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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Can concepts in Devarim be used equally to interpret concepts in the other books?
I have a vague memory of a Talmud discussion in which someone tried to use a reference from Devarim to elucidate a mitzvah in one of the earlier 4 books but I believe the conclusion was you cannot ...
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Source for parable about wandering attention during tefillah
There's a well-known parable about concentrating during tefillah.
A person walks through the fair and looking at the various items on sale. Suddenly, he is struck in the chest. He sees nobody in the ...
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Is there a punishment for lacking emunah?
If someone genuinely spends all their time studying philosophy/biblical scholarship/other related field and doesn't conclude that God exists, are they punished for their disbelief?
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Tekhelet hidden on purpose
I was recently told by someone that the sages hid the tekhelet on purpose because it was expensive and thus differentiated between poorer and richer Jews.
Are there any sources that back this claim?
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Adversarial Chavruta Style - applies to Chassidut?
I like to learn Chassidut. Chassidut is based heavily on Kabbalah, and therefore it most likely falls under a "bashamayim hi" lomdus. See this question: Does 'not in heaven' apply to ...
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Source for the "Shukul Shukul" song
I came across a song from Thank You Hashem recently, called "Shukul Shukul".
According to the song description, the lyrics are based on a passage in Shaar hagilgulim that says "כי מעשה ...
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Sources for centrality of Shmoneh Esrei in our liturgy
There are numerous sources that look at the shemoneh esrei / the Amida, and provide information on its structure, the various kavannos, the associated halachos etc., but I am specifically chasing some ...
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Deeper meaning of "field of knives" being harvested with the "horn of a donkey"?
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The gemara in Bechoros brings a debate between Rabbi Yehoshua and the wise men of Athens, where they asked different riddles to test his wisdom
משרא דסכיני במאי קטלי בקרנא דחמרא ומי איכא ...
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Reason for the mourning custom of banging in a nail?
There is a Chabad custom at the end of shiva to bang a nail into the floor where the avel sat. The underlying source for this custom is absent from the materials I could find online and is described ...
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What was this prayer about Malchut HaRisha?
One weeknight in November, I went to a Persian shul in LA for Arvit. After Alenu, the chazan said by heart some long prayer(s) about “Malchut HaRisha”.
What is it (or what were they)? I’d like to read ...
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When did the Rebbe say "his soul is in me"?
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One of the arguments that the Chabad messianic group makes for the Rebbe allegedly being the Messiah is that they claim he said that his predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shneurson, (זי"...
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Looking for source that the “Megilat Sotah” can be written in any language
I remember seeing somewhere (I don’t remember where) that there is an opinion that the scroll written for the Sotah can be written in any language - does anyone know where this opinion is brought down?...
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Do any Rabbinic sources discuss a potential Multiverse?
Are there any Rabbinic sources at all that discuss and/or entertain the possibility of a multiverse (loose definition)?
All sources are welcome, whether Chazal, Kabbala, or even contemporary ...
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Where in Tanach do we find a jewel as a source of light
I am trying to find where in Tanach, other than in Noah's ark, is there a jewel as a source of light. I have checked the chumash in reference to light from the basket Moses was placed in and I believe ...
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Source that Adam Harishon drank 926 *luggim* of wine
I heard that Adam Harishon drank 926 luggim of wine from the etz hadaat (according to R' Yehuda's opinion in Berachot 40a that it bore grapes).
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