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Wearing functional cufflinks on Shabbos
This question might be a duplicate of
Wearing Watches on Shabbat
but my question is on other types of functional wearable items that may be considered Tachshitim.
What is the determining factor that ...
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Rebbe Maharash studying Nigleh during night
Is it correct to say, as I once heard, that the Rebbe Maharash would learn Oral Torah the entire night while standing? I don't how to understand this statement, because of two conflicting facts, ...
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Origin of the Conservation of Biblical Personalities principle
There is a discussion on this site which is defined by a principle of Conservation of Biblical Personalities, when the midrash or aggadeta would quote various persons under the same name. Rabbi Tzvi-...
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Did a fire come down from Heaven to consume incense in the Tabernacle?
My understanding is that in the Beit HaMikdash a fire (perhaps in the form of a lion or other animal) would come down from Heaven and consume the sacrifices on the altar (1 Kings 18). I would like to ...
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Meaning of "Who maintains faith to those asleep in the dust"?
This phrase appears in the 2nd bracha of the amida: "Who maintains faith to those asleep in the dust". What does the phrase mean? For example, does it refer only to good people. If so, ...
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Conservation of Biblical Timepoints?
According to our tradition, several events seem to be occuring within one year one after another. Are there any sources, which explain if there is a midrashic connection?
Time of Akkeida for Yitzchak ...
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Can the words ״שתרגילנו בתורתך״ ever count as Birchas Hatorah?
The law is (Orach Chaim 47:7) that if one already recited the blessing of “Ahavas Olam/Ahavah Rabbah”, and recited words of Torah immediately after Shmoneh Esreh, he no longer needs to recite Birchas ...
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When did Lubavitch begin eating only Lubavitch meat?
Many Lubavitchers today only eat meat slaughtered from another Lubavitcher. Does anyone know when this came about? For of course one must eat meat from one that is yirei shamayim, for a shochet is not ...
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Source for quote from Rebbe Nachman zy"a
Does anyone know where the source is for the quote, "Remember: Things can go from the very worst to the very best in just the blink of an eye", I don't think this is an exact quote but if ...
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Why isn't Tefillin stressed more spiritually than physically
The Torah says in Deuteronomy 6:8 "וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃
" but why is the main emphasis in our culture nowadays about the physical Tefillin?...
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Why should one be immediately replaced if he messed up during the brocho of heretics?
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The Rambam laws of Tefillah chapter 10 halacha 3 writes
ג שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר שֶׁטָּעָה וְנִבְהַל וְלֹא יָדַע מֵהֵיכָן יַתְחִיל
וְשָׁהָה שָׁעָה יַעֲמֹד אַחֵר תַּחְתָּיו. וְאִם טָעָה בְּבִרְכַּת
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How could the Sages suppress such sefarim such as Yechezkel and Kohelet?
They of course seemed to have had good intentions so as to not let the books confuse people but how is it possible that some of the most wise and humble men decide that they have the right to suppress ...
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How does a war end?
To start an optional war, the full Sanhedrin must approve (Sanhedrin 2a.). A mandatory war would be defensive, against the 7 nations, or against Amalek.
How do these wars end?
For example, did the war ...
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Are self described Reform and Conservative Jews assumed to be halachically Jewish according to Orthodox Judaism?
I’m curious about what the Orthodox understanding of Halacha says about whether Reform and Conservative people are still assumed to be halachically Jewish.
Obviously the overwhelming majority of them ...
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Why Does עלה Mean 'Page'?
I have seen numerous sages refer to a page as עלה. Yet the normative way to refer to a page is עמוד or דף. What is the etymology of this usage?
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