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May 3 |
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Does Judaism permit sexual relationships outside of marriage? This answer is basically an opinion. There are dubious claims about Judaism's supposed "special" view on sexuality, undefined jargon, no sources cited, and no acknowledgement that this is one opinion among many. The accepted answer above does a much better job of having a neutral point of view, academic perspective, and answering the question clearly. |
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May 3 |
awarded | Critic |
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May 1 |
answered | Source for story about R' Yishmael ben Elisha's mother? |
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Apr 9 |
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Meforshim Nick"names related question that has always bugged me: why can people say either "RaMBaM, RoSh, RaShaSh" etc. or "the RaMBaM, the RoSh, the RaShaSh" etc., but it's always just "RaShI" and never "the RaShI". Thoughts? |
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Apr 5 |
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Singular and plural language in Vaikra 10:1 I think Dan's got it - esh is a "mass noun" and so it would take a singular: "they lit fire in them [the pans] and they placed incense on it [the fire]". |
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Mar 31 |
answered | Source? The day you were born was the day Gd decided the universe could no longer exist without you |
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Mar 29 |
answered | What do you do with Kos Shel Eliyahu |
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Mar 4 |
answered | What Jewish References Exist of the Rise of Islam and Muhammad? |
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Mar 3 |
answered | Sifre Tora in boxes vs. in cloths |
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Feb 28 |
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What are some of the old commentaries prior to 1 BCE of the Torah? well, actually, @Ali, it is quite possible "to not have commentaries by respectable Rabbis before 1 BCE", for a very simple reason: there weren't really rabbis before then! Historically speaking, the structure of rabbinic Judaism began to emerge in the last century of the Temple period (which ended with the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE). The active creation and recording of rabbinic commentary and biblical interpretation really took off only afterwards, with the establishment of the academy at Yavneh. |
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Feb 11 |
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How sharp a corner for Tzitzit? A side note about the clothing: טגא appears to be the Roman toga (which actually was shaped like a half-moon), תובלא possibly the tebenna (another kind of toga), תיבלטירים possibly a corruption for פיבלטירים, i.e. fibulatorium (an outer cloak fastened at the shoulder with a brooch), תקרקים unclear, but some suggest saga nervica, another type of traveling cloak, בורסים the birrus (a thick woolen cloak) and בורדסים a Brundisian cloak. Apparently the Sifre is discouraging Jews from adopting Hellenistic dress; see, e.g., here: books.google.ca/… |
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Jan 24 |
answered | What is a good bilingual (English-Hebrew) concordance of the Tanakh and Talmud? |
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Jan 24 |
answered | Ostrich eggs in Shul? |
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Jan 23 |
answered | Is the tree of the field a man? |
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Jan 23 |
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Is Ahimsa related to Hamsa? Well, ahimsa is not a symbol - it is a theological/philosophical concept in Hinduism/Jainism/ Buddhism, with an established etymology as described above. Now, the concept of ahimsa is sometimes represented (mainly in Jainism) via a hand with the wheel of dharma in the middle. Visually, it is definitely similar to the hamsa, so I totally get where you're coming from. Unfortunately, I'm not enough of a scholar of Jainism to tell you when that symbol was adopted. Was it inspired by the hamsa? Possibly. Does it "come from" the hamsa? Most likely not. |
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Jan 22 |
answered | Is Ahimsa related to Hamsa? |
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Jan 20 |
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What are the symbols of the 12 tribes? fixed spelling |
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Jan 20 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jan 20 |
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What are the symbols of the 12 tribes? @DoubleAA you are absolutely right!!!! My apologies! I was being lazy and didn't bother to look up the correct vocalization. How embarrassing. I've fixed that... |
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Jan 18 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
