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Who is "us" in Genesis 1:26 if God is one?

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Examples of considerations when bringing gifts to religious Jews

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Wedding Rings on Yom Kippur?

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Kiddush on Yom Kippur

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Who was the first person to repent?

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Source of phrase "tizkeh l'mitzvos"

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Customary foods for the erev Yom Kippur meal(s)

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Teshuva and non-Jews?

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How many stars did Rashi think there were?

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Did the Rambam believe in magic?

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Blowing a Shofar at night

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Using money on Shabbat

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Custom of groom stepping on bride's foot?

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How do the Dead Sea Scrolls of Isaiah compare with today's version?

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Do Jewish people have a collection of books which are the equivalent of the Christian Old Testament?

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Why did Rachel die from Jacob's curse?

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Marrying a wife that is older than you?

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Halachic/sociological basis to support the split-apart beds for a nida couple?

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What happens at an Orthodox Bat Mitzvah?

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Hotels, electronic keys, and shabbat

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How are we supposed to interpret "Derech eretz kadma l'Torah"?

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Are Muslims considered gentiles? [closed]

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Why do some people wear their tzitzis out for people to see, and others don't?

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Is Islam Avodah Zara?

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Where to put a mezuzah if there's no doorpost on the outside of the door?

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Can you fast for half a day?

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Is Astral Projection allowed in Judiasm and Halachah?

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Why God refers to Deer and Gazelle on Eating without sacrificing?

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Does Ma'aser need to be given on gifts?

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Ashkenazim drinking from the glass in non-kosher restaurants

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When is it acceptable for a non-Jew working towards Orthodox conversion to grow peyot?

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If Moses wrote the Book of Job, was he Job's contemporary and writing history or is the Book an inspirational work of fiction?

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Powdered Milk - Chalav Yisroel

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How do I build a cheap metal pole sukkah?

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Rav Moshe Feinstein's opinion on the State of Israel

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How did Rivka get married when she was three years old?

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What exactly do the Noahide Laws establish regarding the Gentiles' sexual conduct?

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Witnesses and the Ketubah

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Why is breast milk considered parve?

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