite something different during the repetition of the hoda'ah — but nowhere else? |
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Nov 1 |
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Getting up by alos hashachar — Halachically required? Qitzur Shulchan Aruch Yalqut Yosef, which states Halakhah le-Ma'aseh for Sephardi Jews, in 1:1 says "ולכן יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו, שיהא הוא מעורר השחר ... ועל כל פנים לא יאחר זמן תפלה וקריאת שמע". This suggests the Rema was explaining the Mechaber's statement as proper conduct and not a Chiyuv ( especially considering Sephardi Jews don't, by and large, follow the Rema). |
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Nov 1 |
awarded | Critic |
