Monday, May 14, 2018

Don't learn first aid so that disasters won't happen?

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This was a question raised in the same Otzar Hachochma forums. Sounds very strange but this is a point of view expressed by many Charedi lea...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Charedi forum participant asks tough questions in Emuna and gets no good answers

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I read the Otzar Hachochma forums every so often, they are a fascinating insight into what is going in Charedi world and many of the partici...
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Sunday, May 6, 2018

Why does the Gemara give outlandish explanations for Mishnayos? Part 4

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Yesterday's daf (Zevachim 22) has another doozy. R. Yosi b'Rebbi Chanina states if the Kiyor does not contain enough water to be M...
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Thursday, May 3, 2018

The Kohanim had to go "commando" when they worked in the Beis Hamikdash

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No underwear allowed. The Gemar in Zevachim 17-18 makes it very clear that any piece of clothing over and above the 4 bigdei kehuna is absol...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Lag Baomer a new holiday

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Tonight is Lag Baomer and in Israel it is a huge event with more then half a million people making a pilgrimage to Meron and thousands of bo...
Monday, April 30, 2018

Why does the Gemara give outlandish explanations for Mishnayos? Part 3

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The gemara in Zevachim 15 makes a very startling statement about outlandish explanations for Mishnayos. The Gemara has a question about wh...
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Thursday, April 26, 2018

How many students of R' Akiva died during sefira?

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We are all familiar with the number 24,000 (12,000 pairs). In truth, this number seems very high, he had 24,000 students in his youth and on...