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I don't know all the answers I give off the top of my head. Many of them I search for online or use an index.
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Jun 14 |
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What is the kiss of death? And to add to what vram said, the simple term for "painless death" is "like a hair out of milk" (I can't find the gemara, but I believe it was in Berachos). |
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Jun 14 |
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What is the kiss of death? @هه The dying by the kiss isn't what's attributed to G-d; it's the kissing that's attributed to Him. The question was on the dying by the kiss, which is human. |
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Jun 14 |
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Saving a Jew's life on Shabbos if s/he does not observe Shabbos I heard from a rabbi that what we say that it is in order that he keep many Shabasos, that is only to save him if he was captured but his life was not in danger; but if his life was in danger, we anyway save his life. I don't know his source. |
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Jun 14 |
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What Should One Do If He Forgot to Say “VeYiten Lekha” on Saturday Night It seems to me that there is no way to make it up, because with Shmoneh Esreh, you can make it up if you forgot to say it. The Shulchan Aruch rules that you can do the same with Asher Yatzar, but all the acharonim disagree. It is implied (by the Shu"A not ruling the same way for other cases) that he thinks Asher Yatzar is the only case where you could do it. It comes out using this reasoning that everyone agrees that you can't make it up. On the other hand, VeYiten Lecha is connected to havdalah, so shouldn't its law be connected, i.e. that you can say it until Tuesday, just like havdalah? |
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Jun 14 |
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What is the best way to visualize the Churban Bais HaMikdash? This is not really an answer — I have never seen a source for it or tested it out — but maybe reading the mishnayos in seder Kodshim or other masechtos that deal with korbanos, and to learn them precisely to the best of your ability. (This gives me an idea for how to fulfill "ke'ilu hu yatza mimitzrayim" on Pesach.) |
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Jun 13 |
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Does casual sex establish a marriage? edited tags |
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Jun 13 |
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Names of the books of Tanakh The correct name for Bemidbar is actually either "Chumash Hapekudim" (equivalent to the English "Numbers") or "Vayedaber" (see top of Sotah 36b and Rashi there). |
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Jun 12 |
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Getting a head start on Shnayim Mikra Min hamuvchar is Friday before the Shabbos on which it's read. M"B 286:8. |
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Jun 12 |
awarded | Critic |
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Jun 12 |
answered | Why is Hashem's name attached to only some of His accomplishments in Tehillim 146? |
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Jun 12 |
answered | Asei Doche Lo Sasei vs. Mitzvah Habaah Beaveirah |
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Jun 12 |
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Reading secular books on shabbat? Sources (no se'if numbers listed because there are too many quoted): Shulchan Aruch OC 307; MB there; Daas Torah there (I have never heard of that book); Aruch HaShulchan there; Orchos Chaim there; and Ketzos HaShulchan in Badei HaShulchan 107. |
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Jun 11 |
awarded | Organizer |
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Jun 11 |
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Why did Aharon request that Hashem declare Miriam pure? edited tags |
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Jun 11 |
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Avinu Malkeinu - middle verses said out loud by Chazan I checked a few old sidurim. The sidur of R' Amram Gaon and the sidur of the Gra don't say that that part is actually repeated. I wonder when the custom originated. The Shulchan Aruch and commentaries don't mention the custom in the laws of R"H. |
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Jun 11 |
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Published Ladino version of Meam Lo'ez? HebrewBooks has a few Ladino editions. This one, for example, is from 1864; although Wikipedia says it was first published from 1730. |
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Jun 11 |
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Boshes damages for a מלבין פני חברו ברבים By the way, it doesn't literally mean that it is as if he kills him. For example, embarassing someone is not yehareg ve'al yaavor. See Shu"T Bnei Banim pt. 1 siman 41 (or use the easy way and look at Piskei Bnei Banim). |
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Jun 11 |
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Reading secular books on shabbat? @DoubleAA I had assumed that the label "Artscroll" would be enough for you to decide whether you would hold by it; however, I will copy the information: The editor is "R' Yosaif Asher Weiss, Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Hadaas, Staten Island, who is also a distinguished editor of the Schottenstein editions of the Talmud[s] Bavli and Yerushalmi." It says that the halachah sections are from R' Simcha Bunim Cohen (but gives no information). (Book). (@AdamMosheh It seems to me that it is only prohibited when there is a suspicion that it might lead to erasing.) |
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Jun 10 |
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Reading secular books on shabbat? I actually wrote them in the order of how close the respective books were to me. |
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Jun 10 |
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Reading secular books on shabbat? It annoys me that they never quote sources, but they might have had a source. |
