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May 30 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 2 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Oct 29 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Aug 16 |
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Chassidic Rebbes don't use Hebrew Grammar? But this is for a ignoramus or small child; how does this limmud zechus help an intelligent adult? |
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Aug 15 |
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Chassidic Rebbes don't use Hebrew Grammar? I'm confused; I thought typical Eastern European pronunciation was all mil'eil. I didn't realize this had anything to do with Chasidic Rebbes. Nor did I realize that one could label the typical pronunciation of millions of Eastern European Jews a "mistake". Can you clarify in the question? |
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Aug 15 |
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How do we understand the idea of something missing from the mishnah חסורי מיחסרא והכי קתני? See Shu"t Melamed l'Hoeil 3:61 for more details on the overall concept and the Gra's view in particular. |
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Aug 2 |
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Why are different kaddishes said by different people? You confuse the issue by calling the Orphan's Kaddish the Mourner's kaddish. It is designed for children to recite, since children can't lead the davening. But regular mourners lead the davening and recite the kaddishes within the davening proper. See the Aruch HaShulchan YD 376:12-13 for all the details. |
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Jul 26 |
answered | Da' Mah LeHashiv vs. teaching Torah to non-Jews |
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Jul 25 |
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Da' Mah LeHashiv vs. teaching Torah to non-Jews @ SethJ Do you have a source for your view? As I explained in my comment, the pshat of the phrase you quoted is "to know", not "to defend". Hence I asked you to explain what this "paradigm" is? Perhaps with sources? Otherwise it is impossible to answer your question. |
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Jul 25 |
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Da' Mah LeHashiv vs. teaching Torah to non-Jews What is "the paradigm of Da' Mah LeHashiv"? And what does it have to do with either of your examples? (Just for reference, I assume one translates the phrase as "know how to answer [a heretic]", meaning that one should himself know how to answer a heretic, but I don't see what that has to do with actually getting into an argument -- the pshat is not to actually argue (just 'to know') and many poskim, e.g. R. Soloveitchik, hold one cannot argue theology with 'others') Please explain what you really mean clearly. |
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Jul 20 |
answered | Slaughtering during the nine days nowadays |
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Jul 20 |
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When do Sefardim start mourning in a year that Tisha B'av is postponed until Sunday? R. Ovadia (in Yechave Daas 3:39) says the minhag to refrain from meat and wine starts immediately after Rosh Chodesh for Sefardim, every year. |
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Jul 19 |
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What's wrong with 'Hip Hip Hooray'? I've never been to a birthday party of any sort (Jewish or non-) where "Hip, Hip Hooray" is used because it is so antiquated. But to suggest that it is "never" used is perhaps overstating the case. You mean you've also never heard it? Perhaps also because it is just antiquated in English? |
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Jul 19 |
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What's wrong with 'Hip Hip Hooray'? added 474 characters in body |
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Jul 19 |
answered | What's wrong with 'Hip Hip Hooray'? |
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Jul 19 |
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Can a non-Jew don tefillin? Not misread, I just wonder if one is not allowed to give a mezuzah to a non-Jew (and I would argue kal v'chomer tefillin, based on the level of kedusha -- since one of the reasons for mezuzah is that the non-Jew might mistreat it) then it would seem like a non-Jew should never come into possession of tefillin, which implicitly means they shouldn't be putting them on. |
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Jul 18 |
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Can a non-Jew don tefillin? You might also consider citing Jastrow in your footnote...tyndalearchive.com/tabs/jastrow |
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Jul 18 |
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Can a non-Jew don tefillin? The Shulchan Aruch YD 291 does prohibit giving a non-Jew a mezuzah; it's hard to imagine why one would be allowed to give a non-Jew tefillin. |
