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Best way to explain to my boss that I cannot attend a team summit because it is on Rosh Hashana or any other Jewish Holiday

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Are there examples in Tanach of 3 or more parties having an ongoing conversation?

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What is a summary of basic Jewish metaphysics or theology?

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Shabbat clothing on shabbat chazon

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(Why) May a Beit Din refuse to bury a body in order to coerce a man into giving a divorce?

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How does one receive forgiveness from someone they have wronged after their death?

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Where in ש״ס who one find the adage, “He who suggests the idea should carry it out”?

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Source that you can't tell your wife not to lend to others

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May a man marry the women with whom he committed adultery?

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Can a bald person be a Nazir?

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answered Aug 13 at 21:32 Meir 2,185

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What did the Jews do all day in the desert for 40 years?

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Can an unintentional murderer leave Ir Miklat for Shalosh Regalim?

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Translate the beginning of the blessing “Asher Yatzar”

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Egalitarian references in Chazal

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Why is the talmud concerned about judges being swayed by each other only for capital cases?

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Legally speaking, do we really have so few friends?

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Understanding the reasoning for “be killed rather than kill”

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Why does the Mishneh Torah detail how to free a slave if it is forbidden?

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Why do we make a Brocho on Pidyon Haben

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modified Jul 31 at 1:29 פרי זהב 4,358

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Using hearing aids on the sabbath?

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Jewish married men and affair with non-Jewish women

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Is there an authoritative source on the similarities and differences of the denominations? [closed]

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Annulment of women's nedarim

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How to reduce Sinas Chinam

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Source for the lion as a symbol for divine judgement?

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Writing/buying Seforim rather than Sefer Torah

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How come the Rambam forbids picking up money found in the street?

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translate inscription on pendant [closed]

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How does one get an animal off of the Altar surreptitiously?

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How many sin-offerings are due for one who (unintentionally) sleeps with his mother while she's married to his father?

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Why does a “hung jury” have to go through the motions of persuading someone to change his vote, instead of just acquitting?

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What is my status with God?

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Where can I find Rav Kook's writing of this?

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What time of day was the world first created?

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Does one say “Shehecheyanu” on haadama fruit?

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“A y'vama acquires herself through chalitza”, really?

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If a condition to bury someone's body wasn't upheld, is one allowed to exhume the body?

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Is one liable for murdering after being sentenced to death?

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If Earth stopped rotating, would we keep Shabbos?

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When did G-d say to Yaakov that he will have 12 sons?

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What did G-d do before Creation?

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