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Yeshiva-educated college student.


May
20
answered Who is the author of Tehilim 137?
May
19
answered Where is there a good online source to check how often a word appears in Tanach?
May
19
revised Where is there a good online source to check how often a word appears in Tanach?
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May
19
revised Is it permissable to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
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May
19
comment Is it permissable to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
Additional details can be found at torahmusings.com/2010/11/umbrellas-on-shabbat, and an overview of the process by which this ruling was accepted can be found at torahmusings.com/2012/08/umbrellas-on-shabbos
May
19
comment Is it permissable to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
Reworded, but it is generally assumed to be prohibited in every community I've spent Shabbat, both in the US and Israel.
May
19
revised Is it permissable to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
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May
19
comment Is it permissable to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
I've heard various reasons mentioned, such as muktzah, melacha of creating an ohel, and simply minhag yisrael, but don't know of any definitive answer.
May
19
asked Is it permissable to use an umbrella on Shabbat?
May
19
comment Why did God take 7 days to create the world?
@Menachem - OK, good start.
May
19
revised Why did God take 7 days to create the world?
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May
19
revised Why did God take 7 days to create the world?
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May
19
comment Why did God take 7 days to create the world?
I assume there are midrashim and mefarshim that answer this question.
May
19
asked Why did God take 7 days to create the world?
May
17
revised According to Reform Judaism, should rabbis be allowed to have non-Jewish spouses?
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May
17
comment According to Reform Judaism, should rabbis be allowed to have non-Jewish spouses?
According to a Reform rabbi I asked, the Reform governing rabbinical body (CCAR) does not have such a policy, and if a rabbi marries a non-Jew after they have been ordained, they are not kicked out or barred from being a rabbi. But I was unable to find any official responsa or webpage with that policy.
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May
17
comment According to Reform Judaism, should rabbis be allowed to have non-Jewish spouses?
@IsaacMoses - I'm moving that information into a comment, since it does muddle the question a bit. I'm looking for answers with sources, not just articles that recapitulate the debate.