Questions tagged [sources-mekorot]
Questions seeking sources for a given practice in general or in specific Jewish communities, alternatively seeking the location of a specific source of a teaching/idea/philosophy based on Torah writings.
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Sources on Jesus which would contradict the Yaavetz's stance on Jesus?
The Yaavetz writes somewhat positively regarding Jesus, that he simply wanted to start a Noahide religion for non Jews, and was later adopted by non Jews for Christianity after the fact, and did not ...
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Woman's Intuition - Torah idea?
There is a cultural concept called "women's intuition". Here's an article on it.
Does the Torah (Written, Oral, Rabbinics etc.) accept this concept? Does it explain it? Does it give a reason ...
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Ha-Gris Salanter on the power of human courts
Da'at Torah to Leviticus 23:2 says that Rabbi Salanter used to use Numbers Rabbah 14:1 as a prooftext that earthly courts can overrule heavenly courts. Text below.
Can anyone help me find the source ...
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What are sources about Bar Kochva/Koziva which paint him and his rebellion against the Romans in either a positive or negative light?
Outside of the few stories in the Bavli, the one story in the Yerushalmi and Eicha Rabba, what the Rambam says in Hilchot Melachim perek 11 and what the Abarbanel says in Yeshuot Meshicho, what are ...
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Sensation associated with N"HY
Each of the Sefirot (the faculties of our soul) has a sensation. See Ayin Beis, ש״פ בלק - כי מראש צורים:
וכל ענין המדות הו״ע ההרגשה, דהרגשת עצמו הוא יסוד המדות, ואא״ל שום
מדה, כמו אה׳ או יראה, בלי ...
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Celestial phenomena in Judaism
I want to learn all about celestial phenomena as it pertains to Judaism. What are all the topics related thereto and what are good resources to learn more about them?
Below are topics that I've ...
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Moshiach ben Yosef already came? Is an idea?
Seeking sources for the belief that Moshiach ben Yosef
is an idea or historical event, not necessarily and individual person
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has already came
(I think I heard from Rabbi Ahron Feldman ...
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Torah contains a lesson on the conduct of our life
The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Likkutei Sichos, vol. 3, Parshas Vayeshev, p. 806) quotes an idea from the Zohar that:
All matters of Torah are precise, and every detail of them is an instruction in avodah.
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Does anyone know where I can get "Maaseh Beis Din" by R' Yosef Karo (online or in person)?
I'm pretty sure it's a tshuva or a letter (not a full book) on the subject of the reestablishment of semicha, specifically related to the attempt to reestablish it by Mahari Beirav, R' Yosef Karo, etc ...
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Need of Oral Torah/Chazal
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I was recently asked some pretty difficult questions to which I could not give or find an answer. I would like to share them in different posts for everyone to try and shed light. I invite people ...
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Is there a sefer for halachos for when the Mashiach comes?
Is there a sefer for halachos for when the Mashiach comes? I don’t see why there wouldn’t be, but if there is please provide a link that also has an english translation.
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Source for Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky's piece on Keruvim?
I saw a beautiful idea here cited in the name of Rav Shmuel Rozovsky zt"l (I also found mention of it here):
Rav Shmuel Rozovsky (Chiddushei Rabi Shmuel) writes that one can have the best Rebbe ...
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Keeping 2 day Yom Tov when Mashiach comes [duplicate]
Rabbi Glatstein quotes the Chatam Sofer that when mashiach comes, even people in Israel will keep two days of Yom Tov.
Can someone translate how Chatam Soffer derived what R. Gladstein quotes? (Rabbi ...
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What is the earliest halachic source which identifies a mechitza as a requirement for a synagogue?
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While learning the halachot of a synagogue in Mishneh Torah I noticed that there was nothing explicitly discussing a mechitza or other mechanism for dividing men and women. It made me ...
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What does this tree of early Hasidic leaders look like completed?
I found this depiction in the inside front cover of Souls on Fire; Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters by Elie Weisel. It charts the student-teacher relationships of major Hasidic figures ...
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