Unanswered Questions
540 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Why do we have different names today than in ancient Judaism?
There are definitely exceptions, but for the most part, it seems that from the Beis Hamikdash period up until the era of the Rishonim, the traditional names we use today were relatively uncommon (such ...
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What kingdom was Melchizedek the king of?
Practically all commentators learn that Salem was Jerusalem, as it says (Gen 14.18): "And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High."
What do we ...
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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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Are the people and the events in the book of Esther accepted as historically true?
Recently I have revisited the book of Esther and have learned more about the power struggle between Haman and Mordechai and the events that prevented the annihilation of the Jews back then. The ...
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Do non-Jews follow the solar calendar or the lunar calendar for Halachic purposes?
The Gemara (Sukkah 29a) says that the nations of the world base their calendar on the sun, as opposed to the Jewish people, who base it on the moon, and the Mechilta De’Rabbi Yishmael says on the ...
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Waiting between meat and milk
I once heard that the historical reason of why we wait between meat and milk comes from the rivalry between the Sadducees and Pharisees; In order to separate one group from the other, one of the ...
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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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Can a Noachide innovate practices that he considers non-religious but potentially of a supernatural nature?
Is it permissible for a Gentile to spend certain days of the week in a specific manner, in order to attain supernatural benefits such as from planetary rays which he might consider to be scientific ...
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Can Noachides say the name of God as the word 'Tetragrammaton' or say the names of the the four letters in Hebrew?
I ask because I found that there is a Muslim false prophet who goes by the name "Hashem" and G-d is very generic. If I wish to be specific as a Gentile am I permitted to say the word "...
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Are Noahide males allowed to shave and beautify themselves without being overly effeminate?
I wish to know if Noachide males are allowed to shave, remain clean shaven and use skin moisturizers etc or is that an abomination to HaShem. Also are there any rules on how a Noachide should dress? I ...
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A Question Concerning Genealogy
Assuming someone who discovers through rigorous genealogical methods, that down their maternal lineage one woman was Jewish. To add to the question, let's assume that this maternal ancestor lived in ...
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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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Why did the writing of magic bowls stop?
We have the archaeological remains of thousands of "magic bowls" written by Jews from the 3rd - 7th century (source). After that period the existence of these bowls seems to dwindle and soon ...
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Source of Chofetz Chaim’s Statement on Every Nation Having Translated Bibles and Believing in the Revelation at Mount Sina
In the Sefer Taharas Yisroel (chapter 1), the Chofetz Chaim claims that all nations (in his time) believed in the revelation at Mount Sinai recorded in the Bible and had copies of the Bible in their ...
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