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May 2 |
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Why do the names of neviim change? What about Eliyahu being called Eliya? Mal'achi 3:23 (mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2403.htm) |
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May 2 |
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How to do Shnayim Mikra when the Aramaic Targum has multiple alternate wordings? Could you give examples of where this comes up? |
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Apr 30 |
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Shiv'a Ve'esrim - mi yodeya? I think you'll find that the significance of the sidereal month (or sidereal year for that matter) are that they are measured with respect to the stars. So although it is true that the revolution you speak of is that of the Moon around the Earth, its reference point (for determining when it gets back to where it started) is the starry sky. See: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sidereal |
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Apr 27 |
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Fast days and time zones Quoting from the same source: "If one flies eastward, from the U.S. to Israel on a fast day, one need not wait until the fast is over in New York, for the nightfall in Israel marks the end of the fast. On the other hand, what would the halacha be in the case where one flies eastward and crosses the date line in the middle of the day, (e.g. and 10 Teves becomes 9 Teves)?...Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg and Yisroel Vehazemanim opine, that one may eat as soon as he crossed the date line from 10 Teves to 9 Teves...Rav Elyashiv and Rav Chaim Kanievsky disagree..." They say no premature termination. |
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Apr 26 |
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shiduch date haircut during sefira Welcome to mi.yodeya, Pink_Hatted_Machur! |
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Apr 25 |
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Number of days of Creation That ניקוד (although I realize not the main point of your post) is blowing my mind. I think this gets back to the question of whether it is more appropriate to pronounce a person's name the way they would pronounce it or the way it is universally pronounced. See: mi.yodeya.com/questions/461/… |
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Apr 21 |
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Intentional Shilu'ach Hakan At the risk of being pedantic in a different way, Rav Chayim Kanievsky is quoted as saying, based on a Ra"n, that both are acceptable pronunciations. (Source: amazon.com/Shiluach-Hakan-Practical-Naftali-Weinberger/dp/…) |
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Apr 21 |
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Intentional Shilu'ach Hakan Even under the assumption that doing the act gains one great reward, which the Zohar and others identify as either bearing [more] children or lengthening one's life, it could still be the case that the act of taking the young should be followed up by putting them to good use rather than performing one requirement at the risk of transgressing another. |
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Apr 19 |
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What is the status of a pull-apart challah for “lechem mishneh”? Surely there are relevant mishnayos in Maseches Chala, where it talks all about large loaves of dough sticking together to be considered a single "batch" or "'isa". |
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Apr 19 |
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Is Hashem in time? Pio, this question is very vague. Would you care to explain what you mean? Am I "in time"? Is the shape circle "in time"? I can conceive of, think about, and deal with circle all with no relation to time whatsoever. If so, this is a pretty low threshold and many many things could be thought of as qualifying for it, including of course, Hashem. Please explain what you mean. |
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Apr 11 |
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Does one do aliya-ending notes when reading Torah in private? This sounds suspiciously like a "survey" (rather than definitive answer) question. |
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Mar 23 |
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Shiv'a - mi yodeya? Your #4 is almost equal in ambiguity to the pasuk. How many recoveries are there - 1 or 7? |
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Mar 19 |
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Arba'a - mi yodeya? I think you mean "rashei shanim". (hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=9&daf=2&format=pdf) |
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Mar 18 |
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Shelosha - mi yodeya? Hello Ariel. Welcome to mi.yodeya and thank you for your numerous and varied answers. Please consider registering your account by clicking "Register" and reap all the utility and benefits of being a registered mi.yodeya user. |
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Mar 16 |
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How do we know what the Chazzan should say aloud? On that last point, Rabbi Elchanan Adler(1) pointed out that in many piyutim(2) the "roles" of Leader and Follower are [intentionally] reversed or changed, so perhaps even those are not so reliable for anything more than boundary markers. (1) yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/728074/Rabbi_Elchanan_Adler/… (2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyut |
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Mar 16 |
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How do we know what the Chazzan should say aloud? Anecdotally, I believe the same is true of Philadelphia Yeshiva. |
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Mar 15 |
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Kosher accommodations in out-of-the-way US places What do you define as "non-urban" and what do you define as "vacation"? |
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Mar 3 |
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Oops, I just missed the siyum for Fast of the Firstborn Speaking of being pedantic, I don't think not fasting for b'chorim on erev Pesach is equivalent to "breaking" a fast. If I understand correctly, the practice of firstborns fasting codeveloped with the practice of them not fasting when involved in a s'udas mitzva. This could have a ramification for the "burden of heter" and thus the answer, but I am less sure about that. |
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Feb 26 |
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Are the names Akiva and Ya'akov related? How do we know that עקב in both instances is the same root without external evidence? What does the observation that they both married Rachels imply? Not to attack you, just wondering if you can recommend any sources of further information on the topic. |
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Feb 22 |
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Why are there colored splotches on the pages on many Jewish texts? Great question! |
