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Can an unintentional murderer leave Ir Miklat for Shalosh Regalim?

Font size variation within siddurim

Do you need a minyan for Kol Nidrei?

Where can I buy a Yeshivish fedora online?

Why do pigs bring people back to life? [closed]

Can you convert without a rabbi?

Davening schedule for someone with a night shift

Did each Kohen Gadol wear his predecessor's garments?

Why the Ten Plagues (blood, frogs, lice, etc.) specifically?

The Halachic Reasoning Behind the Neturei Karta

PTIJ: Why do we shake four heretics on Sukkot? [closed]

Did Jacob ever figure out what the Brothers did to Joseph?

What does it mean that “his face became blackened” in the Gemara?

What does the Rambam mean when he says that the planets have souls?

Did you fulfill your obligation if you pronounced the Name of G-d differently from your custom?

Why are some makpid on a “double covering”? [duplicate]

How was Elazar HaKohen allowed to marry the daughter of Puti (Yisro)?

Tehillim “Ohel Yosef Yitzchok”

“Fathers shall not be put to death because of sons, nor shall sons be put to death because of fathers” - Contradiction?

PTIJ: Do Irish Jews have “the luck of the Irish”? [closed]

Is a Jew allowed to be the President of the United States?

Can we use archaeology to determine halacha or mesorah?

Prison in Halacha [duplicate]

Why does the Torah mention that Lot went with Avram twice?

Where is techiyas hameisim alluded to in the Torah?

Why does a Chabad tallit katan have silk corners?

In the Talmud, who is Plimo?

Should you say “Mah Tovu” when you daven at home?

Doing Havdolah with no flame or spices

Shulchan Aruch HaRav and the Gra