Unanswered Questions
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Is the term "Memra" (Word) in the Targum Jerusalem Deuteronomy 24:7 connected with Avot De Rabbi Natan 34:9 and Sefer Yetzirah 1:9?
Targum Jerusalem Deuteronomy 26:17 goes like this:
"You have chosen the Word of the Lord to be king over You this day, that he may be your God."
Does this unique concept called "Word&...
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Non-Jewish relatives
How do you treat relatives whom are not jewish, ie Grandmothers and so on.
Can one benefit anything from them, as in being mentioned in a will…
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Did he want his invitation?
In the Haftorah on Parashas Chayai Sarah,the beginning of Sefer Melochim,the pessukim describe Adoniyohu's failed attempt to get the throne.
Nathan Hanovi sent Bath Sheva to complain to David Ha'...
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Empirical evidence of Sages' intellectual superiority
Throughout ages, our Sages engaged in Halachic, scientific and philosophical arguments between themselves and with other nations' philosophers.
We hold that the truthfulness of Talmudic discussions ...
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Will the Dome Of The Rock Be Obliterated When Moshiach Comes?
I heard the Dome of the Rock was built on the site where the Holy of Holies was, and that also it is on the site where the Third Temple will descend from heaven to earth. So will the Dome of the Rock ...
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Sources for the Noncontradiction principle in Judaism
IMU, the "Law of Noncontradiction" does not apply in religion in general - same rabbis can hold opposing views and contradicting Halochos can coexist (see אֵלּוּ וְאֵלּוּ דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים ...
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Did Maimonides covertly condemn circumcision?
Leo Strauss argued that sophisticated writers communicate ideas through many layers of meaning and abstraction using rhetorical stratagems including self-contradiction and hyperbole to convey their ...
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During the Exodus, why didn't God house the Israelites in real Succot?
"לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ דֹרֹתֵיכֶם כִּי בַסֻּכּוֹת הוֹשַׁבְתִּי אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם...׃
in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people ...
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Corona virus in Netzavim Vayeilech
The Vilna Gaon said that each Parsha in Devarim corresponds to 100 years between 5000-6000 years of creation, making our generation somewhere in Nitzavim-Vayeilech. Being that corona virus has had ...
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Is wearing Covid-19 masks idolatry for a Jew? Why or why not?
Are Covid-19 masks idolatry why or why not? I heard from an evil source (this guy is a freemason: https://www.bitchute.com/video/PHqFlPqV8AZV/ and a messianic Jew (according to his website)) that ...
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Were G-d's expectations for Dor Hamabul realistic?
Undoubtfully the all-loving G-d was a bit harsh on punishing the whole generation of Noah (probably millions?) by drowning them (and all the animals - what did they do?) in boiling water (He could ...
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Is Ivanka Kushner really Donald Trump's daughter?
Is referring to Ivanka Kushner as a "daughter" of Donald Trump wrong from a Torah standpoint, being that Jewish tradition considers a convert to Judiasm as a newborn child with no relation to his or ...
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