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How does an engaged person find a chosson/kallah (pre-marriage) class teacher?

marriage chinuch-education

jul 16 '10 at 17:09 Shalom 57.3k

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At what point was it recommended to have a separate kosher certifier (mashgiach) for local Jewish businesses?

feb 28 at 20:35 Bruce James 3,498

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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue?

halacha clothing wedding minhag

dec 26 at 19:12 anna morel 1

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Do we know anything else about the calculus problem solved by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein?

history moshe-feinstein mathematics

dec 19 at 3:18 yydl 16.3k

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What does the Bible mean by “those that urinate against the wall” in I Samuel 25:22?

hebrew tanach targum-translation samuel-shmuel-book-of

dec 2 at 0:44 Judith Schaefer 9

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Which rabbi said “if a horse had the mind of Kant …”?

hashkafah-philosophy sources-mekorot rabbis mussar-ethics quotations

oct 23 at 14:50 Isaac Moses 16.3k

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Original source for Maharil endorsing tunes as “MiSinai”?

minhag history music

oct 12 at 14:43 Shalom 57.3k

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In Kaddish — what consolation can we offer G-d?

tefilla theology mourning-aveilus kaddish

sep 16 at 14:11 Ze'ev Felsen 1,642

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Moving muktza garbage cans?

halacha shabbat muktzeh

jun 17 '12 at 16:04 HodofHod 12.1k

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Where is the story of the medieval rabbi who ruled a fish was non-kosher because of his dream?

halacha kashrut-kosher fish sleep

may 1 '12 at 14:36 HodofHod 12.1k

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Pronunciation of משנה הלכות

hebrew grammar-dikduk jewish-books pronunciation

apr 11 '12 at 20:30 Community♦ 1

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What's the best way to make wick-and-oil work for Chanukah?

chanuka product-recommendation menora-chanukia lighting

apr 1 '12 at 18:31 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Sources for Hassidic views on marital celibacy/asceticism?

history marriage chasidut-hasidism sexuality

mar 9 '12 at 17:52 mochin rechavim 1,367

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Machine shmurah whole-wheat matza?

food passover product-recommendation health-safety-shmira matzah

feb 17 '12 at 18:08 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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What is the greatest number of pages (daf) you can go in the Babylonian Talmud without encountering Abayei or Rava?

number names rabbis talmud-bavli

feb 12 '12 at 16:16 msh210♦ 26.2k

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How does Judaism regard the different denominations of Christianity vis-a-vis Avoda Zara?

avodah-zarah christianity

jan 13 '12 at 22:36 Community♦ 1

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Is there a problem with women wearing red clothing?

halacha clothing tznius-modesty color

dec 21 '11 at 9:41 Shmuel L 2,958

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Are there any eruvs that include both sides of a US Interstate Highway?

shabbat geography eruv-chatzerot

nov 25 '11 at 18:31 msh210♦ 26.2k

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How is “Jerusalem” pronounced when reading a Ketubah?

wedding eretz-yisrael hebrew

nov 11 '11 at 14:02 Community♦ 1

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What did Sephardic Jews do when yibum required taking a second wife?

history marriage sephardi-mizrachi-eastern yibum-chalitza-levirate

nov 10 '11 at 21:39 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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How and when did the word “Kollel” come to mean “an institution for paying scholars to study Torah”?

history hebrew etymology language yeshiva-school

sep 21 '11 at 22:36 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Can a man fulfill his obligation by listening to a woman's Birchos HaShachar?

tefilla blessing women motzi-yedei-chovato

sep 20 '11 at 7:01 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Is B'rich Shmei said while the Torah sits in the Aron, or as it's held (by whom?)

tefilla torah-service chazzan-prayer-leader opening-the-ark

sep 14 '11 at 14:47 msh210♦ 26.2k

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Can an immersion heater be used to kasher a sink? Does anyone have experience with this?

food kashrut-kosher passover product-recommendation kashering-kosherization

aug 19 '11 at 14:50 Dave 14.3k

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What does it mean to pray for the speedy reconstruction (תובב״א) of a city other than Jerusalem?

tefilla eretz-yisrael

aug 11 '11 at 1:26 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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Must I separate challah from pre-made dough?

halacha food separating-challah

jul 6 '11 at 18:32 Isaac Moses 16.3k

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Are there any halachic issues with cut flowers grown in Israel?

halacha eretz-yisrael agriculture

jul 5 '11 at 17:41 Gershon Gold 57.9k

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Did Rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ever meet in person? How many times?

history rabbis moshe-feinstein

may 19 '11 at 3:23 msh210♦ 26.2k

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What are the parameters for washing after excusing one's self in the middle of the meal?

netilat-yadayim-washing bathroom food

may 11 '11 at 14:05 אהרון מיכאל נחמן 66

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In the book of Esther, was Haman plotting to kill/overthrow Ahasueros?

parshanut-torah-comment tanach purim megillat-esther

mar 16 '11 at 3:31 Alex 64k

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