Questions tagged [tzibur-community]
about the community and the individual in the community
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Does a Rabbi have an obligation towards his students
I am looking for sources/responsa that deal with a Rabbi's moral obligation towards his students - eg. a moral imperative for him to stay with his talmidim, or to continue his relationship.
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Public nuisance in Halacha
Does Halacha recognize the notion of someone being liable for “public nuisance”? In secular law, a public nuisance is generally defined as someone who is doing something which is significantly ...
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How does a Jewish community recognize a Jewish person they hadn't seen ever before?
Let's say there is a Jewish community where everybody knows each other, for example in a city. Let's say a new Jewish person arrives and manifests their will to get integrated with them. Nobody knows ...
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Can a Frum person attend Limmud
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ZT”L didn’t attend Limmud Festival. However Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis did attend, unlike R. Sacks who listened to Haredi opposition.
The Limmud Festival (formerly known as ...
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Is there any special mitzvah connected with the upcoming “March for Israel” rally on November 14 at the National Mall in Washington DC?
Upon reflection, the last time there was a potentially world altering convergence of Jews in the United States was for the Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jewry Rally on December 6, 1987. It was estimated ...
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Do Noahides have to accept the minhag/local custom of a particular Jewish community if they join their synagogue and move in there?
Generally, we know that if a Jew were to move into a new Jewish community, they would take on the local customs of the community as told. I am curious as to whether Noahides have the same obligation, ...
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What is a lost Jew to do?
I am a Jew because my parents are Jews and their parents are too. I have recently come to believe in G-d through G-d but I have no communication with my Jewish people.
Do the sources require that ...
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Does contemporary orthodox Judaism teach that "Satan" exists?
The figure of Satan (and not a שטן, which can be used as an adjective or a role) - an opposite counterpart to God, or a rebellious angel who has embraced, and epitomizes evil - is quite prominent in ...
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Looking for sources that support needing a mechitzah in shul for activities other than davening
What are sources that support having a mechitzah or for gatherings in shul outside of davening such as kiddush, adult education, or other seudas mitzvah? Also helpful are sources that are against not ...
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Kaddish Nusach Ashkenaz person waits for additions of Nusach Edos Hamizrach
A synagogue follows Nusach Ashkenaz (NA). For Kaddish Yosom, there are people who would normally daven Nusach Edos Hamizrach (NEM). The NA people stop their kaddish where necessary to let the NEM ...
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RE: Chida prayer for love and unity
From what source is the Chida's prayer for the unity and love of Israel? It's on p 212-213 of the RCA's Siddur Avodat Halev, but it's unsourced besides saying the Chida wrote it. Halp?
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Have Chasidic dynasties ever merged?
Chasidic Judaism is broken up into various communities around the world. I was just curious if any of these communities have ever moved to "consolidate" and absorb into a new larger ...
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Does a Jew who doesn't care about other Jews' problems become a gentile [duplicate]
Under Jewish law, does a Jew who turns his back on other Jews change in his status in any way? Is he, under any law or any religious context, treated like a non-Jew for any practical intents?
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“Pray at the same time as the community”- refers to the Amidah. Source please
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 90 prescribes that someone davenning alone should synchronise his prayers with the community:
ישתדל אדם להתפלל בב"ה עם הציבור ואם הוא אנוס שאינו יכול לבא לב"ה ...
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How pro-active must we be tracing (non) Jewishness?
In a "hypothetical" case in which an entire family is declared retroactively not Jewish from 3 generations ago, how active must the community be in tracing all the people who would have, ...
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