The pasuk says (Devarim 25:18): תמחה את זכר עמלק- wipe the memory of Amalek. Does this mean to wipe all of their memories, or only enough to make them ‘non- Amaleki’? Also, how do we wipe their memories-hypnosis seems pretty close to the prohibition of magic, so are there alternatives? This q...

Some of you may have noticed that we've been making some changes to the Hot Network Questions on the back end over the last week or so. I'm here announcing our first round of changes to how the HNQ works and give you some ideas of why we're starting here and where we're planning to go in the futu...

I was perusing a a Mishna, as one is wont to do, when I came across a slightly unnerving phrase in Nedarim 7:8: אָסוּר לֶאֱכֹל he may not eat Well, that was a bit disconcerting. I happen to eat quite frequently, so if that happens to be forbidden, I'm in a bit of a pickle (and I wouldn...

Just to be safe, I've been reading up on how to vanquish a vampire. Never hurts to be too careful. From what I've read, it seems that many authorities agree that the simplest and surest way to kill a vampire is with a wooden stake through the heart. The concern that I have is, our Sages teach us...