Total questions:  234

It is well known that the Tanna Reb Yishmoel was given such a name because even though Yishmoel started out a Rasha, he did Teshuva. In ...

• hashkafah
• names

Oiker Harim 218

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

If tanach is replete with reshaim who were gedolia yisrael (zimrei, doeg, korach, abshalom to name just a few) why are we so certain that ...

• hashkafah
• gedolim

juda 26

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

The Gemoro relates that when Chanah was caught by Eil davening and she was whispering, he asked the Urim Vetumim about her. He received ...

• women
• tzadikim
• agadah

Old Wine 175

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

I think it is agreed upon that it was definitely Ossur to make a State of Israel. But the Gedolmi paskened that once it is already ours, ...

• halacha
• jewish-history
• zionism

King of Kings 110

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Everyone knows that looking at Shmutz on the net is Ossur. I am looking for the Issur that this goes under. Can it go under the Issur of ...

• halacha
• internet
• shmiras-einayim

Danny 396

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

My husband has been reading up on graphology lately and is diagnosing everyone in the family with big issues we didnt know we had. He has ...

• graphology

busy gabbai 203

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

My father is thinking of sending my younger brother to a Yeshiva where he is a maggid shuir. He would only go to his shuir in two years ...

• yeshiva
• practical-advice

Oiker Harim 218

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Going to a beach with ones wife can be problematic for two reasons. The first is that there are many unTzniusdig scenes out there. The second ...

• halacha
• holiday

disgruntledGoat 515

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

I want to start learning Daf HaYomi with the Blue Artscroll which has a hebrew transalation. The reason I am not using the red one is because ...

• learning
• artscroll

busy gabbai 203

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

I often eat when I am having a very hard day even if I am not hungry. Someone told me that eating to distract oneself from problems is a ...

• addiction
• eating

disgruntledGoat 515

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

If one is born in Israel but leave at a young age, when can they return to Israel without being drafted, if they cannot obtain a exemption ...

• army
• practical-advice
• israel

Cindy 23

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

I think the Halacha is if you order a taxi you must wait for it even if other taxis pass you by. What is the Halacha when you are on the ...

• halacha
• choshen-mishpat

disgruntledGoat 515

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

Im really asking this question in utter sincerety. Is there a way to break the internet? I have just finished giving a shmooze about the ...

• internet

Chief Rabbi of The DRC 164

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Why does the Gemoro say that 40 days before a person is born a Bas Kol calls out, "The daughter of Ploni is destined for Ploni". Why not ...

• gemoro

Danny 396

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Kitzur says that one must place a mechitza by a wedding. Why not a Shabbos table too?

• halacha
• mechitza

Joe Shmoe 315

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago