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Yeshiva-educated college student.
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May 21 |
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General understanding of Kri and Ktiv Superb answer. I wish I could upvote it twice. |
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May 21 |
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food containers - why is hechser needed? Related: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/26655/… |
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May 21 |
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food containers - why is hechser needed? These links may be relevant: yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/742972/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/… and yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/737632/Rabbi_Jonathan_Feldman/… |
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May 21 |
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food containers - why is hechser needed? re Pesach: Which is an assumption I have no source for, other than the logic that we're extra careful on Pesach, so if these don't need a hechsher for Pesach, kal vachomer they won't need one for the rest of the year. |
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May 20 |
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Who is the author of Tehilim 137? @ShimonbM - Yes. If you click the link it should take you to that page. |
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May 20 |
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Was Rambam affected by Islam? EJ also mentions that Rambam explicitly refutes some Islamic religious conceptions. |
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May 20 |
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Was Rambam affected by Islam? Encyclopedia Judaica references "Ismaili Theology and Maimonides' Philosophy;" not sure where to find it. |
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May 20 |
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Was Rambam affected by Islam? "In a letter to his translator, Shemuʾel ibn Tibbon, he mentions his main philosophic sources: Aristotle, whose books are "the roots and foundations of all works in the sciences"; al-Fārābī, whose "writings are faultlessly excellent—one ought to study and understand them"; and the important commentaries on Aristotle by Alexander of Aphrodisias, Themistius, and Ibn Rushd (Averroës)." © Encyclopedia Judaica |
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May 20 |
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Was Rambam affected by Islam? Related article: jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/… |
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May 20 |
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Was Rambam affected by Islam? Wikipedia references "Stroumsa. Maimonides in his world: portrait of a Mediterranean thinker. Princeton University Press, 2009, p.65" |
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May 20 |
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Was Rambam affected by Islam? This article deals with the topic in depth: plato.stanford.edu/entries/maimonides-islamic (I may put it in an answer when I'm done reading it) |
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May 19 |
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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 |
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May 19 |
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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. |
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May 19 |
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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. |
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May 19 |
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Why did God take 7 days to create the world? @Menachem - OK, good start. |
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May 19 |
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Why did God take 7 days to create the world? I assume there are midrashim and mefarshim that answer this question. |
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May 17 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Apr 26 |
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Will prophecy return in the time of Mashiach? It doesn't have to be one of those three. I just thought those are the three most interesting possibilities. It could be something in between. |
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Apr 25 |
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Do men on the women's side count toward a minyan? I remember seeing in the Rambam that we include in the minyan one who davens in a smaller room that's attached to the main room. If I find the source I'll post it here. |
