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The different traditions passed down through the generations.
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Authenticity of Halacha l'Moshe MiSinai
This was basically asked to Hillel by the convert who was only willing to accept the written law. Hillel showed him, that anyone reading the Torah needs to rely on a teacher to tell them that a certai …
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What is the Anshei Knesset HaGedolah?
To help anyone researching this, I should mention that the "Men of the Great Assembly" are referred to in most academic works as "Great Synagogue", "Great Synod" and one Hebrew Union College Annual ar …
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What is the source for the tradition that the philtrum is formed by an angel before birth?
This blog post mentions that it appears in some collections of Jewish legends and the like, but not in any traditional Jewish sources.
R. Chaim Kanievsy (in this Kuntres on Chinuch) was asked whether …
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How are there arguments over how God works?
The Rambam discusses this in several places, most explicitly in Guide of the Perplexed 1:71 (copied here from the Friedlaender translation):
KNOW that many branches of science relating to the corr …
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Rishonim/Achronim time period differentiation
This is a great question that is hard to answer succinctly; just about every statement below needs to be challenged, circumscribed, and/or clarified more. But I will do my best to cite some of the "th …
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Have any of you ever heard anyone pronouncing ayin as "ng"?
This is not an answer. It's a comment that got way too long.
An internet search provided some really awesome examples of this pronunciation used in America in the late 19th and early 20th century (i …
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