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Rabi Yochanan Ben Zakai, or Josephus?

history tannaim churban-destruction maseches-gitin yochanan-ben-zakkai asked Dec 18, 2014 at 14:08

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Is there a connection between Hagar's distance and Yishmael's profession?

parshanut-torah-comment vayera yishmael asked Nov 10, 2014 at 1:05

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How does the carrot in deep fryer trick work?

frying asked Dec 28, 2014 at 21:54

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Do Black Lives Matter donations get funneled to the Democratic Party?

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Why are notes on the harmonica laid out the way they are?

harmonica asked Jan 15, 2015 at 18:30

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Did any classic rabbinic sources discuss static electricity?

sources-mekorot rishonim electricity chazal asked Jan 22, 2015 at 23:31

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Sources for seeing the Exodus as metaphorical rather than historical

history yetziat-mitzrayim heresy faith-bitachon-emunah literalism asked Jan 25, 2016 at 20:00

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Looking for a particular idea from Reb Yonason Eibshitz

halacha sources-mekorot beit-din-court capital-punishment acharonim asked Dec 18, 2014 at 0:48

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What is the rationale to continue saying Yekum Purkan in its present state

shabbat tefilla history golus-exile asked Nov 4, 2014 at 17:56

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Brown glass and WWII

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Would a mermaid be kosher?

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Is this the Chofetz Chaim?

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Why can men wear pants if pants are immodest?

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Why was שמאי holding a ruler?

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Are two biological brothers allowed to marry two biological sisters?

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Where does the concept of Gilgulim (reincarnations) in Judaism come from?

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Are there any Midrashim where Yitzchak was actually sacrificed by Avraham?

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Do we know more about נבח?

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What did the brave shul men die from?

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Why did the Davidic dynasty need to come from questionable relations?

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Should a non-Orthodox Jew wear tzitzit or not?

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What's the reason for the gravesite of Moshe Rabbeinu not being Known?

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Why, in the US, is Japanese brutality ignored compared with the Nazi brutality in WW2?

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Why did Goliat fall on his face?

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David & Yonatan and homosexuality

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Why doesn't the king of Belah get a name?

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Yichud in a car?

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So you ate dairy after meat. Now what?

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Is the shiur called a "k'beiah" or a "k'beitzah"?

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Torah argument increases peace

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Self-defense in a street fight?

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Is there a prohibition against long hair for an Orthodox Jewish man?

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Who recognizes Yom HaShoah?

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Is there any tradition of any Jews leaving Mitzrayim before the Exodus

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Ramban and Shituf. What is his position?

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