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What are God's requirements please that allow us to eat an animal
0) Who are the laws for?
Judaism understands that the below laws apply only to members of the Jewish nation. Non-Jews are not bound by any of the laws, except that they must at ensure the animal is ...
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Halachicly sound ways to bookmark on Shabbat
As I wrote here, folding the corner of a page is permitted and a good way if you don't mind "damaging the page" a bit. Still your question goes beyond, and you note the issue of marking a ...
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Being MeChadesh Torah saves lives
The verse in Shoftim 5:8 states:
יִבְחַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אָ֖ז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִ֑ים מָגֵ֤ן אִם־יֵֽרָאֶה֙ וָרֹ֔מַח בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
When they chose new gods, war came to their ...
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Is there a Coursera for learning Halacha and Gemara?
I've been there so I know exactly how you feel. I can share some learnings from experience and a number of resources that helped me a lot to become much more independent.
First, since halacha and ...
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Can a Frum person attend Limmud
An eloquent presentation of the argument is found here where it writes:
...Limmud is pluralist. Speakers from Orthodox, Masorti, Reform and other backgrounds are presented on an equal footing. ...
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Is there a translation of Rashi on Shas in English?
Yes, I often find myself using themercava.com. Click on the words of Rashi, and the translation of the highlighted line should appear at the bottom of the page.
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Content of the various sets of Chabad books
Likkutei Sichos is a collection of select essays on specific topics in Torah, written up by a committee of chassidim, based on talks by the Rebbe over the years and edited by him. They were originally ...
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What is the explanation of And don’t let the evil inclination assure your that the grave will be a place of refuge for you mean
Refer to the Maharal from Prague in his commentary "Derech Chaim":
Meaning to say, since we have already said, "and the living are to be judged"; so since he is in the netherworld ...
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Does the Talmud talk about Autism?
There is a halachic concept called an "Eastonis". It's basically a fussy person who can't deal with discomfort and gets exceptions from rabinnical stringencies when they bother him. The ...
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Is there a Coursera for learning Halacha and Gemara?
Try webyeshiva. It has a lot of basic courses, and you can do them in the order you choose.
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What are klipos that rest on your body when you're asleep?
I heard in a shiur a while ago that what we are discussing is insensitivity to others. Just like the nails are parts of our body that have no feeling and are "dead", so to we can be like ...
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What are the 7 kefullot in Tanya ch 3
I'm sure others can expound at length, but basically it's referring to the 7 middos (i.e. the lower sefiros) in the terminology of Sefer Yetzirah, listed here (note the the Gra's translation into ...
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