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Strictly speaking, if one forgot to set aside an eruv tavshilin, he is not permitted to prepare anything on yom tov for Shabbat. Luckily, however, there is some leeway. When a person sets aside his own eruv tavshilin, he is allowed to stipulate that this ...
When to pray? When is Shabbat? What to do when time and space are not what they are on earth?
Dictated by G-d and transcribed by Moses, these books convey G-d’s instructions on how we can fulfill our life’s mission.
A small (but growing) minority of Jewish men have begun affixing blue threads on their tzitzit. Should you?
What is the definition of Judaism? What are the basic Jewish beliefs? How Did Judaism Begin? Who are the Jews?
Why and how the ancient Cherem was applied
The word cherem has multiple, and sometimes contradictory, meanings in the Torah, including to ban, devote, consecrate, proscribe, excommunicate or exterminate. In our common parlance, it refers to the banning of a person through excommunication. A cherem...
I always thought Mazel Tov meant “congratulations.” I recently heard that it actually means “good luck.” But I thought Jews don’t believe in luck . . . ?
The rabbinic endeavor of mining the text of Tanach (the Hebrew Bible) to extract nuggets of hidden wisdom from its subterranean layers.
The prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve.
Can anyone generate and use my likeness without my permission?