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May
14
comment What is the importance of Chiddush?
@msh210 that's a nice post but I wish he would share the location of that source. ironic that it is a big chiddush itself
May
12
comment Does a rapist have any parental rights to a child conceived from the rape?
Way to go Rosie!
May
9
comment Would a replacement kohen gadol be anointed on yom kippur?
@Fred I think the Rabbis were explaining the torah injunction to afflict yourself so it would not be a rabbinic prohibition but a torah one
May
9
comment Do you get credit for unintentional mitzvot?
so does that mean the inverse is true? If I drop a stick and someone sees it and is inspired to hit someone else am I held accountable?
May
9
comment Do you get credit for unintentional mitzvot?
@msh210 yes, exactly
May
6
comment Why did Chava give Adam the fruit to eat?
@DoubleAA sounds like the exact opposite of Romeo and Juliet (l'havdil!) they chose suicide (sorry, spoiler!) here it seems she is choosing homicide
May
6
comment Why did Chava give Adam the fruit to eat?
@Fred so many questions! 1) if she didn't die right away from eating it why would she assume she would die at all 2) doesn't that make her pretty evil? 3) who else was around for Adam to marry?
May
5
comment Did Hezekiah discovered Torah (or scriptures) Last Copies?
@ZevSpitz ok, I won't tell YU if you don't ;)
May
5
comment Did Hezekiah discovered Torah (or scriptures) Last Copies?
Hi Rabbi Spitz, welcome to Mi Yodeya, thanks for posting this answer, hope to see you around the site.
Apr
29
comment May one say kaddish for a non-Jew?
Kaddish for a Gentile * Sefer Chasidim, no. 790 * Responsa Maharik, no. 44 * Yechaveh Da'as 6:60 * Be-Ohalah Shel Torah 1:60
Apr
29
comment May (or should) a convert recite kaddish after his biological parents' deaths?
Kaddish for a Gentile * Sefer Chasidim, no. 790 * Responsa Maharik, no. 44 * Yechaveh Da'as 6:60 * Be-Ohalah Shel Torah 1:60
Apr
26
comment Pleasure of woman at the end of relations (source in Chazal?)
@msh210 I was understanding the question to be a source that the term used is related to a woman's pleasure. does that mean that is the only time that term is used?
Apr
26
comment Pleasure of woman at the end of relations (source in Chazal?)
can you either define gamar bia or point to a source where the term is used?
Apr
26
comment May a Jew own/operate a blog open to comments?
@SethJ Ok, I hope this helps
Apr
26
comment May a Jew own/operate a blog open to comments?
if downvoters could explain why they feel the question is poor i'm happy to edit it
Apr
26
comment May a Jew own/operate a blog open to comments?
@SethJ I don't see the comparison. you are talking about a public forum, i'm talking about a privately owned one.
Apr
26
comment May a Jew own/operate a blog open to comments?
@DoubleAA m'saiyah l'yideh avaira, lifnei eiver, kol yisroel areivim... and any other issue which prevents you from being complicit in another person's sin.
Apr
24
comment Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos
summarizing the content of the shiur would be helpful otherwise this would be better served as a comment
Apr
21
comment Which 20th-century Rosh Yeshiva studied under the mysterious Monsieur Chouchani?
the identity of Chouchani has been all but confirmed as Hillel Pearlman, student of Rav Kook.
Apr
17
comment What does the concept of rehovot hanahar mean?
so does that mean רחובות הנהר represents yesod?