Questions tagged [mitzvah]
Mitzvah - commandment. This tag is for questions about the nature of commandments or the status of being a commandment. (However, many particular commandments have their own tags.)
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Milchemes mitzvah in Shoftim according to Rambam
According to the Rambam that you need a Melech for a milchemes mitzvah, how does the Rambam understand all the milchamos in the book of Shoftim?
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Which of the Mizvot are the most complicated to adhere to in the modern USA? [closed]
Which of the Mitzvot are the most complicated/difficult to adhere to in the modern USA?
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What do the concepts "worlds" "souls" and "Divinity" mean in Chassidus? [closed]
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What do the concepts "worlds" "souls" and "Divinity" mean in Chassidus? I have seen these in different places, together main question is from this book in the picture.
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Netilat Yadayim with public water fountain
If there is a publicly owned water source that everyone uses (like a public fountain of water), is there an issue with using it for Netilat Yadayim? In this case the liquid is clean. Would it be an ...
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Is the war to protect the State of Israel from attacks from terrrorists a Milchemes Mitzvah
The Rambam in Melachim 5:1 says that one of the cases of Milchemes Mitzvah is coming to the aid of Jews being attacked by an enemy.
Does that mean that the war in Gaza (declared on 07/10/2023) is a ...
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In a mixed marriage is the Issur also on the Non-Jew?
As far as I know I have not seen in the 7 laws of Bnei Noach that they have "Lifnei Iver"
Now of course a Jew cannot marry a Non-Jew. But is the Non-Jew in question also considered a Rasha?
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Should Hamas be treated like Amalek?
Do we say that Hamas's behaviour recently is as bad as Amalek, and therefore we have a mitzvah to completely eradicate them? If so, does that stretch to the whole of Gaza's population or even further?
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Why is tzitzis treated as an obligation
Following up on the question asked here: Why do people feel that there is a NEED to wear tzitzit?
It seems like the answer is that we wear it to remind us about all the mitzvos.
First of all, what is ...
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Aser titasher Talmud bavli Taanith 9a-b
As for the advice to give maaser kesafim, מעשׁר כספים to become rich:
Talmud Bavli Taánith 9a-b
עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר becomes תִּתְעַשֵּׁר עַשֵּׂ֣ר.
Why does the Talmud uses ithpael ThiTh’ASheeR in ...
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Percentage of SA halacha per Mitzva breakdown?
Is there a study or depiction (similar to the visualisations at Sefaria, although doesn't have to be a visualisation) that takes the whole of the Shulchan Aruch and traces every single halacha back ...
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The Baal Shem Tov: mitzvos as a gift
I've heard in the name of the Baal Shem Tov, that G-d was wondering what to give the Jewish people in order to perfect themselves. The endresult.... mitzvos, all 613 of them.
G-d gave us the Torah and ...
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Are non-Jews rewarded for following the Torah?
Obviously a non-Jew cannot keep Shabbos but what if, for example, they wanted to keep kosher and say brachos on food? Are they rewarded?
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Why did the Rambam single out Ribui?
In Sefer HaMitzvos, Shoresh 2, the Rambam says that anything derived using Rabbi Yishmael's 13 principles of derivation, or a Ribui (extraneous wording which tells us to include new laws), does not ...
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Sefer HaMitzvot and Sefer HaChinuch: Which should I study?
I want to study the 613 Mitzvot, and I was told about both the Sefer HaChinuch and Sefer HaMitzvot and I'm not sure which one to learn from. So, what's the difference? Do they include the exact same ...
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What Mitzvot Can A Non-Jew Not Keep? [duplicate]
What commandments, including any minhagim and the like, are Non-Jews ABSOLUTELY forbidden from keeping (in its entirety)?
A famous one is the prohibition of keeping Shabbat, EVEN for a a Non-Jew that ...
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