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May 1 |
answered | References for learning Aggada |
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Apr 30 |
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Is there a concept of “merit of the mothers”? @shulem People down vote an answer not just if it's wrong, but also if it's unhelpful. For most readers of this site an answer in hebrew just doesn't help them. I know it takes time to translate, but to be helpful you need to do it anyway. (Also to make your answers look nice, highlight the part you are quoting and click the button that looks like a " i.e. the quotation mark symbol.) |
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Apr 30 |
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Source for bechorot losing/reclaiming priesthood This is interesting to me because I heard that once they lost it it's over, that the bechorim will not get it back. |
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Apr 29 |
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What should I do if my synagogue faces away from Jerusalem? In London you should be facing South East, not just East. So the Aron on the north west is exactly opposite what it should be! Is the Aron built into the wall? Can you turn the whole shull around? For your second shull, don't face East, face South East, so you are not facing the toilets. In London, having the Aron be South is better than North, even if you can't have it face East. |
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Apr 28 |
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Not eating from the Lechem Mishnah This doesn't answer your question, but if you know before shabbos that you don't have a whole loaf, then you can briefly heat up the piece you have and it counts as newly baked and whole. |
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Apr 28 |
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Not eating from the Lechem Mishnah I hope this is what you meant - it was very confusing as written |
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Apr 26 |
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Why was the torah given on a mountain? Are you trolling? You're not sure what mount means? And can you source this novel definition of God's name? |
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Apr 26 |
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Can members of Hatzalah learn how to deliver a baby? Seems to me the opposite: Could someone possibly become a member of hatzalaha without learning how to deliver a baby???? I read over an EMT manual and there was a complete chapter on delivering a baby in there, I can't imaging you could become an EMT without learning that. |
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Apr 25 |
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Responding to “that's not a Jewish name” I think there are two reasons for someone to ask that: Either they are rude, or they want to know the origins of the name. So answer them in that light. If you think they are being rude, then just say "Ok". If you think they are curious about the name, then tell them it's from ...., etc. |
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Apr 24 |
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Is there a concept of time in Gan Eden and the world to come? So if someone is in Gan Eden for 2 years, this means they experienced a sequence of events lasting 2 years - but since there is no past/present/future this doesn't necessarily take up any time on our world because their experience did not necessarily occur at any particular moment in history - and at the same time it occurred at every moment in history. |
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Apr 24 |
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Is there a concept of time in Gan Eden and the world to come? There are 3 levels of time: Time where there is a past/present/future (our world). Time where there is no past/present/future - but things still happen in sequence i.e. cause precedes effect (the world to come as humans see it). And time where there is no sequence, and effect may precede cause (time as Hashem sees it). (Posted as a comment since I have no source other than my memory of class from a long time ago.) |
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Apr 23 |
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Why do plastic bags and not fuselages protect against impurity? Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/27872/… |
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Apr 23 |
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Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos Yes actually, carbon tastes good in water, sort of sweet. But in a filter the carbon is in the form of a solid block and stays in the filter, it doesn't really mix with the water, but rather the water passes through it. |
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Apr 23 |
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Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos No, no filter works like this. The water never has any "chomer" mixed into it. You may be thinking of Flocculation, but water filters don't work that way. In a water filter the water passes through the active material (usually, but not always, carbon) which kind of "glues" the impurities to the material (this is called Adsorption, with a d not a b). There's never a stage when anything is added. The more the water touches the active material, the more impurities get removed. Filters are made to slow down the water to give it time to touch a lot of the surface area and remove all the impurities. |
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Apr 23 |
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Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos BTW I'm not asking to be annoying - understanding the construction of the filter can help understand what exactly is happening to the water. |
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Apr 23 |
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Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos So what is this "chomer"? I've never heard of a filter with such a thing. Can you link to any examples? |
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Apr 23 |
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Using water filter/purification system on Shabbos Can you link to or show this filter? I've never heard of a filter like this. To filter water, the water has to flow through the filter, not just near it. |
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Apr 21 |
answered | What can be done with my annoying smoke detector on Shabbos? |
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Apr 19 |
answered | Is idolatrous belief forbidden for Jews, or is it just practice? |
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Apr 19 |
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Cooperating with the authorities on Shabbos I think you should behave as if they were not authorities - i.e. does the situation merit violating a Rabbinic or Torah prohibition based on the situation alone. The fact that they are authorities, and might even arrest you should change nothing. |
