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21 questions linked to/from Halakhic International Date Line issues
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Shabbos in Tahiti [duplicate]
I have a friend who is interested in going to Tahiti for a weekend. I was wondering if there are any issues with the halachic dateline and if he would have to hold 2 days of shabbos.
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Keeping Two-day Shabbos in the Pacific Islands? [duplicate]
What's this I see about people in the Pacific Islands keeping two days of Shabbos? If it is true: Who, how, since when, and why?
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Implications of Samoa skipping a Friday
This week, the island of Samoa is switching time zones, causing it to skip from Thursday directly to Saturday. Out of simple curiosity, what implications might this have on any Jews on the island? ...
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Time Travel and Judaism
Has time travel ever been discussed before in terms of Judaism? According to Judaism would (should) it be possible to travel through time?
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Plural of "Nafka Minah"
(Inspired by HodofHod's commment here: Four Holy Cities)
What is the proper plural for the common Aramaic phrase Nafka Minah נפקא מינה which means something along the line of "practical differences"?
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Time for morning prayer when flying over Greenland and seeing the sun rise twice
Last year I flew from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles. The flight leaves at night (1am) and, in the winter, lands when it is still night (630am). However during the flight, over Greenland, one sees the sun ...
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Why does shabbat start at different times at different places? [closed]
Crossing a time zone does not conjure up a time warp, so how can it be Friday in one place, and Shabbat in another? It just doesn't seem possible.
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False portrayal on an anonymous Q&A site
If one posts a question on an anonymous Q&A website there is an assumption that other users either do not, should not, or need not know the identity of the person. Thus all interactions between ...
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Is there any evidence of time-zones in Talmud? (Tanaim and Amoraim only)
There are many verses in the Talmud, Midrash and Siddur that state that the sun and moon rise and set through gates in the firmament. This would imply that there are no time-zones. To this world view ...
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Call for Halachic Dateline Source(s)
OK, we've got some discussion going on about issues affecting life within the gray zone of the Halachic Dateline and the International Dateline, but what is the original source of such a concept, if ...
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Can you fly from American Samoa on Friday evening to Upolu? (30 minute flight, 24 hour difference)
Firstly I'd like to point out if you Google "Samoa" and "Shabbat" you would find many articles from 2011 that were referring to a time where Samoa changed the day of Saturday, it happened only once ...
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Mir Yeshiva and the Dateline
For a short while, the Mir Yeshiva was relocated to Kobe Japan at the outbreak of the Second World War. Since Japan is in question with the International Dateline how did the Rosh Yeshiva Pasken for ...
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What are the earliest starting and latest ending times for shabbat worldwide utc time?
I am writing an app and I want to block of one feature for the entire world for Shabbat.
What would be the earliest time for shabbat to start anywhere in the world during the shortest day of the year?...
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PTIJ: Can we change the liturgy for the day before the clock change? [closed]
The well-known custom for generations in holy congregations in the United States is to conclude services on the last Shabbat that's at least 27 days before Tekufat Nissan with the following formula, ...
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Holidays south of the equator
When Jews first started establishing communities south of the equator, they must have noticed that the holidays fell completely at the wrong times of the year. (For example, Pesach, referred to as hag ...
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