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How To Remember The שבע מצוות בני נח?
I once heard an easy way to remember the שבע מצוות בני נח:
א = אבר מו החי
ב = ברכת השם
ג = גזל
ד = דינים
ה = הרג
ו = גילוי עריות
ז = עבודה זרה
I am not sure if I am remembering ג ו & ז right - I ...
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The Pin Test - Urban Legend or Fact?
I have heard that certain, erudite Gedolim had photographic memories and passed the pin test. A volume of Talmud would be opened; a pin was thrust through its pages. The Gadol would look at the word/...
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Does one forgetting swallow another? Forgot if one davened during first 30 days after Pesach
In a general situation if someone forgot if they davened shacharit or mincha on a regular week day, they should do a Tefilla Nedava to make up for it1 (based on a Korban Nedava).
If someone (e.g. a ...
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Someone left a sefer open. Who is affected by increased forgetfulness?
Amongst the things that encourage forgetfulness דברים הגורמים לשכחה is
השארת ספר פתוח בעת הלימוד
leaving a book open at the time of learning.
Is the possibility of forgetfulness just for the ...
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What does "May his name and his memory be annihilated" really imply?
It is said that the worst Jewish curse is Yemach shemo vezichro -- May his name and his memory be annihilated.
But the vast majority of people, Jewish or not, are not remembered. They do not leave ...
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Recover Forgotten Torah
The Gemara Niddah (30b) says that a fetus learns its entire Torah while in the womb but then the angel hits it on the mouth to forget everything it learned.
ומלמדין אותו כל התורה כולה שנאמר (משלי ד ד)...
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Are there any sources for types of learning to memorize?
I am interesting in working on memorizing something - anything that I can have with me in my head that I can review at random times throughout the day. In terms of the “what” to memorize, I am curious ...
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How did the Tannaim/Amoraim learn Tanach?
Where the question is coming from:
An absolute essential requirement for any Tanna/Amora would be to have the whole of Tanach at their fingertips. Maybe not photographically memorized, but they should ...
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Learning to chant Torah with trope
It takes me at least 3-4 hours (cumulative) to learn 5-10 psukim (sentences) in trope. This is just one Aliyah! And unlike many of you, I know the notes, the grammar, and understand most of the words. ...
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Possible causes of divine judgement of losing one's memory, measure for measure?
This is definitely not to imply that anyone who gets Alzheimer's or has memory issues is being judged for sin. Who knows the ways of Hashem in every situation? But in some cases, we see in Tanakh that ...
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Mezuzah - Copying from memory
The gemara Menachos 32b says that even though a Sefer Torah may not be written except "מן הכתב", copied from another text, tefillin and mezuzah don't have that requirement and may be written ...
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What is the reason for non-linear structure in many mishnayot?
What is the reason that many mishnayot are structured in non-linear fashion, where the first case discusses Topic #1, the middle case discusses Topic #2, and the last case returns to Topic #1?
One ...
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May one memorize large swaths of Tanach?
It feels like a waste to memorize Keats or Cavafy when I can memorize Torah; however, I learned in yeshiva that one may not memorize psukim. What are the sources for this?
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What happens in Gehinnom?
The Rambam said:
Gehinnom, however, is the name for the pain and the punishment that will come to the evildoers [after they die], but the Talmud did not give a [definitive] description of this ...
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Ashkenazi Mishna memorization tune?
I once came across a website with an audio recording of someone singing mishnayot in Ashkenazi pronunciation with a tune for memorization. Where can I find an audio with mishnayos sung in Ashkenazi ...
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