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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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Isn’t ״צרות לבבי הרחיבו״ an oxymoron?
In Tehillim 25:17, David says:
צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי׃
My deep distress increases; deliver me from my straits.
The root ״צר״ literally translates as “narrow”. Its ...
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Earliest textual source for the concept of Holy Sparks?
What is the earliest known/cited textual source for the concept of holy sparks?
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Is creation a "transmutation of the divine reality"?
Adin Steinsaltz in his book The Thirteen Petalled Rose says,
His creation being not the act of forming something out of nothing but the act of revelation. Creation is an emanation from the divine ...
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Are there Rabbinical commentaries on the symbolism of the altar fire revived by Nehemiah?
I gather that 2 Maccabees is outside the canon, but surely Rabbinical commentators were aware of it. With the goal of parsing out some of the symbolism seen in the following verses 1:23-28 (...
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Why does my Tikkun not have Chapter 19 (yud tet)?
I noticed my Artscroll Tikkun does not display certain chapters numbers correctly.
Yud heh -> vuv?
Yud vuv -> tet zayn (this makes sense)
Yud chet -> chet (18 is lucky, so why isn't this ...
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Askinu seudasa on Yom Tov
The Chabad nusach has a form of אתקינו סעודתא in kiddush (both day and night) for the shalosh regalim. However, it is not found in the machzor for Rosh Hashanah. I'm trying to find out if there are ...
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List of pesukim you can add to Musaf of Rosh Hashanah?
In Rosh Hashana musaf, we are required to say 10 pesukim each for malchuyos, zichronos, and shofaros. You are allowed to say more than 10, and the standard minhag in machzorim that I've seen is to ...
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Was the concept "Arich Anpin" was influenced by Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 3:12 and Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 3:16?
Was the concept "Arich Anpin" (Keter,Hokhmah,Binah) was influenced by Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 3:12 and Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 3:16?
Pirke DeRabbi Eliezer 3:12 - There (in the north) is the ...
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Did the Aseres HaShevatim find out about the Churban?
Does anyone discuss whether the Aseres HaShevatim ever found out, in their exile, what fate befell Yehuda, and in particular, about the Churban?
(The question is inspired by the imagined dialog ...
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Does mentioning someone’s sins somehow bring them before the heavenly court?
If someone has wronged you but you wish to forgive them. Should one avoid talking about what they’ve done to you?
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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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Evidence for the king and his Sefer Torah
One of the most defining characteristics of the Torah's king (Parshas Shoftim) is that he writes himself a Sefer Torah, carries it at all times, is constantly reading it "all the days of his life&...
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Prophecies in Devarim 29 & 30 not fulfilled?
In Devarim 29:22 we see that G-d says that He will punish us by making our land “beyond sowing and producing”, but we see that before 1948, there was agriculture.
In Devarim 30, G-d says that if we ...
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What are the meaning of some of these small letters in the Torah
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Hi, I remember — correct me if I’m wrong — that the aleph of the first word of Vayikra is small because Moshe’s humility because he said how can I be written at the beginning of such a holy book so ...
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