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What is the longest masechta?

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2 answers

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Computer working on Shabbos

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10 votes

4 answers

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Is it required to knock on doors before entering?

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10 votes

3 answers

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Does listening to Torah content count as the mitzvah of Talmud Torah?

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10 votes

2 answers

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Rubik's cube on Shabbos

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Is watching via webcam valid for cholov yisroel?

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Can a 9 year old do Yibbum?

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Talking during Torah reading

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2 answers

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Need to kasher a knife after sticking oneself

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Can one eat on Sunday

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Why is one permitted to ignore the prohibition of shatnez when it comes to tzitzis?

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52 Questions

Reason behind pinky during hagba

Are you allowed to save a non-Jew's life on shabbos?

What is the longest masechta?

If a pig was genetically modified to chew its cud, would it be kosher?

Swimming on Shabbos

Computer working on Shabbos

Wearing a kippa at work

Mikvah erev Yom kippur

Lottery on Shabbos

Can a Kohen Marry a Woman with a Non-Jewish Father?

Deleting files containing G-d's Name / taking the host device into the bathroom

Do you have to close your blog / website on shabbos?

Why did the Mitzryim turn water into blood rather than vice versa?

Is it required to knock on doors before entering?

Does listening to Torah content count as the mitzvah of Talmud Torah?

Davening for someone to end a painful life

Rubik's cube on Shabbos

Is watching via webcam valid for cholov yisroel?

hat and jacket during davening

Can a 9 year old do Yibbum?

Making a siyum on a mesechta

Gambling at casino

Talking during Torah reading

Need to kasher a knife after sticking oneself

Quorum for chazaras hashatz

Tallis falling off

Can one eat on Sunday

Why is one permitted to ignore the prohibition of shatnez when it comes to tzitzis?

Is paintballing alowed

Renting a simcha hall from a church