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What are the Facts? In another post I quoted former Pres. Donald Trump bragging that his administration’s Warp Speed program got the vaccines through clinical trials and approvals in under a year, whereas it would have taken a minimum of … Continued
The Talmud, tractate Menachot 41b sets the relationship between Tefach (halachic handbreadth) and Etzba (halachic finger width). Menachot 97b and 98a explain the relationship of the handbreadth to the cubit. Thus if we could figure out the handbreadth we can … Continued
Post revised: 26th Elul 5782 – Sept. 22, 2022 https://www.voanews.com/a/king-charles-iii-formally-proclaimed-britain-s-monarch/6739599.html Based on: https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Brachot_on_Sights Bracha for Seeing a King or Queen It is a mitzvah to go and see rulers and kings, whether they are Jewish or non-Jewish.[14] Nonetheless, one shouldn’t waste … Continued
The following is a translated quote of the last halacha in chapter 6 Mishneh Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzah and the Torah Scroll A person should pay heed to the precept of the Mezuzah; for it is an obligation perpetually binding upon … Continued
Translation of Rambam’s commentary to the Mishna, Sanhedrin 10:1 as provided by https://www.sefaria.org.il/Rambam_on_Mishnah_Sanhedrin.10.1.16?ven=Sefaria_Community_Translation&vhe=Vilna_edition&lang=en&with=all&lang2=en The first principle To believe in the existence of the Creator, may He be blessed, and that is that there is a Being complete in all the … Continued
The fact that the phrase “Dome of the Rock” does not appear explicitly in the writings of the Caphtor Vapherach, is brought by advocates of the Southern Location of the Temple on Mount Moriah as evidence that that Caphtor Vapherach … Continued
Shmot / Exodus Chapter 2: as translated by http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=2&CHAPTER=2 2:16 The sheik of Midian had seven daughters, who came to draw water. As they were beginning to fill the troughs and water their father’s sheep, 2:17 other shepherds came and … Continued
The last Mishna in Chapter 7 of Chulin as translated by Sefaria.org states: The prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve applies to a kosher animal and does not apply to a non-kosher animal. Rabbi Yehuda says: It applies even to … Continued
Part A: Ramadan from a different angle: Mentioning the A-Deity and M-Prophet Part B: One Who Celebrates Jewish Defeats Part C: The Achashverosh Feast Gave Power to Haman Part D: Is it really worse than Thanksgiving? For further research see: … Continued
A prominent rabbi tried to defend the participation of Jews in the Iftar Religious feast of Gentiles by the stating that Rambam holds, the religion of Salim Jabbar is not idolatry. My counterclaim is that even Rambam would forbid the … Continued