This is not a good situation. The fake citation is potentially dangerous to you, if you treat the fake-citing paper as legitimate. Maybe it was some sort of mis-statement, but maybe it was deliberate falsification. No easy way to know. If deliberate, it is very dishonest. — paul garrett Feb 27 at 20:58
The Israeli Rabbinate is considering granting smicha (rabbinic ordination) to Google. Now, assuming he gets accepted, what if Rabbi Google's answer is to look at Mi Yodeya?
Mi Yodeya's policy states clearly:
Q: Does Mi Yodeya offer personal guidance in response to practical questions about J...
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My friend teaches at a Sunday school, and made mishloach manos with her class last week.
One very bright student asked her, "What if there's no one for me to give mishloach manos to? I can't give it to my friends in public school (very strict rules about bringing in outside food); can I give it ...
According to the Vilna Gaon, the opening line of Kaddish is very disjointed. So much so, that most people are, ostensibly, mispronouncing one of the words.
Grammatically, it would also work, and it would seem to make more intuitive sense, to say:
יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ כּרְעוּתֵהּ שְׁמֵהּ...
I'm told the mods here are "msh210", "MonicaCellio" and "DoubleAA".
How do I calculate the equivalency classes defined by the congruence relation $a \pmod p$ of $a \in \mathbb{Z}$ for $p \in { \text{"msh210", "MonicaCellio", "DoubleAA"} }$?
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The Gemara (Shevuos 39a) says
כל ישראל ערבים
All of Israel are Arabs.
Is this true? I always thought that my family came from Eastern Europe. If it is true that all Jews are actually Arabs, what is the best way to leverage this fact to help promote peace on earth?
This question i...
