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.ויהי בארבעה ועשרים שנה ואני בתוך הגולה על נהר הדסן
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May 21 |
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General understanding of Kri and Ktiv +1 Very Informative. Also relevant to this question, for which I wrote a much less-informed answer. |
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May 13 |
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Why are there no special mitzvahs of Shavuos Alex, I haven't had the chance to welcome you back yet, so WELCOME! Great to see you around again. |
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May 10 |
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Is Exercise on Shabbos Allowed? @AdamMosheh, No, I've long forgotten about this. Although this is probably based on what I remembered reading in R' Ribiat's "39 Melachos", I don't have it with me currently. I will look at it when I have the chance. For now, though, see Shulchan Aruch (OC 301:1-2) and Mishna Berurah there (301:7). |
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Apr 30 |
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Is there any evidence that Rabbi Akiva's students fought alongside Bar Kochba? @BruceJames, No problem. If you read the post in the link, you'll see that Avraham Korman in his Pinu’ach Aggadot (pp. 190-210) cites others (not R. Dunner) that tie the death of the talmidim of R. Akiva to the rebellion of Bar Kochba and he goes further to explain the connection between this and Rashbi and other minhagim of Sefirah. I would be very interested to see what Rabbi Korman has to say, but his book seems to be not available online. |
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Apr 29 |
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Should the Ten Tribes observe Chanuka and Purim? @Dan, First of all, I'm not convinced Rambam believes in the redemption of the Ten Tribes. Second, וימי הפורים האלה לא יעברו מתוך היהודים, (emphasis added). |
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Apr 29 |
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Should the Ten Tribes observe Chanuka and Purim? @Dan, To me it looks like it reinforces the question. |
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Apr 29 |
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Should the Ten Tribes observe Chanuka and Purim? @DoubleAA, I thought about including T"B in this question, but assumed that would be cut down by the argument that the only basis for this question is a Messianic era, in which case the observance of T"B (and potentially, the downfall of the Northern Kingdom) would anyways be irrelevant. Purim and Chanuka, on the other hand, arguably are included in the Messianic calendar. |
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Apr 28 |
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One Challah or Two? related (and the question there kind of answers this one): judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/1055/… |
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Apr 28 |
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Why celebrate Lag Ba'Omer on the 33rd according to the MaHaRIL? @shulem, That was my point. That if the first day of Pesach was Shabbat, that the other seven shabbatot would be not included in the Pesach count. But that was before I realized that we're the eighth day of Pesach as well, in which case we anyways have a problem. |
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Apr 28 |
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Why celebrate Lag Ba'Omer on the 33rd according to the MaHaRIL? Unless the first day of Pesach was Shabbat... |
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Apr 25 |
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Source for Rav Avraham Yosef's ruling on Ba'alei Teshuva Also see this blog post by Marc Shapiro, in section 3. |
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Apr 25 |
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Is there any evidence that Rabbi Akiva's students fought alongside Bar Kochba? @SethJ, What is your source for R' Akiva being 30 before the Hurban? |
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Apr 25 |
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Rambam and Eliyahu Hanavi and Mosiach hebrewbooks.org/… |
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Apr 24 |
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Responding to “that's not a Jewish name” "Neither is < insert non-jewish sounding name of famous Jewish person here>" e.g. Miller, Mason, etc. |
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Apr 18 |
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Do men on the women's side count toward a minyan? And even if they don't count as a minyan, are they considered as having prayed with a minyan? |
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Apr 18 |
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Why did Noach curse Canaan and not Cham? @AL, And why do you suppose Noah cursed Canaan? |
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Apr 17 |
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What about the Kohen? Nice idea. It has a source, too: Bamidbar Rabbah (end of parsha 11). [Available in pdf or plain-text.] |
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Apr 16 |
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Is free will limited to humans? scribd.com/doc/136345466/Sins-of-the-Fauna |
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Apr 16 |
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What was so good about Naamah the Ammonite? @vulcandeathgrip, No one said they were righteous. The Talmud says that they were "good birds", or "two grafts (בריכות)". What that means is up for interpretation. |
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Apr 15 |
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Talmud comes from Har Sinai? "Wow", said Rabbah bar bar Channah, as his teacher relayed to him what would be the future TB Bava Basra 73-75, "I am going to get up to some pretty weird stuff, it seems." |
