Alex

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Graduate of Beis Medrash Oholei Torah and "Seven Seventy"; now a בעל הבית with ריחיים בצוארו but still trying to be עוסק בתורה

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Why is Hashem's name attached to only some of His accomplishments in Tehillim 146?

parshanut-torah-comment tehilim-psalms

jun 12 '12 at 0:45 b a 7,724

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What was the purpose of Nachshon's sin-offering?

jun 3 '12 at 2:03 Menachem 21.4k

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Can a kohen be a mamzer?

halacha kohen-priest mamzer

sep 27 at 16:38 b a 7,724

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Prediction of the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash - seemingly out of place

parshanut-torah-comment beis-hamikdash churban-destruction bechukosai

may 21 '12 at 17:11 Shalom 57.5k

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Why is “Kedoshim tihyu” (Lev. 19) interposed between the chapters about illicit relations?

parshanut-torah-comment parashas-kedoshim

may 3 '12 at 3:05 Fred 4,052

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Connection between the metzora's purification and the Four Species of Sukkos?

parshanut-torah-comment lulav-etrog-arba-minim tzaraas-negaim parashat-metzora

may 6 '12 at 21:08 Menachem 21.4k

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Why no procedure with birds, etc., for clothing tzaraas?

clothing tzaraas-negaim parashat-metzora

apr 29 '12 at 5:14 msh210♦ 26.3k

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190

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Why, in double parshiyos, are the aliyos not simply combined in pairs?

torah-service parsha-torah-portion

may 9 '12 at 4:46 Double AA♦ 32.9k

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Halachic sources on business ethics in a globalized industry?

halacha geography business dina-dmalchusa-dina

mar 15 '12 at 4:23 Shmuel Brin 15.1k

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Why not “Where is Achashverosh in the Torah”?

parshanut-torah-comment talmud-gemara megillat-esther

mar 5 '12 at 5:46 msh210♦ 26.3k

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“A life for a life”: execution or reparations

parshanut-torah-comment murder torts-damages maseches-sanhedrin

may 7 '12 at 22:49 Double AA♦ 32.9k

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How does a door hit against a lintel (משקוף)?

rashi etymology architecture-design

mar 15 '12 at 7:54 Community♦ 1

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Jewish names commonly used in a different form than found in Tanach

halacha tanach names pronunciation spelling-variants

jun 5 '12 at 6:35 msh210♦ 26.3k

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Rashi's proof of the timing of Yisro's conversation with Moshe about judges

parshanut-torah-comment rashi parashas-yisro yisro--the-man

feb 12 '12 at 18:10 msh210♦ 26.3k

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In what way are mushrooms considered “non-nutritive”?

food agriculture science

apr 23 '12 at 14:03 Gershon Gold 58k

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Why only beginning with the fourth plague is the exemption of the Jews mentioned?

parshanut-torah-comment am-yisrael-jewish-nation bo plagues-makkos va-eira

jan 22 '12 at 23:15 jake 16.2k

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Why are none of the Pharaohs in the Torah identified by name?

parshanut-torah-comment names tanach egypt malchut-royalty

jan 27 '12 at 16:39 Menachem 21.4k

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160

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Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?

food derech-eretz-manners edim-witnesses

dec 16 '11 at 16:02 Gershon Gold 58k

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115

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Why is המחזיר אבידה לכותי singled out?

gentiles talmud-gemara

aug 13 at 23:24 Community♦ 1

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Description of what Yaakov's sons plundered from Shechem

words army-military-war vayishlach

dec 9 '11 at 5:24 jake 16.2k

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175

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Why is this not a valid way of evading the prohibition of ribbis?

lending-interest-ribbis business

may 9 '12 at 5:00 LazerA 2,732

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181

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How is a heter iska made to work with a non-business loan?

money lending-interest-ribbis legal-documents

may 8 '12 at 4:30 Ze'ev Felsen 1,651

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Why were the prophecies of Eliyahu and Elisha not written as separate books?

tanach books-generally navi-prophets

nov 17 '11 at 1:26 Alex 64.1k

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171

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Retention of urine causing infertility?

medicine science

nov 15 '11 at 22:33 josh waxman 7,278

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146

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Can a Noachide continue to believe in religious tenets that are against the Torah?

gentiles theology

jan 18 at 16:14 wfb 1,200

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397

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Why does the Hebrew alphabet not have letters representing vowels?

hebrew hashkafah-philosophy aleph-bet-letters

oct 2 '11 at 4:03 YDK 21.7k

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Looking for biographical information about R. Avraham Halevi Fattal

history rabbis sephardi-mizrachi-eastern

mar 16 '12 at 16:03 msh210♦ 26.3k

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353

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What is the oldest manuscript of Torah Shebaal Peh?

history books-generally talmud-gemara text oral-torah

nov 14 '11 at 23:05 msh210♦ 26.3k

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166

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How “with” the congregation do you have to be in order to say the 13 Divine Attributes (middos)?

minyan selichot tachanun

mar 24 at 22:15 David Perlman 1,199

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When a goel (close relative) redeems property, who actually takes possession?

halacha transactions real-estate

may 17 '11 at 21:44 msh210♦ 26.3k