The Calendar and Holidays (incl. Sabbath)
- Chanukah
- Other Holidays and Fasts
- Passover
- Purim
- Rosh HaShanah
- Shavuos
- Sukkos
- The Jewish Calendar
- The Sabbath
- Yom Kippur
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History of the Dreidel
I saw a painting from 18th century Mexico at the L.A. County Museum in which a native-looking husband and wife are playing with a spinner that looks like a Dreidel. There are some nuts lying around; the husband is holding…
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TV/VCR on the Sabbath
I have just started honoring the Sabbath. Are watching a Television that’s been turned on before the Sabbath, and using a preprogrammed VCR in the spirit of Shabbat? First, let me say how impressed I am by your decision to…
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Height of the Original Menorah
A friend of mine ,a retired engineer, ask the height of the menorah which stood in front of the original Temple in Jerusalem. I believe it was 18 tephachim, or three amos, about 5 feet tall. Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt Dallas,…
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Fire in the Temple on the Sabbath
Why were they allowed to light a fire on Shabbat in the Temple for the sacrifices if the Torah says not to light fire on Shabbat? That is not the only Shabbat prohibition allowed in the Temple. Another example is…
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Salty Sabbath Soup
Are you allowed to add salt to your soup on Shabbat? If no, could you please explain why? Thank you for your question. It is permitted to add salt to your soup on Shabbat it it is in the bowl…
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Prayer and Repentance
Whenever I do something I know is wrong, I feel horrible the next day. I was wondering if there are any prayers I can say or anything that the Torah provides that can make you feel better? Is there anything…
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Miscellaneous, Rosh HaShanah, The Calendar and Holidays (incl. Sabbath), The Chumash (Five Books of Moses)
Holiday for the Binding of Isaac
There is a Muslim holiday, called “The Feast of Sacrifice”. To my understanding it’s a celebration of Abraham’s devotion to G_d, about him being so devoted he’d sacrifice his own son. My question is, why don’t Jewish people celebrate this…
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The “Red” Sea
Did the Israelites cross the Red Sea or the Reed Sea in their exodus from Egypt? The Reed Sea – “Yam Suf” in Hebrew. Rabbi Seinfeld http://rabbiseinfeld.blogspot.com
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Mikvah Blessing
What are the blessings a man would recite, when immersing in a Mikvah (Ritual Pool) in preparation for a Holiday? Nowadays a man would not make any blessing at all since he is immersing himself as a custom and not…