Questions tagged [history]
Questions related to how something was in the past, and how it's developed since then.
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Why is learning Torah today harder than 1000 years ago? [closed]
Why did Hashem make it harder for this generation to learn Torah, rather than making it equal for every generation? We have all these distractions like tv or games.
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What's the origin of the name "Jew"?
Why are we called "the Jews"? Did Hashem pick out this name for us? What does the word "Jew" mean?
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The Inquisition [closed]
What was the reason of the Inquisition, who started it, and did it do what it was supposed to do?
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Author of Nishmat kol chai
Who is the author of the prayer "Nishmat kol chai" which is said on Shabbat, Yom Tov, and during the great Hallel at the Seder?
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Why Daniel is not Among the Prophets?
If Daniel was one of the Prophets, I do not understand why he is not counted among the Prophets.
Why is his book among the Ketuvim and not Neviim?
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What's in the new bit of Jerusalem Talmud?
I just read a news story about a newly discovered sentence-long fragment of the Jerusalem Talmud that apparently resolves a previously unintelligible section of Tractate Bikkurim.
Does anyone know ...
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Did Rav Moshe Feinstein pronounce his last name "Feinstain" or "Feinsteen"? [closed]
And, as a follow-up, does having the answer to this question dictate how we should say it?
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Anyone know anything about Shlomo Kluger Yeshiva?
A friend of mine said his great-grandfather taught at a yeshiva in New York called Mesivta/Yeshiva Shlomo (Solomon) Kluger. I've heard of Rabbi Shlomo Kluger, and assume this institution was named in ...
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Were the people of Chelm really unintelligent? [closed]
There are many stories that are told over about the people who lived in Chelm. They all have the theme of: the people in Chelm were fairly unintelligent. Where did this come from? Is it true? It ...
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Archeological proof of Exodus?
Is there empirical proof that the exodus from Egypt and related happenings (like Har Sinai etc) did in fact occur (i.e: Archeological proof)?
I believe in the Torah, but how would you prove to someone ...
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What went down in 1666 before Shabtai Tz'vi's apostasy?
It seems agreed upon that one or more representatives from Lvov traveled to either investigate, visit or out Shabtai Tzvi in 1666 when he was still claiming to be the mashi'ach. Immediately following ...
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Why isn't the book of the Maccabees part of the Jewish canon?
I believe they are in the Christian canon... why not Jewish?
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When did the practice of lighting flames for Chanuka begin?
It seems clear from the G'mara that the institution of Chanuka as a holiday began the year immediately following the seminal story - with praising of God and commemorating miracles, but there is no ...
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