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| bio | website | schnittblox.com |
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| location | United States | |
| age | 35 | |
| visits | member for | 3 years, 5 months |
| seen | Apr 22 at 14:08 | |
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Feb 21 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 19 |
comment |
About what were rabbis ahead of the times? @msh210: like I said, it's a bit of numerology. I guess you have to think of some unique naming system, so permutations of the alphabet seems as good as any. |
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Dec 18 |
answered | About what were rabbis ahead of the times? |
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Dec 9 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jun 20 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Feb 24 |
answered | How did the moon shrink? |
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Feb 24 |
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How did the moon shrink? Yes, if the moon were at the L2 Lagrange point, it would always be full, while if it were at L1, it would always be new. While it is impossible to remain exactly at these points, since they are dynamically unstable, we have put satellites around L2 in special "halo orbits" that are relatively stable. |
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Feb 6 |
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What to do with the candles during Havdalah My favorite explanation is that it hearkens back to Adam and Eve, who were given "kitonet or," which is darshened as "clothes of light" but there is also a medrash that says they originally were covered in hard armor scales like fingernails, and after the cheit we given the soft skin we have today. By inspecting our fingernails, we are reminded of the first Shabbat and Motzei Shabbat. |
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Feb 6 |
asked | Why don't we name children Yitro? |
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Dec 23 |
accepted | When do you say a beracha on a minhag? |
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Dec 21 |
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When do you say a beracha on a minhag? I agree, but that doesn't warrant a down-vote, but I think rather a non-vote. |
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Dec 21 |
asked | When do you say a beracha on a minhag? |
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Dec 9 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 2 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Nov 22 |
revised |
How long does one say Kaddish for a parent? fixed typo |
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Nov 21 |
accepted | What makes something “chukat goyim?” |
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Nov 21 |
accepted | Is it considered stealing to look at mi.yodeya while at work? |
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Nov 21 |
accepted | Hard Yeshivish phrases to translate |
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Nov 21 |
asked | How long does one say Kaddish for a parent? |
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Sep 19 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
