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Sources on adultery for a man
I haven't heard much discussion on adultery for a man. It seems the focus is on adultery of a woman, since she can't have more than one husband. A man however can have more than one wife. As well, ...
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Only Kohanim get reward for mitzvos in this world
There's a concept of שכר מצוות בהאי עלמא ליכא, there is no reward for mitzvos in this world (Kiddushin 39b). Much has been written on what this means and why it's true, but I found a innovative idea ...
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Looking for the origin of custom to decorate the Aron Hakodesh with 10 Commandments
Many synagogues have the custom to decorate the Peroches (curtain covering the Ark) with imagery of the 10 Commandments or Luchos in some form.
When did this custom originate?
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Why is there no makaf between “Ben” and “Yair”?
Second chapter, fifth passuk of Megillat Esther reads:
אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדִ֔י הָיָ֖ה בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֑ה וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מָרְדֳּכַ֗י בֶּ֣ן יָאִ֧יר בֶּן־שִׁמְעִ֛י בֶּן־קִ֖ישׁ אִ֥ישׁ יְמִינִֽי׃
In the fortress ...
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Is it Better to Buy a Pitom-less Esrog?
Although the Rema (648:7) says a grown pitom-less esrog is valid
אם לא היה לו דד מעולם כשר וכן הם רוב האתרוגים שמביאים במדינות אלו
are there any Jewish sources which encourage purchasing a pitom-...
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Knife Becoming Unusable By Threatening Someone With It
I have heard that if a knife is used (even for pretend) to threaten someone it is treif to use unless Neitza is done to it (being stabbed in the ground 10 times). Does anybody know of a source for ...
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Does anyone comment on the name Reu'el for Eisav's son?
In Vayishlach (Ber. 36:10) Eisav has a son named Reu'el. While the meanings of/reasons for the names of those in Eisav's line are not provided, it seems to me that this name sticks out because it ...
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King Saul was able to fight the Yetzer Hara head on
I heard a wonderful drasha on the verse II Samuel 1:18 but I can't find the source:
ויאמר ללמד בני־יהודה קשת הנה כתובה על־ספר הישר
He instructed to teach the Children of Yehudah the bow. ...
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Where is this Orchos Chaim and Ramban?
The Tur writes in OC Siman 219 ("sif 6" in the newer prints) that if one didn't make the bracha of hagomel at the proper time, then they are still able to make the bracha whenever they'd like.
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Vilna Gaon -- mini nevuah after six hours of study?
In Aish Moharan1, Rav Berland cites the Vilna Gaon as having said that after six hours of uninterrupted Torah study, the first thoughts a person has are a form of mini nevuah (prophecy).
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Origin of diagonal holes for tzitzit
The Chabad practice is to make diagonal holes for the tzitzit in a tallit katan
(from here).
The Lubavitcher Rebbe wrote in his Igrot Kodesh saying it was the practice of his father-in-law. On the ...
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Using Torah as a punishment
I remember hearing or seeing somewhere that a Rebbi who uses the Torah for a punsihment can make a student hate Torah. For example,a boy speaks in class ,then the Rebbi makes the boy write over a ...
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Original Sources of Origin Claims of Hebrew's Pronunciations
I'm interested in finding out where the differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazic pronunciation of Hebrew come from.
On wikipedia it says:
"Leopold Zunz believed that the Ashkenazi pronunciation ...
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Is there a chazakah (halachic presumption) that an Eruv is down after a blizzard?
I remember, I was once at shul Friday night, and it was just starting to snow and it was predicted to be a huge blizzard. The Rabbi got up and announced that tomorrow people should work under the ...
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Is there a need to to know the deceased's name when studying in his merit?
I have been asked many times by friends to study (usually Mishanyos) as a merit for their recently deceased relative. In most such occasions, I was given the deceased's name, in order to have them in ...
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