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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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Should someone say Tefillat Haderech if he is riding the NY City subway even less than 1 parsa?
I am excerpting part of an answer to this question
the Aruch HaShulachan (as well as the B'er Heitev) in סימן קי - דיני
תפילת ''הביננו'', ותפילת הדרך והפועלים says:
טו: אין לאמר תפילת הדרך …
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Is there a halacha forbidding a guest to enter the host's unoccupied bedroom? [duplicate]
But I'm curious if there is any halacha per se that would prohibit seeing an unoccupied bedroom.
Note: This question focuses on the type of marriage that would allow or prohibit this action. … (Other than halacha, I'm not sure how to tag this question; please assist / edit) …
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Identifying someone as being Jewish [duplicate]
How many generations back is one allowed to go to identify himself as being Jewish? If a Jew converts to another religion, he is still Jewish and his descendants are Jewish.
Does this mean that if so …
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When the halacha says we must set kevua ittim
I can see where you may get confused. The term kove'ah has a nuance of "fixing" or "setting" implying that it has to be the same thing that never changes. But, I don't think in this context it means t …
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Can one make a bracha on non-thunderstorm lightning?
Most of us associate lightning with thunderstorms. But there are other ways "lightning" can be caused:
static discharge such as what you may see when you rub your feet on a rug on a cold dry day, and …
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Using crockpot for a soap making project?
This is from the OU regarding dishwashing soap.
Do dishwashing detergents require kosher supervision?
It is generally assumed that dishwashing detergents are not edible
entities, and halachically the …
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What is the role of a father in a family according to Jewish thought?
Jerusalem Talmud 70b mentions (as we do in the Passover Hagaddah) that the Torah cites 4 different verses all related to the obligation that a father must teach his son about the Exodus from Egypt. Th …
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Can two shivas "overlap"?
This is hypothetical, and it shouldn't happen to anyone... In the middle of observing shiva for one's mother, that person's father dies. Do the two shivas overlap, or does one wait for the first to en …
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Greeting someone before the morning prayers
From Halachpedia:
If one met one’s friend in the market (in a happenstance way) one may
greet him with good morning and not Shalom. If this is a powerful
person, and one meets him on the way …
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Can a non-fasting person be a shaliach tzibur, ba'al kri'ah, or receive an aliyah on a fast ...
I think I read in Shulach Aruch (don't recall exact place) that someone who does not fast with the rest of the tzibbur is considered an "outsider" and cannot participate in any of the fast-specific ac …
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Returning lost property
I am adding an additional assumption that the item has some identifying mark that would more likely obligate you to return it. According to most opinions, an item have no identifiable markings does no …
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How does one become a Min?
Fom wikipedia:
In summarizing the Talmudic statements concerning heretics in Sanh.
90-103, Maimonides (Yad, Teshubah, iii. 6-8) says:
The following have no share in the world to come, but a …
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Does saying "I promise..." constitute any halachic obligation?
According to the expalanation in this article, yes, he does have to refrain unless annuled based on the notion that he made the vow unwittingly.
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What constitutes as a ברכה שאינה צריכה?
See Situation 85 in this article:
When one recites a bracha, he is not only reciting a bracha--he is also performing, at the very least, a Mitzvah D’Rabbanan. Thus, assuming that one is not making a …
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If water accidentally spilled on my laining sheet and rubbed out the ink, is it still shaimos?
I have a computer program that I use to print the Tikkun, so that I can practice the parsha while at work (instead of shlepping the huge Tikkun book.)
Today, I accidentally spilled water on the sheet …
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