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19h
comment May one eat cheese that is wormy?
@DoubleAA: neither would I.
20h
comment Cicadas - once in 17 years
Your answer is great, yet I would love to see a Sefer that discusses this. I am accepting your answer, however may redact it if someone else posts an actual source.
1d
comment Newcomers Overwhelmed by Myriad Halachas
Ask your LOR. Each persons case has to be evaluated on its merits.
1d
comment Why were these pasukim chosen for the upside down Nuns?
hebrewbooks.org/… there is an explanation here to your question, however I do not have time to summarize. Perhaps someone will summarize and post as an answer.
May
20
comment Not making a wedding on the first 3 days of a month
@Yehoshua: Here is the corrected link. hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46545&st=&pgnum=295
May
14
comment How can I know a rav has daas Torah
he.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
May
12
comment Is there a custom that the person who makes the siyum on the fast of the first-born should be a bechor?
@ShimonbM: The story indicates there is no need for a Bechor to make the Siyum. The last line is explaining why perhaps often the Bechor does do it.
May
10
comment Shisha Asar Ushlosh Meyot - mi yodeya?
@Issac Moses: Unfortunately it is very difficult or quiet impossible to have interesting and significant Jewish facts about each number. Sometimes you got to do with whatever there is.
May
8
comment HaKohen, HaLevi - source and reason
@DoubleAA: Why don't you put it as a answer?
May
8
comment Ta'amei Mikra and the Torah Scroll
Welcome to Mi.Yodeaya - I am sure there is a great explanation. Can you please link this, and explain a bit more.
May
7
comment Going to lectures with overhead projector on shabbat
judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/28235/…
May
6
comment Zeraim Moed Nashim Nezikim Kodshim Taharos - why not Moadim?
If only this was sourced
May
6
comment The Brakhah 'Ha-Tov ve-ha-Meitiv' and Wine
Here is a lengthy discussion as to why some people do not make this Bracha. Perhaps the question can be improved by asking why there are those who do not make this Bracha.
May
6
comment Eating bread on Shabbos
chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/835592/jewish/…
May
6
comment Zeraim Moed Nashim Nezikim Kodshim Taharos - why not Moadim?
@ShimonbM There is regular Pesach and Pesach Sheni
May
5
comment Location in Ohr Sameach of discussion of the nature of a messenger for a get
hebrewbooks.org/…
May
3
comment Chamisha Asar Ushlosh Meyot - mi yodeya?
@IsaacMoses: I guess my answer will be banned.
Apr
26
comment How much is an ashkenazi kesuba today
judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/3475/…
Apr
24
comment Hatoras Nedarim for wife taking her husband's Minhagim
@DoubleAA: Neither did I. However in Shul this morning a fellow insisted that a Rav told his wife to do so for Cholov Stam when she married him. I am trying to find out who says so and where.
Apr
23
comment Is a Jew able to go hunting?
chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1589324/jewish/…