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avraham avinu torturing himself source
I remember seeing in a sefer that Abraham tortured himself in order to learn about his weaknesses. I can't seem to recall which sefer that was in. can anyone help me out?
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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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Can an ashkenazi Jew eat on dishes at a sephardi house on Pesach?
If someone follows ashkenazi customs and is invited by a sephardi family to eat at their house, is he allowed to eat off their dishes?
In my understanding, sephardim are allowed to kasher the plates ...
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Is there a gemara that explains why our forefathers' prayers were answered right away?
I think I remember a gemara that says the reason why our fathers were answered right away as opposed to us is because they knew G-d's name. I am searching for it but I have not found it yet.
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Seeking to find a quote from Rashba on Kidushin
ולולא פירוש רש"י היו דברי התנאיים והאמוראים סתומות ולא היו ניתנים
להבנה
Were it nor for Rashi's commentary, Shas would remain a closed book to
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I heard that the Rashba says the above in ...
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Touching dogs obstructs prayers - source?
One of the first things I learned in yeshiva was that there is some source that says that:
if one touches a dog, then their prayers are "held up in heaven" for 40 days.
I don't remember ...
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Yisro wanting to go back to convert people: Moshe says no!
In Parshas Behaaloscha (Bamidbar 10:29), the Torah says:
And Moshe said to Ḥovav, the son of Re῾u᾽el, the Midyanite, Moshe’s father in law, We are journeying to the place of which the L-rd said, I ...
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Animals in the Ark of Noach: a metaphor for the nations of the world
In Parshas Noach (Bereishis 6:19-20), we read the instruction G-d gave Noach to build an ark, and together with his family, to put in animals:
וּמִכׇּל־הָ֠חַ֠י מִֽכׇּל־בָּשָׂ֞ר שְׁנַ֧יִם מִכֹּ֛ל ...
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Does one need to repeat Birchas Hamazon if he forgot Ya’aleh Veyavo after washing again for the Afikoman?
If one forgot to eat the Afikoman, and he remembered after he bentched, so he washed again and ate the Afikoman, and then bentched again, and he forgot Ya’aleh Veyavo in the second bentching, must he ...
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Ha'azinu as a spiritual remedy for heretical thoughts
The B'nei Yissoschor in the sefer Agra D'Pirka, as quoted by the sefer Kavod Shabbos (Parshas Ha'azinu, p. 548) says:
לומר בכל יום שירת האזינו: נראה לי בסגולה ללמוד בכל יום שירת האזינו,
והוא סגולה ...
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Sleep Paralysis in Torah?
My friend recently mentioned to me that he has sleep paralysis and I was wondering what the Torah has to say about it:
Why does it happen according to the Torah?
How does one stop it from happening ...
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What is the quote about 13 rivers of aparsemon?
Can some share the quote where this came from: "the righteous will bathe in 13 rivers of aparsemon"? I've seen it paraphrased online a lot but I can't find it in the reference listed (Avodah ...
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What was the date of Avraham Avinu's bris millah?
Based on the Rashi's comment on Bereshis 18:1,
AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM to visit the sick man. R. Hama the son of Hanina said: it was the third day after his circumcision and the Holy One, ...
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Source for Shofar customs
What are the different practices and sources for different practices of the quality of the shofar sounds (not Rashi vs Tosfos (ie: 3 vs 9 truah)); ie: where the note goes up and down (rootoos, ...
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Connection Between Shechem and Yitro? (and Amalek)
When Saul goes to war against Amalek, he tells the Kenites to withdraw from among the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:6).
In Josephus's Antiquities, it is David who gives this warning when he is attacking the ...
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