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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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Translation help with HaEmek Davar
On Genesis 21:26, in reference to Avimelech claiming he didn't know who stole Avraham's wells.
לא ידעתי מי עשה. לא התנצל לומר לא ידעתי מזה אלא לא ידעתי מי עשה וגו׳ שהרי עיקר ההוכחה הוא על אשר נעשה ...
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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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What do Jews call the deuterocannonical books?
In theory, the Christian “Old Testament” is the same as the Jewish Bible, or at least the same texts in a different order, but in fact there are a few different versions of the Old Testament. The ...
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What is the correct definition of the Hebrew מין?
In relation to this question that I have asked. What is the correct English translation or equivalent of the Hebrew word מין?
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Origins/Information sought for the words דּוֹק and חֶלֶד, which appear in אַדִּיר וְנָאוֹר - translated as "Heaven and Earth"? (RH/YK Machzor)
I've never seen דּוֹק וָחֶלֶד before except in this prayer. Looking them up hasn't been particularly useful - I can't find a second source that defines דּוֹק as heaven (and can't find any uses in ...
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Are you allowed to make liquid nitrogen ice cream on Yom Tov
Liquid nitrogen is a liquid version of nitrogen gas and hence very cold. This ice cream involves sugar, chocolate syrup, milk --liquid nitrogen is poured in as one stirs vigorously. When all have ...
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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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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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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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Is לַיְלָה, (Laylāh) a male or female angel? (Niddah 16b)
Depending on the translation, the angel called "Night" לַיְלָה, (Laylāh) is sometimes referred to as "he" and sometimes "she" - or in the case cited below simply "...
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Why wasn’t Adam a hunter gatherer?
We see in Genesis 2:15 that Adam is commended to work the land, thus a farmer. How does that align with the supposed fact that we were hunter gatherers before farmers?
In Genesis 2, we also see that ...
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Where couldn't the gentiles go in Solomon's Temple?
I would like to know where were gentiles not allowed to go in Solomon's Temple. Was there a court for Gentiles like the Second Temple? Could they enter any of the courts in Solomon's Temple? Many ...
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What is the criteria for doubling the verse "ויהי נועם" in the Tefila?
There are cases, usually after "יהי רצון" (May there be a desire), that double the verse "ויהי נעם ה' אלקינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו. ". On the other hand, ...
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