Sometimes we get a question or answer that is unclear or leaves out important details, and people comment to elicit improvements. Sometimes that works well (and the post gets improved); other times there are complaints that we're overly critical. How do we do more of the former and less of the ...

There is a famous Jewish adage "על טעם ועל ריח אין להתווכח". However, amazingly, one can find a plethora of disagreements in the Talmud and Halachic works whether reicha lav milsa hi or if ta'am is k'ikar. How do these arguments square with this rule? This question is Purim Torah and is not in...

As Cnsersmoit notes, Jewish individuals are off topic. What we can conclude from this is non-Jewish individuals are on topic. Since we don't know if Double AA is a Jewish or non-Jewish individual, the question is Safek off topic. However, we also don't know if Double AA is an individual or not. ...

Point of order - We often talk about Pi hatanur, so we have direct reference to an oven having a mouth. Additionally, the mishnah says it doesn't have ears plural, mashmah that it has a single ear rather than two. We know that Hashem at times will react with "Charon Af" (Dvarim 11:17), which tr...

Here's the scenario: This year, my wife expected me to give her a huge diamond ring for her birthday. She didn't want any other gift. I went to the jeweler, and request a 5 Karat Princess cut for my princess, but that size is back-ordered and he couldn't get it in time. My wife was really angry...

Moses was not a Jew. This is a terrible lie. Moses was a Muslim who worshiped Allaah alone. There were no Prophets of Allah that were Jews. Please don't mix Bani Israel with Jews. Abraham was not a Jew or a Christan. He was a Muslim. Both of his sons, Ismail and Isaac were also Muslims and...

In Islam, Ahlul al-Kitaab have a special, protected status. For example, a Muslim man may marry a Jewish or Christian woman. Because of this, it is relevant to determine who is a Jew or a Christian. It is easy to determine who is a Christian because anyone who professes a belief that Jesus is th...

There seems to be a great deal of confusion about whether Jews argue or not: The taste/smell issue you cite. NYTimes claiming that Hebrew had no word for "debate," and Philologos countering that, yeah, we've got plenty of words for that. I mean, have you heard of the Talmud? The Talmud claiming...

We repeat the amida in shul for the sake of those who do not know the amida. We read the birkat hamzaon aloud for the sake of those who do not know the blessings. In both cases, we assume that many people do not have a siddur or cannot read, and that they have not memorized the words. So, why d...

We have a relaxed off-topic policy for Purim Torah. It is documented here and here. The context of this exception is silly parodies of real Torah discussion - could be a worthy exception to this expectation I think that some users have been abusing this relaxed standard to replace "silly ...

Halachically it is prohibited to think about Torah in the bathroom. However, sometimes I'll get up to go to the bathroom while I'm in the middle of a tough sugya and I'll find myself still thinking about my learning. Sometimes I have by accident come up with a solution to a difficult Rashi or Tos...