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Questions about Jewish customs and traditions.
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Can a shul choose to forgo establishing any set minhag regarding music restrictions on sefira?
When he moved into my neighborhood, he asked other rabbanim about the minhag hamakom (communal minhag) and the two rabbanim from the other two main shuls said that because the neighborhood has so many … shuls and such a diverse set of minhagim, they did not establish any minhag for the shul at all. …
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Is it wrong to ask for financial help after a personal loss?
While there is no explicit commandment stating that you MUST ask for help when you need money, the implied mitzvah is that someone must give to someone who does ask for help. This implies that in orde …
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What is the source of a minhag not to boil a single egg?
I have heard that some people have a minhag to prohibit boiling just one egg in a pot. What is the source or reason for this? Is this a kashrut concern, or something specific about eggs? …
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What is the source of a minhag not to boil a single egg?
This dinonline answer explains the thinking ... (who knew?)
Some have a custom to boil at least three together.
(The idea behind this is that in case one of the eggs has a drop of
blood in …
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Must one have separate meat and dairy tablecloths? [duplicate]
Even if this is not halacha, if your family has developed this as a minhag, do you need to follow it? Or, since this is a minhag based on a "false premise", one does not need to follow it? …
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Lag baomer and non-chasidic Jews
I located two customs mentioned in this article:
Bows and Arrows: On Lag Baomer kids go out into the fields to play
with bows and arrows. There are two schools of thoughts as to what
this cus …
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Multiple people saying blessing over candles when one lights
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Many "communal" brachot ideas such as this may have originated from the Chavura movement. They where quite popular in the 70's and 80's, and I think they began in the Boston area. As yo …
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Burning the alcohol after havdallah
Is this a written minhag? Or is this nothing more than just "fun" for kids (and, perhaps, adults, too?) …
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When were "acrobatics" introduced at weddings?
The "earliest" samples of "acrobatics" that I have seen at weddings were bottle dancers, which seemed to be popular among Hassidim, and I guess originated from Russian custom.
The Talmud mentions in …
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Who organized the different trope tunes used in Ashkenazic Scripture reading?
Most Ashkenazic Scripture reading that I have heard uses a different trope tune for each of these readings:
Shabbat, Yom Tov and weekday Torah reading
Haftarah reading
High Holiday Torah reading
Rut …
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Does one need to fast if a pasul Torah is dropped?
There is a minhag to fast when a Sefer Torah is dropped. Does this apply if the dropped Torah was pasul (not "kosher")? … But, despite that, perhaps, the minhag applies only to usable Sifrei Torah? …
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Right side or left side of the mechitzah
I don't think that there is any specific rule regarding the mechitzah placement. The Bet Hamikdash (Temple in Jerusalem) had a women's "gallery" which was like a balcony. From my understanding, most " …
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Why does the gabbai bang on the lectern before davening starts?
As I don't see this done everywhere, I assume this is a minhag. But, I have no idea when or why this began. Does it have any purpose? …
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When did the type of kippah worn become 'defining'?
I estimate that "defining" started becoming a bit more prominent in the 60's and 70's esp. in larger metropolitan areas in the U.S. having diverse Jewish communities. Most Hasidic groups wore hats or …
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What does it mean to have arup payos?
There is an interesting Wikipedia article describing different payot styles.
"As Yishai mentioned, above, "aruf" means "up" so this refers to payot that are behind the ear vs. hanging down. It could …
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