@soandos I imagine it will work itself out if you give it a little more time. People can look up sources inside, more users will bring their knowledge to the table. We'll just have to see.
The Ichud HaKehillos LeTohar HaMachane anti-Internet rally is coming up in a few weeks, on May 20, 2012. What do contemporary halakhic authorities say about the permissibility or prohibition of using the Internet? Obviously it seems like some forbid and some permit. What are the different reas...
A woman who desperately wanted to get married traveled to Meron, the burial place of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai, and vowed that if she found her match, she would name her first son Shimon in his merit. She indeed got married shortly thereafter, but her new husband’s name was Shimon! What should she ...
@ShmuelBrin - I would have to ask her again to be 100% certain, but I remember that one of my aunts told me a few years ago that my grandmother's family is descended from Jews who were forced to flee from Spain because of the Inquisition to stay Jewish. My mother's family obviously does have many Ashkenazi minhagim, but I think they are in fact partially Sephardic. (at least spiritually if not genetically) — Adam Mosheh51 secs ago
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@AdamMosheh ^^^I know it is somewhat unrelated to this Mi.Yodeya, but Wikipedia does have a increasingly popular Judaism Portal...
@msh210 But couldn't we just edit the word wine into the older one and then close as dupe? And on the off chance that someone distinguishes it will be dealt with in an answer? Just to be a little more organized.
@IsaacMoses Does anyone think that the reason for this is because M.Y users search for questions using google and click on them more often, which is why they come up more often? Or is it probably because outsiders are agree that the information found on our website is very valuable?
@AdamMosheh Then tag it with the appropriate meseches tag, or other relevant tags. The only reason I can think of using a b'raysa tag is for a question about how the b'raysos were redacted or what-have-you -- and probably not even then -- and I don't think we have any such.
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@AdamMosheh And per the 2 stars on that last post of mine (here), I'm taking the liberty of detagging.
User #2 is IsaacMoses. Why are numbers such as 1, 4, 6, and 8 missing? Perhaps IsaacMoses is the #2. Low numbers should be in high demand. Can't users request to switch to the lower numbers to save URL space because the other users previously disactivated their accounts? E.g., sports teams have p...
During the Town Hall Chat Isaac Moses asked the following question:
Consider a Question "I'm injured, so I can't walk to synagogue this Sabbath. What can I do to connect my prayers with those of the community?", an Answer "According to the Conservative Movement, you may drive to synagogue. Dr...
@DoubleAA Yes, that's surprising. I'm assuming (occam's razor) that they're coming from one person who's browsing our site, rather than a bunch of different people. If so, I wish we had a way to invite him to create an account and join us.
Do the Baraitot brought down by Masechet Kutim and other random halachot in the Talmud that were said about "kutim" apply to the 750 remaining Samaritans in the world today (who currently live in Eretz Yisrael), or are these people just as "non-Jewish" as all non-Jews are?
Cf. Second Kings chpt....
@DoubleAA I think I should answer meta.judaism.stackexchange.com/q/1299 with "If it asks about A or B and answers discuss A and B then..." and then edit the question from "A question asks about case A. All the answers..." to "A question asks about case A or case B. All the answers...". :-)
A question asks about case A. All the answers explain the rule with respect to cases A and B which have the same rule (or at least no one has yet to find a distinction). Is it appropriate to generalize the question post facto to ask about A and B, or leave the question alone because it is technic...
During the Town Hall Chat Isaac Moses asked the following question:
Consider a Question "I'm injured, so I can't walk to synagogue this Sabbath. What can I do to connect my prayers with those of the community?", an Answer "According to the Conservative Movement, you may drive to synagogue. Dr...
