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What species is Taninim and why are they mentioned separately in creation?
Each of the last three days of creation discusses creation of the mobile "denizens" of a part of the world created in the first three: sky, sea, and land. Stars, fish, animals and people.
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Four Non-Kosher Animals With One Sign?
Natan Slifkin wrote a book "The Camel, the Hare, and the Hyrax" where he studied the statements in the Torah, the Talmud and other Jewish sources. He gives the following summary on his site:
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What do our sources say about the principle of plenitude?
The Torah states in Bereshis 2:3
וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכׇּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
And G-d blessed the ...
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In what sense is the nesher connected to geulah?
The depiction of the nesher bird given by Rashi on Devarim 32:11 is the nesher ... is full of pity towards his young and does not enter its nest suddenly — before it beats and flaps with its wings ...
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Lenient opinions on handling pets on Shabbat (or Yom Tov)
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Shulchan Shlomo vol. 2, 308:74) is lenient in allowing one to move any pet that can potentially be used to quiet a child.
The Shu"t Halachot Ketanot (45) is lenient in ...
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