Questions tagged [men-male]
Questions specifically pertaining to men.
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What should a Jew do if he got a non-Jew pregnant?
This is NOT a situation that I or anyone I know is facing. It is hypothetical.
Imagine that a Jewish man impregnates a gentile woman. The woman refuses to convert. Which (if any) of the following ...
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Men and women swimming together [duplicate]
Is there any issue with men and women swimming togther in the same swimming pool if all people are covered properly with coverups and married womens hair is covered etc? If its not allowed what are ...
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Why does Hizkiya say that old men are a burden while old women are an asset, and would this apply today?
The Gemara in Arakhin 19a quotes Hizkiya, who explains why the value of a man decreases more with age than a woman's value decreases:
אמר חזקיה אמרי אינשי סבא בביתא פאחא בביתא סבתא בביתא סימא בביתא
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Does difference in population of men and women create problems?
How does Judaism view the sexual demography of the world in terms of that principle that each one must seek a partner in order not to feel alone as determined by God in Genesis?
I know that various ...
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Attire in the men's mikveh
I think the shulchan aruch says that when going down to bath in the river he should cover his erva and when coming up to get dressed he shouldnt (I think) so people don't think he is embarassed of his ...
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Men going shirtless [duplicate]
I know the question has been asked before, but Im still looking for more info. Other questions and answers focus on the permisability of it. Im pretty sure its mutar, but wondering if its advisable.
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Should a man say a bracha if immersing in a mikvah?
Should a man say a bracha, according to halachic sources, when immersing in a mikvah? (since there is no obligation on him).
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Can men get a piercing?
Is an ear piercing begged isha? It’s very mainstream now to the point where I’m thinking that there’s a chance that it might be alright. Thoughts
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Is it assur to wear makeup as a Jewish man?
This might fall under lo yilbash, but at the same time the word “simlat” could exclude things like makeup and earrings. I quite honestly don’t know.
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Sources on adultery for a man
I haven't heard much discussion on adultery for a man. It seems the focus is on adultery of a woman, since she can't have more than one husband. A man however can have more than one wife. As well, ...
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Wearing a birthstone or simply a gemstone as a man
Is a birthstone or any gemstone for that matter kosher for a man to wear (e.g: around the neck) according to the Rabbis or is it prohibited as 'You shall not wear a woman's garment as that is a ...
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Why use a gendered MiShebeirach for sick people?
During leining, many synagogues have someone recite a prayer on behalf of sick people. The version I grew up with was for cholim (males) with the language including a reference to רמ"ח איבריו ושס"ה ...
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Kaddish: Men Before Women
Someone recently told me the Chida writes someone saying kaddish for a father has precedence before someone saying kaddish for a mother. Where is this Chida and what is the reasoning?
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Gender transition and divorce [duplicate]
If a married woman undergoes gender reassignment surgery(warning: explicit language is used) and hormonal treatments to become a male how would a halachic divorce be performed? Would one even be ...
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Tribal affiliation through the father
Which Tanakh verses support the halacha that tribal affiliation is transmitted through the paternal side?
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Reason for a Chanukah Minhag
Are there any authorities who suggest that the reason for the Minhag for women to avoid Melacha (creative work) while the Chanukah candles are lit is because we are worried they may come to use the ...
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When does "The House of Somebody" mean "The Women"?
When God gives the Torah to the Jews, He uses the following preamble (Ex 19:3):
וּמֹשֶׁה עָלָה, אֶל-הָאֱלֹקים; וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָיו ה', מִן-הָהָר לֵאמֹר, כֹּה תֹאמַר לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב, וְתַגֵּיד לִבְנֵי ...
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What was the size of the כָּתְנוֹת עוֹר?
What was the size of the כָּתְנוֹת עוֹר (garments of skins for Adam and his wife) (Genesis 3:21)?
By "size", I mean, was the garment just covering the area that an underwear would cover, or was it a ...
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Sleeping with feet uncovered for unmarried men
I was reading a book and the author mentioned as an example of someone being careful in Halacha that he "slept with his feet uncovered, as is the Halacha for unmarried men." I have never heard of this ...
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Men's Earth vs. Women's Bone
Someone recently mentioned to me that there is a Chazal saying אדם was created from עפר which gets hot quickly but doesn’t retain the heat too long, while women were created from bone which takes ...
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Help finding a chazal, could be עין יעקב
I was asked to find a maamar Chazal that contrasts the Gaava (haughtiness) a woman can have with that of a male talmid chochom. I am unclear which way they differentiate, i was told there's something ...
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Do men have more Chochma than women?
I've seen many blogs and other modern day books write that men have more Chochmah than women. Some examples:
A man’s forte is chochma, and a woman’s is binah.
Kabbalah teaches that men have more ...
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What is the source for men covering their heads? [duplicate]
I remember learning (but don't remember where) that men are required d'rabbanan to cover their heads at least when saying b'rachot, but practically speaking people just cover them all the time. (That ...
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Seven Sons equals Gan Eden?
Is there a source for the idea that a woman who has seven boys in row gets automatic entrance to Gan Eden?
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Why is kapparos gender specific while a Korban Chattas for an individual is a female?
There is a Minhag brought in SA OC here to take a chicken on Erev Yom Kippur & perform Kapparos with it. The custom is for a man to take a male chicken while a woman chooses a female chicken to ...
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Tzniut sources for men
Does anyone know halachic sources or books that discuss tzniut for men? Can a women see the chest of a man?legs etc? What books deal with these issues, If any?
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Is a man expected to be a virgin on the wedding night? [duplicate]
Just as the ketubah generally refers to a first time bride as a betulah (virgin), is any such language used to refer to a first time chosson?
Are any expectations of virginity placed upon the chosson ...
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Strictly speaking hilchos tznius for a man
Strictly speaking when going to play basketball, what must a man wear in regards to covering his body, I am asking because as I had learned a man has to cover from his breastbone to and including his ...
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Is there a prohibition against long hair for an Orthodox Jewish man?
Is there a prohibition against long hair for an Orthodox Jewish man? If there is, at what length? Past ears? Shoulder? At what point is it considered long hair?
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Would it be considered disrespectful to wear an Islamic styled cap as a Kippah?
I came into Judaism in college. I come from a Jewish family (my mother's side) but I was raised in a secular household after my mother married out of the religion. She was raised in a Jewish household ...
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Do any Gedolim forbid attending a sporting event?
Does a male violate any halacha in the Torah by watching a ball game at a sports stadium?
Are there any Gedolim that oppose going?
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Why don't men go to the mikveh after relations/ejaculation?
Wayikra 15:16-18
טז וְאִישׁ, כִּי-תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת-זָרַע--וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם אֶת-כָּל-בְּשָׂרוֹ, וְטָמֵא עַד-הָעָרֶב. 16
יז וְכָל-בֶּגֶד וְכָל-עוֹר, אֲשֶׁר-יִהְיֶה עָלָיו שִׁכְבַת-...
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If a man gave 'mishloach manot' on Purim to a woman, did he fulfull the mitzvah?
In the Shulchan Aruch 695, the Rema states that a man should not send manot to a woman to avoid the problem of safek kiddushin. If he did send the gift to a woman (and suppose that was the only gift ...
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Can men dress in tank tops? [duplicate]
Are men allowed to wear tank tops in public? If not, what are the specific laws of tzniut that men are bound by (with regard to dress)?
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How is אנדרוגינוס/Androgynus possible? [closed]
I was wondering, how is the case of אנדרוגינוס possible. Isn't the person a male if he has the אבר המין הזכרי?
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Men need to get married before 24?
This (below) audio lecture has 2 rabbis say that halahikly a man need to marry by 24 years old
Is this true?
What might be there source?
http://www.endthemadness.org/audio/TND_Endthemadness.mp3
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Dyeing Hair for Men
Are men permitted to dye their hair with products such as "Just for Men"? Since these products are made for men specifically, would potential prohibitions of beged isha no longer apply?
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Walking between women
Regarding 'walking between women', I have an especially hard time with this in shul when i come out of the room we daven in into the hallway. It is difficult to go by without waiting for them which is ...
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Is there a minhag or halacha that states that men and women should be buried in separate cemetery plot areas?
I visited a cemetery yesterday and noticed that most of the rows of plots had double graves where husband and wife were buried next to each other. However, some of the rows had only men while the ...
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Implications of gradual gender change at age 12
In the village of Salinas, Dominican Republic, about 2% of the females (as determined by external genitalia) gradually morph into males at age 12.[1][2]
If such a child was Jewish and accepted as ...
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What is the role of a husband in a marriage according to Jewish thought?
What does the Torah, encompassing all of the Jewish works, say about the duties and responsibilities of a husband? I would like some sources on the matter.
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Did men wear veils in Tanach?
Besides Moshe is there any record of any other male wearing a veil or other face covering in tanach?
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Is there an obligation for men and women to sit separately at a simcha?
Rav Binyamin Kamentzky, whom I recently saw, told me that until about 30 - 25 years ago, it was very common for men and women to sit together at weddings, Bar Mitzvah and other seudei mitzvah run by "...
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Do any halachot change for a eunuch?
Do any halachot change if a man becomes (or is born) a eunuch? For example is he rabbinically allowed to listen to a woman's singing voice or be exposed to other sexually stimulating things if he is ...
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Receiving an Aliyah/Dukhening While Wearing a Catheter
Can a man wearing a catheter Dukhen (say the priestly blessing) or get an Aliyah?
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The catheter drains urine through tubing to a bag attached to the body. Everything is hidden ...
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Halachically, why are men allowed to use urinals?
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayyim 3:13:
לא ישתין מעומד, מפני ניצוצות הניתזין על רגליו, אם לא שיעמוד במקום
גבוה, או שישתין לתוך עפר תחוח פירוש, קרקע שאינה בתולה, אלא כגון של
ארץ חרושה).
One ...
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Difference in law between male and female adultery [duplicate]
If a man has an extramarital affair he may continue to sleep with his wife whereas if a woman has an extramarital affair she may no longer stay married. There are other differences as well which are ...
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Masculine Terms applied to God
Since ancient Israel was a patriarchal society, does that mean that the intermediary humans that wrote the Tanach were inclined to apply masculine aspects to God because men were dominant in those ...
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Can someone have a soul of the opposite gender?
Inspired by this question: Prayer for changing name for transgender reasons?
While the subject of transgender individuals has been discussed, I was wondering if it is possible, from a hashkafic sense,...
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Why do men say Shelo Asani Isha, and women say Sheasani Kirtzono?
What is the reason behind, men saying שלא עשני אשה and women saying שעשני כרצונו in בּרכת השחר?
Does it mean that men are 'better' than women, as women don't say שלא עשני איש which would make sense? ...
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