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42 questions linked to/from Avot keeping Mitzvot
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Yaakov Marrying Two Sisters [duplicate]
According to those that say the Avos kept the Torah beforehand (here), how was Yaakov allowed to marry two sisters?
(Yes, I'm aware that there are many answers)
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Did the Avos light the menorah? [duplicate]
The Gemara Yoma 28b says that Avraham Avinu kept the whole Torah including Eruv Tavshilin. We see that Avraham kept the Rabbinic laws. Does this mean he lit the Menorah as well?
אמר (רב) ואיתימא רב ...
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Avraham Kosher for Pesach Mustard [duplicate]
Seeing that Avraham served the angels mustard on Pesach (Bava Metzia 86b),
ולמה לי תלתא תסגי בחד אמר רב חנן בר רבא כדי להאכילן שלש לשונות בחרדל
אמר רבי תנחום בר חנילאי לעולם אל ישנה אדם מן המנהג ...
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Abraham and Matzah [duplicate]
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Avot keeping Mitzvot
According to some traditions, Abraham was completely Torah observant. Would this include the mitzvah of eating matzah? Or participating in the seder? ...
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Yaakov mourning Yosef vs. Yaakov keeping the mitzvos [duplicate]
Rashi (to Bereishis 32:5) says that Yaakov kept the Torah in Lavan's house. Ramban (to 26:5) says that he only kept it inside Eretz Yisrael. Gur Aryeh (to 32:4 and 46:10) says he kept the Aseh's but ...
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Getting body piercings
The Torah prohibits, generally, the infliction of a wound on yourself or someone else. See Lev. 19:28. The obvious exception is the commandment to perform a bris millah (circumcision) on a male ...
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If Jews don't eat cheeseburgers, why did Abraham serve a calf with milk?
Genesis 18:8 (JPS):
And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Looks like Abraham and 3 ...
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"עם לבן גרתי"? Really? "עם לבן ברתי" maybe
Rashi brings a gematria at the beginning of Parshas Vayishlach:
גרתי בגימטריא תרי"ג, כלומר, עם לבן הרשע גרתי, ותרי"ג מצות שמרתי, ולא למדתי ממעשיו הרעים
Now, if one takes this literally, it is ...
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Why aren't Purim and Channuka considered a violation of לֹא תֹסִפוּ?
It says in Devarim 4:2:
לֹא תֹסִפוּ עַל הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִצְוֹת יְ־הֹוָ־ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם
Translated:
Do ...
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Why did Avraham wait to have a bris?
Chazal tells us (Midrash Rabbah Bereishis 64:4 and 95:3; Yoma 28b, based on. Gen. 26:5; Kiddushin 82a) that the Patriarchs observed the mitzvahs before they were given. But Avraham did not circumcize ...
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Is it permissible for a Jewish woman to marry a Muslim man and vice versa?
As both Abrahamic religions, Islam and Judaism have the same God and share a common law then how do rabbis see the marriage of a Jewish woman marrying a Muslim man and vice versa? What about their ...
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Who performed the bris of Abraham?
It is clear that Abraham understood the Torah, and that he waited to enact his bris until commanded, but who performed it? Did he do it himself, or was someone else instructed to do it, to serve in ...
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Can Jews eat hunted animals?
Are Jews allowed to eat hunted animals? That means the animals are dead before getting their necks cut.
I do not think that a large proportions of ancient Jews were hunters, but I would be surprised ...
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Justification for Killing all of Shechem
What was the justification for Shimon and Levi's killing all the males of Shechem in parshas Vayishlach?
I assume some people there were not in a position to prevent what happened or that their ...
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Yeshivat Sheim v'Eiver
Assuming that our patriarchs Abraham Isaac and Jacob spent time learning in the House of Study of Sheim v'Eiver, the descendents of Noach, what were they learning? The seven commandments of the ...
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