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Is this question on-topic?
Would this question be on-topic here?
It’s more of a historical linguistics question than one relating to Judaism, per se. However, its subject is a word that occurs in the Torah (which is obviously ...
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Are questions related to drugs inappropriate for this site?
I have found that many (nearly all) questions related to drugs and Judaism, which ostensibly are on topic, received downvotes and close votes
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Do you make a blessing when consuming ...
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Drop the p'sak halacha closure rule
It seems that certain individuals vote to close down questions on this site by claiming that the question is asking for a practical ruling (p'sak halacha).
There is also a message that says to consult ...
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Questions regarding figures associated with Judaism
I had a question a while back about two contemporary Jewish figures that got closed for being about Jews not Judaism (Did R Aaron Feldman and R Lichtenstein ever meet before the latter's death?)
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Comparing judaism with psychological theories
My question is if we can close questions asking for equivalences between Judaism and psychological theories as cognitive psychologies or other therapies, as questions asking about comparative ...
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Non-normative Jewish practices
Recently a user has asked a series of questions about the Beta Israel community and how they understand/practice their religion. From the questions it seems that this community has very significant ...
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MY's stance on questions concerning apocryphal texts?
What's Mi Yodeya's stance on questions concerning Jewish apocryphal texts? There's one that was asked earlier, and I saw that it was flagged by a number of people as "comparative religion", ...
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Site scope in Tour seems to disagree with scope defined in the Help Center
The site tour says it is on-topic to ask about:
general knowledge ... as it relates directly to Jewish life and learning
While the Help Center article on site scope says it is off-topic to ask
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Can I ask for explanation about a Masoretic note?
There is a Masoretic note in my Hebrew Bible (in the Masorah Parva/Qetana) that I don't understand. I think I know what it means, literally, but I don't see how it applies to the marked word. Can I ...
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Are Scholarly Answers About Judaism On-Topic?
I am trying to ascertain whether, or to what extent, scholarly (1) answers about Judaism (as opposed to faith-based answers written from a believer's perspective) are on-topic on this particular site.
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Are questions about calculating the Metonic Calendar on-topic
This question - How many days are there in each year of the 304th Metonic cycle? - and similar Metonic ones are being asked by the same user.
Can one simply point him to the relevant literature (e.g. ...
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Petition: On closing or editing COVID-19-related questions as psak-seeking
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A "COVID-19-specific halachic question" (henceforth "C19 question") is one which, due to the limiting nature of the question, cannot be generalized to other diseases, ...
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Can temple questions be posed as practical advice?
When asking about a law in the Torah which is not in active use do to our current pre-temple status, may one ask it as if it is happening.
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Q. My Bechor got mixed in with my Pesach, and I don’t ...
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Questions about seforim recommendations?
Figured I'd ask here before posting to main. I'm looking for an english translation of the mishna berura. Is that a question ("What's a good english translation...?") that's allowed on here? I know ...
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On-topic-ness of "how many X are in Y" questions
Forgive me if this was discussed before; I don't frequent meta.
I've been seeing a lot of questions of the form "how many X are in Y?". I personally find them to be pretty pointless questions that ...
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