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Feb 17 |
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How to get drunk on Purim and still pray? @ba It's interesting that the Rambam's p'sak about sleeping is understood differently by the Aruch HaShulchan and the Emek B'racha. The former holds that a person is yotzei once he falls asleep due to his drinking. The latter holds that sleep is a temporary p'tur; if the guy wakes up, he must continue livsumei. |
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Feb 17 |
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Did the Rambam say it's OK for a Jew to convert to Islam? Islam contradicts fundamental tenets of the Torah according to the Rambam, thus making Islam heretical in the Rambam's view. However, he did not consider it avodah zarah nor did he consider Jews who were forcibly converted to have the halachic status of "heretics." |
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Feb 17 |
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Did the Rambam say it's OK for a Jew to convert to Islam? -1 Some of the fundamentals of faith for a Jew, as enumerated by the Rambam: "The prophecy of Moses our teacher, peace be upon him, is true, and that he is the head of the prophets, both those who preceded him and those who followed him"; "I believe with perfect faith that this Torah will not be exchanged, and that there will never be any other Torah"; and "I believe with perfect faith that the entire Torah that is now in our possession is the same that was given to Moses." |
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Feb 17 |
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What are signs of a prophet mentioned in Tanach @Ali In Tanach, there are multiple instances of phrasing like "and nothing the likes of such-and-such ever happened again." Since the Torah is the word of G-d, and G-d knows the future, these statements include all future history. The fact that the Torah was written very shortly after some of these events (such as Moshe's death) makes it obvious that the Torah was not saying something like "and in the past few days, no prophet like Moses has ever risen again!!!" |
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Feb 17 |
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Jews allowed to pray and join Muslim congregation in Mosques and Experiences Based, on the edit, I've removed the downvote. I'm waiting for a more thorough and complete answer before upvoting, though, partly as per @msh210 and the points raised in my own comments on the OP. || As far as different opinions, I am also referring to opinions disagreeing with the Rambam. See R' Ovadia's responsum - of course he thinks they're wrong, which is why he rules as he does, but he also mentions opinions on both sides. Your answer would benefit from doing likewise. |
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Feb 17 |
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Jews allowed to pray and join Muslim congregation in Mosques and Experiences -1 The Rambam did not say this in the responsum; he said that, although Islam has many doctrines that are incorrect (to put it much more mildly than the Rambam did), Islam's concept of the unity of G-d is correct. Therefore, R' Ovadia Yosef inferred that it is permitted to enter a mosque. It is worth noting that there are many different opinions about the status of Islam's view on G-d as well as on the question of the permissibility of entering a mosque. |
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Feb 17 |
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Some narrative difficulties related to the Midrash that identifies Haman with a previously-named character Don't feel bad. I still trying to prove that 502 ≠ 502, and I'm getting nowhere. |
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Feb 17 |
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Jews allowed to pray and join Muslim congregation in Mosques and Experiences Additionally, I suspect that it would be prohibited for a Jew to appear to join in prayer with a Muslim congregation even if the Jew is reciting his own Jewish prayers |
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Feb 17 |
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Jews allowed to pray and join Muslim congregation in Mosques and Experiences Re. praying Jewish prayers in a mosque, I am not aware of any such remark by Maimonides. However, some later authorities have permitted praying Jewish prayers there based upon Maimonides' ruling on monotheism in Islam. Regardless, reciting the salah would be objectionable to Judaism because 1.) any possible Muslim prayer derives from a religion that fundamentally contradicts tenets of Judaism, and 2.) the salah itself essentially includes the shahada. |
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Feb 15 |
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What is the ruling of adultery in Torah or Tanach Just to add that the halacha that Sanhedrin can only rule on capital cases from the site of the Temple mount is based on D'varim 17:8. |
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Feb 14 |
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Laws of “Shehiyah” relating to a “Chayah” @Yehoshua - Re. kisui dam: it's because there is a pasuk that says so (Vayikra 17:13). |
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Feb 14 |
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Laws of “Shehiyah” relating to a “Chayah” @Yehoshua That's exactly my point - there are only two categories (according to the BY's understanding of the Ran and Rambam); it doesn't matter if it's a chaya or a beheima. Even according to other rishonim, there is no reason to think that there would be a special standard for a chaya. |
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Feb 13 |
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Laws of “Shehiyah” relating to a “Chayah” ומדלא אדכיר רבי יוסי בר חנינא עוף משמע דליכא אלא הני תרי שיעורי דקה וגסה ובכלל דקה הוי שיעור עוף וכן דעת הרמב"ם בפ"ג מהלכות שחיטה (Beis Yosef ad loc. on the opinion of the Ran and the Rambam). |
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Feb 13 |
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Laws of “Shehiyah” relating to a “Chayah” Do you have reason to think it might take a different amount of time to slaughter another chaya vs another behema? |
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Feb 13 |
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On the qualifications to be queen of Persia added 140 characters in body |
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Feb 13 |
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On the qualifications to be queen of Persia added 140 characters in body |
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Feb 13 |
answered | On the qualifications to be queen of Persia |
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Feb 13 |
answered | On the qualifications to be queen of Persia |
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Feb 13 |
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Have recently-published allegations that Shlomo Carlebach was a sexual predator led to any bans of his music or conversions? It's buried in the comments above, but I'll reproduce the citation for R' Moshe's responsum again since it's so central to your answer: Igros Moshe, Even HaEzer Vol. 1, § 96. |
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Feb 12 |
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Seeking Clear Definition of God in Judaism as Presented in Tanakh @Ali As per the update, parallels would seem to include: Allah - "G-d, Supreme over all" (many places, e.g. B'reishis 14:18-20); the Eternal - "This is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations" (Sh'mos 3:14-15); Absolute - "The LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else" (D'varim 4:39) and "Is the hand of the LORD limited?" (B'midbar 11:23); He begetteth not nor is He begotten - "I am the First and I am the Last, and besides me there are no gods" (Isaiah 44:6). |
