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English version of SHULCHAN ARUCH
It took several years from the OP but I am pleased to announce that Sefaria has posted most of the original-by-Señor-Yosef-Karo Shulchan Aruch in English: https://www.sefaria.org/texts/Halakhah/...
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What's a good beginner-friendly collection of aggadah in English?
I think Legends of the Jews by Prof. Louis Ginzberg is the classic work of aggadah. It follows the order of the Torah, and appears in 7 volumes. The first 4 volumes are the actual aggadot, the next ...
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Is there a standard for writing Hebrew words in English letters
The challenge is that there are different ways to pronounce Hebrew. Ashkenazim, Sefaradim, Teimanim, etc. all pronounce words differently.
There is a very interesting project called OpenSiddur which ...
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Is there a short Daf Yomi shiur online in English?
Master Daf is an unusually clear 20 minute daf yomi shiur in english, with every word read and translated, available on all of Shas. Maggid Shiur is a R`m in Slabodka Yeshiva of Bnai Brak........
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Reciting Shema in English
Berachot 13a
ת"ר ק"ש ככתבה דברי רבי וחכ"א בכל לשון מ"ט דרבי אמר קרא והיו בהוייתן
יהו ורבנן מאי טעמייהו אמר קרא שמע בכל לשון שאתה שומע ולרבי נמי הא כתיב
שמע ההוא מבעי ליה השמע לאזניך מה שאתה ...
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Is the English "YHWH" a valid equivalent to the Tetragrammaton?
At lease according to some rishonim, any language other than Ancient Hebrew is not truly a language but rather an agreed upon method of communication (see the Ran in his commentary in the beginning of ...
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English Names of the Five Chumashim
If you look in midrash and other early sources, you will actually find the following Hebrew names for the 5 books:
Sefer Bereshit
Sefer Hageulah
Toras Kohanim
Chumash Hapekudim
Mishneh Torah
These ...
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Is this chart of the mesorah of Torah available in English?
There's a multi-colored one on chabad.org, the title of the article is "The Torah from Sinai - A Diagram".
The content in this page is produced by Chabad.org, and is copyrighted by the author and/or ...
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Rashi on Nach in English and with Nekudos
The Judaica Press Nach series (with the pink and red dust covers) has every Rashi rendered into English. It does not vowelize the original Hebrew text of Rashi. (This is my experience, having used a ...
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Why would people assume that "Afriki" is Africa?
Maharal (Netzach Yisroel 34) explains that this is indeed not the Africa of today. He proves it from Tamid 32a that Afriki is a place where there are mountains so high so there is never sunlight. Thus,...
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Reciting Shema in English
Mishna Sotah 7:1
אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמָרִין בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן, פָּרָשַׁת סוֹטָה, וּוִדּוּי מַעֲשֵׂר, קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע, וּתְפִלָּה, וּבִרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן, וּשְׁבוּעַת הָעֵדוּת, וּשְׁבוּעַת הַפִּקָּדוֹן:
The ...
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Reciting Shema in English
There is a beginner's guide to Shema on the aish.com website where it says:
The important thing is to understand and concentrate on the meaning of
the words. If you don't understand Hebrew, you ...
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Rav Ruderman interview at Chofetz Chaim
I found here a website which mentions an interview in English that he had with Chofetz Chaim talmidim about the Alter of Slabodka - is that what your friend could have meant? It writes there:
I ...
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Translation of the word "nimshal"
According to what I asked here, you will see that english buffs struggle to come up with a good english equivalent. However, I've seen the following used (and the answer there seems to be agreeing)
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Rav Saadia Gaon Siddur in English
There is no English translation of R. Saadia's siddur commentary (cf. OP's comment), at present. There is only the original Arabic and Hebrew which was published by Profs. Davidson, Joel, Assaf -...
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I need a free PDF transliterated orthodox siddur
Hebrewbooks has the modern print of the Tehillas Hashem (Chabad) siddur. This siddur has transliterated certain sections of the prayer services, starting from this page. The transliteration of Kaddish ...
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I need a free PDF transliterated orthodox siddur
I am currently working on a transliterated Chabad siddur. So far I have the Morning Blessings up until the Akedah. You can see my progress here.
The transliteration is in Sefardi / Modern Israeli ...
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Looking for an english translation of targum onkeles
artscroll (here) has started a 5-volume translation and elucidation of Targum Onkelos into English. They have published Bereishit, Shemot, Vayikra and Bamidbar and aim to publish Devarim in September ...
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Where can I find a transliterated; translated Tanakh?
Here is for the 5 books of Moses
https://headcoverings-by-devorah.com/HebEngTaNaKhIndex.html
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Torah Study in English
The Torah was written in all 70 languages available at the time in order for everyone to be able to learn it in all languages and fulfill the commandments as written in Sotah 32a:
ואחר כך הביאו את ...
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Text of the Mishna Brura (Online English)
There is a website called mishnaberurayomi.org that has archives where you can search for the digest pdfs that has translation (and more) of the mishna berura. Click on the "location in mishna ...
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Jewish Books on Education
There are a lot of fantastic options that have already been listed, in particular Rav Matisyohu Solomon's sefer and the English translation of Rav Wolbe's זריעה ובנין בחינוך to name a couple.
Please ...
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What's the difference between "Jew", "Israelite" and "Judaizer"?
Judaizer is a pejorative term used by Christians to describe those they claim are attempting to change their religion to conform to the laws of Moses. As an example, the Inquisition killed many people ...
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Is there a short Daf Yomi shiur online in English?
There are shiurim called Chazarah Mp3. I don't know who the maggid shiur is, but he is pretty clear and speaks out almost all of the Rashis. His average is between 15-20 minutes a daf. The catch is ...
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Is there a short Daf Yomi shiur online in English?
Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld does the 5-minute Daf Yomi podcast on Podbean and possibly other apps. it is usually under 7 minutes, He talks fast and covers the important points. He also tries to draw a ...
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English translations of Rabinnical statements not available?
Just to address the specific sources mentioned in the OP:
I. Shulchan Aruch EH 37:8 (Hebrew link):
It is a commandment for a person not to marry off his daughter when she is a minor, until she grows ...
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Seforim addressing numbness of heart?
Tanya addresses Numbness of Heart/Timtum Halev in chapters 29-30-31 and here is a link to the text in English: https://www.chabad.org/library/tanya/tanya_cdo/aid/7908/jewish/Chapter-29.htm
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Teimani/Yemenite Siddur in English
I spoke to an American I know who converted to Judaism and moved to Israel and adopted Yemenite customs. He confirmed that there is currently no such siddur on the market.
He says what he did was to ...
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