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Apr 29 |
answered | Standing for MiSheBerachs and certain other communal Tefilloth |
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Apr 29 |
answered | Why did nobody succeed the Lubavitcher Rebbe? |
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Apr 29 |
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What happens to the family of a Kohen today if his wife is a victim of rape? Clarified |
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Apr 29 |
answered | What happens to the family of a Kohen today if his wife is a victim of rape? |
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Apr 26 |
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How much is an ashkenazi kesuba today That's all that's needed for the marriage to be kosher. Customary amounts -- including the zekukim -- are a monetary contract on how to split the property; today most Americans go into marriage with the assumption that it will be split according to equitable distribution (hakol keminhag hamedinah), which is what most batei din do practically today. Rabbis Broyde and Reiss argue that for American Ashkenazim with no other indication, it could be strongly argued that the default terms they agreed-upon are those of Rav Moshe Feinstein. |
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Apr 26 |
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How much is an ashkenazi kesuba today We have a requirement of no gravely-mistaken notions with regards to the kiddushin (mekach ta'us) -- i.e. if she's assuming the ring is made of gold it should be made of gold, and she's assuming he's not on the FBI Most Wanted List; then we also have a rabbinic requirement that the woman have the option of demanding 200 zuz upon the dissolution of the marriage. Why should anyone be required to go into the marriage with more detailed knowledge than that? |
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Apr 26 |
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How much is an ashkenazi kesuba today @Shulem, almost. A beis din can decide what is "absolutely required" (i.e. to apply the basic kesubah and not the tosefes kesubah). And if you're writing a legal prenup, it's much wiser to say "whatever beisdin XYZ calls 'minimum required payment' ", rather than say "the minimum halachically-required payment" and then the state courts are left trying to interpret that phrase. |
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Apr 26 |
answered | How much is an ashkenazi kesuba today |
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Apr 26 |
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May a man become a gynecologist? @Yehoshua, sorry it's a Binyan Tzion. Take a look. |
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Apr 26 |
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May a man become a gynecologist? Sourced |
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Apr 25 |
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Why is it customary for Jews to grow beards? Added shaver discussion |
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Apr 25 |
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Eating new grains on the 17th vs the 18th of Nisan Excellent question, and yes generally the two-day thing is limited to observing laws of holidays. I was wondering about this too. Chayei Adam records that the Vilna Gaon would eat matza made of new grain on the first day it was permissible to do so, i.e. the 18th of Nissan. |
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Apr 25 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Apr 25 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 25 |
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Why is it customary for Jews to grow beards? Clarified -- please don't edit others' answers in a way that changes the tone |
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Apr 24 |
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Responding to “that's not a Jewish name” Someone once attacked Rabbi Fabian Schoenfeld shlit'a, the dean of Queens rabbis, ad hominem because of his first name. I heard Rabbi Rakeffet point out that there is a Tosafist named "Rabbeinu Peter." |
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Apr 24 |
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Which Amora is mentioned most often in the Gemara? @SethJ, downloaded texts from mechon-mamre and ran my own scripts on them. |
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Apr 24 |
answered | Kitniyos or Matzah Ashira? |
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Apr 24 |
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Can a shul give an aliyah to an openly gay Jewish man when it gives aliyah to people who violate Shabbos? @Avi afraid you just missed the point. Halacha is focused on actions, not interests. A person makes a choice to sleep with someone the same way they make a choice to drive a car. |
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Apr 22 |
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Can a single-parent father be exempt from time-bound mitzvot? @DoubleAA, see the commentaries there. Praying with a minyan is a "yishtadel me'od" in shulchan aruch ("one should strive very much"); there's definitely an obligation for the community to have a weekly Torah reading, but some say it's not on the individual to hear it. And yes there could occasionally be osek b'mitzva, but not categorically. |
