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Questions asking for a recommended product, book, website, etc. Note that questions must have an objective answer; primarily opinion based questions are off-topic.

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Tribe of Dan Spartans?

I edited your question a little so it'd fit the site's format. Originally your question was whether they could have. Yes, technically anything is possible, so they could have. But is it plausible? Sig …
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Choose one of Rav Kook's books

I second @mbloch's suggestion for Orot as a book that gives an excellent overview of Rav Kook's hashkafa over a range of topics that were important to him. However, in terms of learning his learning s …
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Biography of Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak (Yishai) Chassidah

There's a little info on this site. I'll translate it into English: Rabbi Chassidah was born in Warsaw in 1910. When he was 14, he and his family made aliyah and settled in Haifa. Eventually he receiv …
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Qafih edition of Bustan al-Uqul Online?

The newer edition, also by Rabbi Qafich, is available for free in the site of the Genizah Project, here (the link takes you automatically to the Judeo-Arabic text. Just press on צילום מקור to go to th …
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Recommendation for learning Hilchos Shabbos with family

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's Peninei Halacha Shabbat in Hebrew is excellent and not hard to understand (the rest of the series is also easy to understand). We used to read parts of it on Shabbat at the tab …
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Torah Commentary of R. Nissim of Marseilles

His book Sefer Ma'aseh Nissim: Perush La'Torah can be viewed for free on the site of the National Library of Israel here.
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Jewish historical novels

I think a community wiki answer would be good for this question. Everyone, feel free to add your book recommendations. Rabbi Akiva: האסופי מנרבתא (The Foundling of Narbata) by Hadassah Klosch - Rabbi …
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Looking for a compilation of heresies

Is anyone aware of a book/essay/website/other that compiles all Chazalic sources that refer to heresies, heterodox ideas, minut, etc? Things such as the stories about Jesus, Mishna Megillah 4a, and so …
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Rashi with sources in context

There's Chumash Rashi Ha'Shalem by Mosdot Ariel (link). Also available on Otzar Hachochmah. Here's an example of one page:
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English translation of Kuzari Sheini

Here's one by Louis Loewe, from 1842.
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First edition of Mesillas Yesharim available online?

Yup. First edition can be found on the site of the National Library of Russia, here.
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Is there an English translation of Die wichtigsten Instanzen gegen die Graf-Wellhausensche H...

A fully annotated English translation can be downloaded for free on McGill University's site, here. It's not the best quality, though (the letters are somewhat "broken"). Scroll down to "actions" and …
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Saadia Gaon on the Torah Original Arabic

His commentary on Beresheet and Shemot in the original Arabic can be found in the Genizah website, in the Judeo-Arabic section. Just make a free account and you can access it.
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Is there an English translation of Siddurei Geonei Rav Amram and / or Rav Sa'adiah?

David Hedegard and Tryggve Kronholm translated the Seder (siddur) Rav Amram Gaon into English. Part 1 and Part 2 are available for free on archive.com.
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