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What’s the source of not asking a question to a person that might not know the answer, so that they won't get embarrassed
See the Shulchan Arach Choshen Mishpat 228 which discusses onas devorim
228:4 says
אם נשאלה שאלה על דבר חכמה לא יאמר למי שאינו
יודע אותה חכמה מה תשיב בדבר זה וכן כל כיוצא בדברים אלו
If a question was ...
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What’s the source of not asking a question to a person that might not know the answer, so that they won't get embarrassed
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי חִיָּיא לְרַב: בַּר פַּחֲתֵי! לָא אָמֵינָא לָךְ, כִּי קָאֵי רַבִּי בְּהָא מַסֶּכְתָּא לָא תְּשַׁיְּילֵיהּ בְּמַסֶּכְתָּא אַחֲרִיתִי, דִּילְמָא לָאו אַדַּעְתֵּיהּ. דְּאִי לָאו ...
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Where can I find Chumash and Rashi review questions
For multiple choice questions on each Parsha go to https://chumashrashitests.com/#test
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How to learn Tosefta
Having learned Tosefta independently I can support the other answer which refers to R' Lieberman's tosefta k'fshuta as being the best.
An often overlooked, but very helpful and clear edition is in the ...
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Hierarchy of learning
Though Pirkei Avot says students learn Torah, Mishna, and Gemara in that order, that is for children. Most children will have grown up in a Jewish home and would have informally learned "Derech ...
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Torah Study and Tzitzit
Rav Shelomo Wolbe zt"l has a sefer called HaMitzvos haShqulus (The Mitzvos that are Equal" [in value to all the rest]. In it he looks at the 7 mitzvos that are described as "keneged ...
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Is there a Hebrew Calendar discussion place?
On https://kosherjava.com/ you will get much about the math and system behind the Hebrew Calendar among other things.
At https://www.daat.ac.il/he-il/hagim/luach_ivri (in Hebrew), you can view a bunch ...
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What was Torah study like before the Mishnah and Talmud were transcribed?
To quickly flesh out what rosends said in their comment, the Oral Torah was transmitted from court to court. The full list is recorded here. There were study halls and the men would be there often, ...
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