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The different traditions passed down through the generations.

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Soft Matzah for Ashkenazim

Rav Herschel Schachter wrote a Teshuvah several years ago that Ashkenazim may eat soft Matzah, which made some waves. There was controversy not from the Teshuvah, but from some individuals claiming th …
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Kashrus status of turkeys

Here's a clear explanation of the Heter side: The Arugot Habosem (Rabbi Aryeh Lebush Bolchiver, author of Shem Aryeh, Russia, published 1870; kuntras ha'tshuvot in the back, siman 16) very neatly …
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What are the ways our Balei Mesorah suggest to engage children in the Seder?

My Ba'al Mesorah (my Rav, R' Mordechai Friedman) would offer his children candy for every question that they could come up with. I don't know how well this would work with his children today, as they …
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Updating of holy books

Depending on what you mean exactly, the answer is yes and no. In terms of the actual canonized text of the TaNa"Ch, no, it is final and closed. There are very few instances of deviation between tradi …
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