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What makes a smart phone “kosher”?

kashrut-kosher technology asked Sep 12 '19 at 20:44
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Is there a halachic problem with the Columbia University seal on the floor of the library?

halacha shemos-sacred-names chilul-kidush-hashem college-university-school asked Aug 4 '14 at 16:30
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Do we have any proof (Biblical or other Judaic) that current-day Arabs have lineage from Yishma'el?

history sources-mekorot gentiles islam yishmael asked Jul 31 '14 at 14:56
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Can a Jew who dies on Mars be buried there?

halacha funeral-burial-levaya outer-space asked Mar 1 '15 at 22:47
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How can someone, halachically, do teshuva when s/he has offended an anonymous person on the internet?

halacha internet yom-kippur repentance-teshuvah forgiving-mechilah asked Sep 14 '14 at 23:44
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Why are the names of some Masechtot in Aramaic while others are in Hebrew?

names talmud-gemara grammar-dikduk mishna asked Jul 17 '14 at 15:32
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When Tana“ch uses the phrase ”until today" what does it mean?

parshanut-torah-comment time asked Jun 12 '14 at 18:00
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Why is every 3rd plague (of the 10 brought on Pharoah) unannounced?

parshanut-torah-comment number plagues-makkos bo va-eira asked Jan 10 '15 at 23:56
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Are there any contemporary “Gedolim” that prohibit the use of davening from a smart phone?

halacha tefilla technology phone asked Dec 8 '15 at 18:10
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Why is the Torah divided into five books?

sefer-torah asked Dec 24 '18 at 3:31
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A rabbi asked me to light candles before weekday Mincha/Ma'ariv. Is this customary? Is there a bracha?
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Why do we play bagpipes, get drunk, and wear green on Moshe Rabbeinu's Yahrzeit
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Given Chametz by a Guest on Pesach - how to react?
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PTIJ: How local does my rabbi need to be?
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What's the reason of using Yad in reading Torah?
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Can a gentile pray in a synagogue?
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Can you say berachot in your underwear?
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How long does it take to learn to layn Megillas Ester?
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Were there cockroaches on the ark?
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Why does the Mishnah/Gemara begin with Masekhet Berakhot?
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Is a bracha said when eating non-food items (e.g. paper)?
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Who is Herbert?
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PTIJ: Is the Milky Way Cholov Yisroel?
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Writing the name chaya
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How can I connect with God on facebook?
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Someone in authority apologizes?
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PTIJ: With how many minions must a minion daven?
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Why wasn't Aharon punished with Tzraas?
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Have any of you ever heard anyone pronouncing ayin as “ng”?
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Should a non-Orthodox Jew wear tzitzit or not?
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PTIJ: How does Hashem code with BYNH?
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Drasha Le'Chasuna Le'HaRamban
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PTIJ: What happened to Reuven's tie?
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PTIJ: Fire codes in the Beis Hamikdash
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PTIJ: לא יגעתי ולא מצאתי
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Flying During Channukah Candle Lighting
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Did Abraham know that Lot Survived the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Splitting the Double Parshiyot
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Any practical tips for leaning when seated in an armless dining-room chair?
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Revoking bar mitzvah
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