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Halachic/sociological basis to support the split-apart beds for a nida couple?

oct 28 at 7:18 Baruch 21

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Is the lemon slice added to a soda in many bars a problem kosher-wise?

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aug 8 at 20:03 Dov F 4,054

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If you use money for kaparos pre-yom kipur, is it fungible or must those bills go directly to tzedaka?

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jun 21 '12 at 22:18 Menachem 21.4k

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Why are there colored splotches on the pages on many Jewish texts?

prayer-book color publications

apr 29 '12 at 3:05 J-Lu 31

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Pre-1948, what flags were found in American synagogues?

history synagogue geography

mar 12 '12 at 3:25 HodofHod 12k

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How is a Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue typically owned/governed/directed?

rabbis synagogue chabad organizations

jan 26 '12 at 19:16 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Did the Egyptians use whips on the Hebrew slaves? Why do we assume so?

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jan 16 '12 at 3:19 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Custom of not giving knives as a gift?

minhag marriage gifts

dec 30 '11 at 7:39 msh210♦ 26.2k

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What's the role of the state in halacha's recognition of marriage for Bnai Noach (non-Jews)?

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oct 12 '11 at 3:55 EhevuTov 351

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Was “correcting” left-handed children something traditionally done by Jews?

halacha history myths handedness

oct 6 '11 at 1:18 follick 1,763

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What was the topic debated in the series of Satmar/Lubavitch talks?

history rabbis chasidut-hasidism chabad speeches-addresses

sep 4 '11 at 22:41 Menachem 21.4k

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How do married women whose professions are physically demanding cover their hair?

women product-recommendation tznius-modesty hair employment

aug 2 '11 at 21:04 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Is there a difference between “p” and “f” when transliterating from English to Hebrew?

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jul 24 '11 at 2:29 Daniel ben Noach 317

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How precisely oriented towards Jerusalem should we face for praying?

tefilla geography eretz-yisrael

nov 18 '10 at 18:50 msh210♦ 26.2k

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What is the typical retirement plan for a Chabad-Lubavitch shliach (emissary)?

rabbis chabad employment

jan 6 at 5:38 IntrospectiveRabbi 71

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Where/when/how/why did flags become part of Simchas Torah celebrations?

minhag history children-parenting simchat-torah provenance

oct 11 at 22:30 msh210♦ 26.2k

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If the odds are against you in life (Bais Shammai's opinion), why did G-d bother?

hashkafah-philosophy theology

oct 3 at 4:19 lilyan 1

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If someone needs to shave during Sefirah or Three Weeks because of work, should he also shave before Shabbos?

mourning-aveilus sefirat-ha-omer hair three-weeks erev-shabbat

jul 31 at 17:56 Isaac Moses 16.3k

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Is there a good children's parsha book that's focused on pshat, not midrash?

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jul 30 at 18:42 YDK 21.7k

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Beis Shammai's dinar for kiddushin - philosophy?

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jul 1 at 18:26 Double AA♦ 32.9k

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Do you add in the “for all the Jews in this town” clause to Eruv Tavshilin?

food yom-tov tzibur-community motzi-yedei-chovato eruv-tavshilin

apr 15 '12 at 23:45 Menachem 21.4k

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How is an eruv string usually attached to a lechi (pole/upright)?

product-recommendation eruv-chatzerot architecture-design

mar 19 '12 at 13:22 Eytan Yammer 974

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Which communities accept sheitels (wigs) as adequate hair coverings for married women?

women tznius-modesty hair hair-covering

mar 8 '12 at 6:54 Adam Mosheh 2,486

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When did Achashverosh stop rounding up fair maidens?

history women purim megillat-esther malchut-royalty

mar 1 '12 at 17:13 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Do married men stop saying a bracha on their tallit katan?

blessing marriage tallit-gadol men-male tallit-katan

feb 12 '12 at 7:25 HodofHod 12k

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How do those rabbis opposed to the RCA (“Rabbi Willig's”) prenup feel about the Nachlas Shiva document?

marriage choshen-mishpat-civil-law

jan 27 '12 at 6:45 Community♦ 1

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What did a “don't-issue-rulings” semicha (ordination) look like?

halacha rabbis posek-psak-decisor-ruling moshe-feinstein semicha

dec 15 '11 at 15:28 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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Whose semicha (ordination) was the last one signed/granted by Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveichik? By Rabbi Moshe Feinstein?

history rabbis moshe-feinstein soloveitchik semicha

dec 15 '11 at 15:28 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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Was Rabbi Moshe Feinstein ever formally ordained? (Given semicha?)

history rabbis moshe-feinstein semicha

dec 15 '11 at 15:28 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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When saying the Mi SheBerach prayer for a sick amputee, do you say “for his 248 limbs”?

number tefilla medicine choleh-sick gabbai

aug 30 '11 at 18:06 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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