Unanswered Questions
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Why do the Sages often believe that the word רוב mean "majority," when it clearly means "a lot"?
It seems clear that the word רוב in biblical Hebrew means "a large amount." For example, Bereshit 48:16
וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ may they teem into multitudes in the midst of the ...
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Do any Poskim still respond with full teshuvos/responsa?
It seems like until recently, it wasn't very hard to get a comprehensive teshuva to a shaila one had. Sefarim like Igros Moshe, Shevet Haleivi, Minchas Yitzchak, Tzitz Eliezer etc. are compilations of ...
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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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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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3 days: Avraham's journey vs. Israelite's "journey"
Are there any sources connecting the 3 days Avraham walked to Har Hamoria (Bereshit 22:4) in the test of the Akeda, to the "3 days journey into the desert" Moshe asked King Pharaoh to grant ...
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Source for Hiddush on Parashat Bereshit
It says in Parashat Bereshit:
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָם֮ אֱלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֛וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ וּרְד֞וּ בִּדְגַ֤ת הַיָּם֙ וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּבְכׇל־...
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Where can I buy Extra Large Kittel?
I am very tall and large (6'6" and 390lb). My current Kittel came stained, and I have been trying to replace it, but the largest size ones I have been able to find (Keter 3xl) are all too small.
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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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Why "לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים" uses singular יִהְיֶה?
Regarding singular יהיה in "לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים" in both versions of the Ten COmmandments.
Does it mean that "אלוהים אחרים" is singular as in "כִּי מִי־גוֹי ...
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Textual non-uniformity of the Ten Commandments
The first apparent impression of reading the Ten Commandments is how they vary in phrasing:
some are just two words, links "don't murder", "don't [commit] adultery", or "don'...
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R' Amar's Heter on Neuter/Spaying Pets
This article from Chai Online cites a psak from R' Shlomo Amar, then Rishon leTzion, that spaying or neutering a companion animal or pet is not forbidden under the general prohibition against ...
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Becoming a cohen and purification of metzorah
What is the connection of the procedure described in the inauguration of cohanim to that of the purification of metzorah? Both have oil and blood applied at the same three places: right ear, right ...
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"When you raise up the lamps, to the face of the menorah, light 7 lamps"?
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In Parshas bahalosecha it says
"When you raise up the lamps, to the face of the menorah, light 7 lamps"
Why does it first mention "raising up the lamps", without ...
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Exodus | Death of the Firstborn | Why weren't the Hebrews' animals slain?
So I've been reading through Exodus a lot lately, and one of the things that stood out to me was the death of the firstborn of the animals during the final plague / strike. Now, the firstborn of the ...
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Torah’s use of the same verb(s) with different meanings
Bemidbar 1:49 tells Moshe not to פקד the Leviim, nor to תשא them, both understood as referring to methods of counting.
But then in 1:50 the same two verbs are used: the Leviim are to be “appointed”/...
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