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Jewish law. Specifically, the legal process beginning with the written Torah and continuing through the Mishna, Talmud, and the legal codes (e.g., Rambam, Tur, Shulchan Aruch). // NOTE: Like Wikipedia, this site makes no guarantee of validity, and does not offer professional (particularly rabbinic) advice. Treat information from this site like it came from a crowd of your friends.
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In what ways sacrificing several birds interfere with Jewish's ritual?
The main reason the Jews fought the Empire was because they preferred liberty. The Great Revolt was only a century after the Romans conquered the Hasmonean Kingdom. The people still had some sense of …
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How would a Rabbinic Jew refute the Karaites' claims?
This is divided into two points: The impracticality of early Karaite halacha and the sources later Karaites use to explain the history of the movement.
1. … The impracticality of early Karaite halacha - early Karaite halacha was essentially a free-for-all, anything-goes sort of school of thought. …
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Why did HaShem allow Yeshayahu to serve naked?
Rabbi Yoel Bin Nun has a class on this subject, which I recommend listening to.
He explains that he disagrees with the Rambam's view in this case. Rambam's view has merit in places such as Avraham's m …
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Did the Kohen Gadol minister barefoot?
Just one example of many:
Shemot Rabbah 2:6
"וְכֵן הַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא שִׁמְּשׁוּ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ אֶלָּא יְחֵפִים."
Translation: And so also the kohanim only served in the Temple barefoot."
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Halachic status of Beefalo
I just learned of the existence of the beefalo:
I was wondering:
a. Is it considered Kil'ayim (a forbidden hybrid)?
b. Is it kosher, that is, can it be slaughtered and eaten (I think this would mostl …
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Halachot Gedolot from Spain
According to David Cassel in his book "תשובות גאונים קדמונים", p. 4, there were two versions of Halachot Gedolot, one from Spain and one from France. The latter one was identified with Rabbi Yosef Tov …
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Photographing an Eclipse
In the site Din it says that one may photograph an eclipse for study but not for pleasure. They base this on Shevet Halevi, vol. 7, 134, Qs 6-9 and Shut Aveni Yishfeh, vol. 1, 151.
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Yaavetz regarding the story with Yehudis not happening on Chanuka
I tried searching for sources that directly answer this, but haven't managed to find any, which is why the following is a guess. The Yaavetz, as @JoelK commented, likely based his knowledge on Sefer Y …
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Masada - heroic martyrdom or immoral murder/suicide?
I've found that a few people have discussed the matter from a halachic perspective:
Rabbi Shlomo Goren wrote an essay on the subject, called "The Heroism of Metzada in Light of the Halacha". … That though what the zealots did in Metzada was per halacha, it wasn't per our halacha. …
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The Great War in Contemporary Acharonic Thought
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook wrote a work on the War called "Orot Hamilchamah" (Lights of War) or just "Hamilchamah" (the War). In the work, he explains what brings nations to war and what are …
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How did Hannah dedicate Samuel in 1 Samuel 1:11?
Good question!
The Radak on the verse asks this same question but doesn't know how to explain this.
The Remez wrote (better quality text brought here but mistakenly cited as Nedarim 9:5 instead of Naz …
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Is cutting corners in the Temple allowed?
Last week I went on an archeology studies field trip from my university. We toured parts of the City of David and around and under the Kotel. It turns out that the bottom-most blocks that form the bas …
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Would a conversion witnessed by three Jewish sheidim be approved?
overturned because one stops keeping halacha). … Bottom line, Jewish shedim are, apparently, inherently Jewish, though they may transgress halacha sometimes5 (as do most other people). …
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IDF ceremony on the Temple Mount
Last year someone sent me this video. It shows an IDF "misdar", a kind of military formation/inspection/ceremony (not really sure how to translate it) on the Temple Mount after it was freed from the J …
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How and why does a Jubilee year cause Rosh Hashanah to take place on the 10th day of the month?
According to Menachem Zohari in his series of books on the sources of Rashi's commentary on Tanach, "Mekorot Rashi", in the book on Yechezkel, Rashi's sources for this commentary are:
The Talmud in E …
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