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3m	answered	learning non-jewish topics as a creative process
6m	answered	Going to lectures with overhead projector on shabbat
1d	revised	Is there a way to expand a canvas Sukkah? Expanded
1d	answered	Is there a way to expand a canvas Sukkah?
1d	answered	food containers - why is hechser needed?
1d	revised	When a Bris is being done for a baby at the same time as his Pidyon HaBen Sourced better
May 17	answered	Why do Israelis keep one day of Yom Tov?
May 17	revised	According to Reform Judaism, should rabbis be allowed to have non-Jewish spouses? Sourced
May 17	answered	According to Reform Judaism, should rabbis be allowed to have non-Jewish spouses?
May 14	answered	How can I know a rav has daas Torah
May 14	awarded	Nice Answer
May 14	answered	Is it considered Pikuach Nefesh if you break Shomer Negiah to give someone emotional comfort?
May 12	comment	Relying on the tasting of a Jewish chef @SethJ yes; keep in mind that in a big Israeli caterer/hotel it's not unheard-of that you'd have non-Jewish Arabs, sephardim, and ashkenazim all on the kitchen crew.
May 12	comment	Relying on the tasting of a Jewish chef My understanding is that it's done; I've heard multiple yoreh deah shiurim from multiple sources that discuss a story in which the Sephardi chef asked the non-Jewish chef to taste it; then the Sephardi chef tasted it and told the result to the Ashkenazi chef.
May 12	answered	How does Halacha view someone who converts to Islam?
May 10	comment	Misreading a k'suva I only heard that R' Yaakov Kaminetsky instructed someone to have a dummy kesuba read, not that he ever read one himself. The point is still the same.
May 10	revised	Misreading a k'suva Clarified - R Yaakov Kaminetsky's psak, not necessarily a wedding he did
May 10	comment	Is there any evidence that Rabbi Akiva's students fought alongside Bar Kochba? See torahmusings.com/2013/05/audio-roundup-87 . Rabbi Hershel Schachter quotes R' Yosef Eliyahu Henkin as saying "they died of the plague" was their coded way of saying "the Romans killed them."
May 8	awarded	Nice Question
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva I realized there may be an Ashkenazic/Sephardic divide here depending if the kesubah has already been executed; see revisions to my answers.