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Where does it say it’s not about the job but rather it’s the merits?
BH
I heard that it's not about the Job or certain profession that you have rather it's your merits that actually bring you your parnasa if this is an accurate statement according to the Talmud what is ...
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What is HaAshmurah HaRishona in the Mishnah
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What is HaAshmura HaRishonah?
Someone told me it is just a division in the night while someone else told me that it is referring to the Leviim guarding in the temple which ever it is does it speak ...
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If the nations' ministers are all appointed by Hashem, why is it idol worship? [closed]
I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I was pondering it today and I hope you will find it as interesting as I do. Every Rabbinic opinion I've seen, although there are plenty I haven't of ...
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Types of Magic according to Judaism
The Jewish sources speak in many places about magic e.g shemot 7:11, 7:22 & Vayikra 19:26 etc.
Are there different types? if so what are they?
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Do we apply עושה מעשה עמך consistently anywhere it says עמך?
The Gemara in several places (BM 48b and 62a, Yevamos 22b, Sanhedrin 85a, BB 4a, BK 94b, Makkos 8b) quotes the exposition
ונשיא בעמך לא תאור - בעושה מעשה עמך
“A prince in your people you shall ...
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No issue of techum during kriyas yam suf
The Torah says that the sea formed a wall to the left and right of the Jews. The Midrash clarifies that it became a solid wall.
The Chasam Sofer (to be precise, his grandson), to resolve a different ...
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Other reasons to start teaching children with Vayikra
The Midrash (Tanchuma Tzav #14, Vayikra Rabbah 7:3) advises one to start teaching their children with parshas Vayikra, since the korbonos are pure, just like children are pure. This is brought by the ...
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How could they call Yaakov by name?
Chazal in a few places (Pesachim 56a and Bereishis Rabbah 98:3 for example) say that Yaakov asked his twelve sons if any of them had turned rotten, or had a lapse in faith. They responded שמע ישראל ...
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Explaining Rash"i regarding Tamar's actions on Breishit 38:25 [duplicate]
I've been looking at Rash"i's explanations of Tamar's refusal to embarrass Yehuda after she was found to be pregnant and was sentence to burning. Rash"i says that from her actions, we learn that one ...
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Halacha that a woman may not speak to her husband in the presence of others
I found this in the Rashi on Ki Seitzei (Deuteronomy 22:16):
And the girl’s father
shall say [to the elders]: [The father, but not the mother.] This
teaches us that a woman is not permitted to ...
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what does the "uncovering of Boaz’ legs" have to do with Keri?
I was shown Shulchan Aruch Harav 619 :
וְעַל כָּל פָּנִים יִזָּהֵר שֶׁלֹּא ��ְכַסּוֹת רַגְלָיו, זֵכֶר לַדָּבָר "וַתְּגַל מַרְגְּלֹתָיו" שֶׁל בֹּעַז, שֶׁלֹּא יָבוֹא לִידֵי חִמּוּם:
One should at ...
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Midrashic sources quoted in halacha
Are there places in halacha where content from a purely midrashic source (like midrash rabbah, pesikta, sifra, sifrei, etc.) find their way into halacha? Anything in the Talmud is excluded for the ...
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How much schach would be required for a Leviathan succah?
Preface - While this question may appear humorous, it is not "Purim Torah".
On Shmini Atzeret, there is a short "good-bye" to the Succah prayer which includes the wish that we should merit, next year,...
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Do we learn any hilchos shechita from the Akeida?
The Binding of Isaac (Gen. 22) is a fascinating story, for a multitude of reasons.
One thing that appeals to me, as a shochet (slaughterer), is that it has in it (as far as I could tell) the earliest ...
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Issachar's Banner in Halacha
Inspired by this answer.
Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7 describes the symbol on Issachar's banner as the sun and the moon.
I have researched the topic of what it is permitted to draw, and it seems that ...
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