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Progressive, halakhically-oriented Jew
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Aug 24 |
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Why do we read Yona on Yom Kippur? @DoubleAA - see edits. |
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Aug 24 |
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Why do we read Yona on Yom Kippur? added 1426 characters in body |
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Aug 24 |
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Why do we read Yona on Yom Kippur? @DoubleAA On Rosh Hashanah it's written and on Yom Kippur it's sealed. For all creation. I'll find a source on that, but the Unetanneh Tokef is a good start. |
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Aug 24 |
answered | Why do we read Yona on Yom Kippur? |
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Aug 22 |
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How do we make sure that we are on the rightful religion/path? @DoubleAA the argument for circularity is that we're basing the authenticity of a document on the transmission of the document itself.... But regardless. Now it's just semantics and not worth debating. |
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Aug 22 |
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What is the original source that a soul is split in half before conception? Sounds suspiciously like Aristophanes's speech from Plato's Symposium |
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Aug 22 |
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How do we make sure that we are on the rightful religion/path? @Dan I was always raised with that. |
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Aug 22 |
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How do we make sure that we are on the rightful religion/path? @DoubleAA You don't have apocryphal family stories? We certainly do. I am not saying that Sinai isn't true, just that there's no good proof for it. |
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Aug 22 |
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How do we make sure that we are on the rightful religion/path? this is a rather circular proof. "It's true because if it was false, it'd be a lie." |
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Aug 21 |
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Can a Ben-Noach practice another religion? Not creating a new religion does not mean they are not allowed to follow an existing religion |
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Aug 21 |
awarded | Civic Duty |
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Aug 21 |
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Why call so many olim “moreinu”? @SethJ I know someone on whom the title HaChaver was conferred. Are you saying it's a problem when it's HaCh"R Rav? |
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Aug 20 |
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If one watches television on Friday night, will one go to hell? @ba See here for a detailed discussion on Rambam's beliefs in Gehinom. Ignore the R' Slifkin-bashing bit, and focus on the Long Letter from Ramban to the French Rabbis under the heading, "The Medieval Period" about a quarter of the way down. The fact that Ramban needs to deny it, means that some thought that way. Also, the R' Slifkin comment linked to at the head of the article is evidence that the belief is still out there. |
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Aug 20 |
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Why aren't Zeraim or Toharos included in the Bavli as Mishnayos? that's a publisher's decision.... CYLJB - See your local Jewish bookstore :) |
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Aug 20 |
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If one watches television on Friday night, will one go to hell? @ba My understanding is that most view Gehinom as a place where your sins are punished for up to 12 months. However, there are some who think Rambam thought it didn't exist at all, others who think that Gehinom punishes some forever. There are also those who debate if it's physical or spiritual. As Ramban said, who's risen who can tell us what's literal? |
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Aug 17 |
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תהלת ה' ידבר פי - what's the origin? This is also what I've heard. In fact, "Mi yimaleil gevurot HaShem" is directly in contrast to the secular Zionist Hanukah song: "Mi yimaleil gevurot yisrael" |
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Aug 16 |
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Many mamzerim today? related: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/9018/… |
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Aug 16 |
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Many mamzerim today? @Shalom awesome. That's just like tzaraat: וְטִמְּאוֹ הַכֹּהֵן, צָרַעַת הִוא |
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Aug 16 |
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Synthetic unkosher meat? plants are just as living as animals. also made spelling of "shechted" consistent |
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Aug 16 |
suggested | suggested edit on Synthetic unkosher meat? |
