Answer by Dov for What is a “shadow of a shadow”?
It is a reference to shadow created by moonlight.Refer for example to the Kaf HaChaim OC 664:19וזההצלאינוצלהאדםממשכיהעומדאצלהלבנהאואצלהאורא"אשלאיראהלוצלאלאצלהצלהנקראבבואהדבבואה...And this shadow is not...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Looking to test myself on Mishna Berura
Have you tried exploring daf hayomi b'halacha - they run regularly scheduled bechinas which come with a stipend.Alternatively you can find quizzes (not so much tests) on the All Halacha site based on...
View ArticleComment by Dov on What is the simple, literal meaning of "shor habar" when...
Plausibly, we're not meant to find it the same way we haven't found the Levyasan. Hashem will bring it when the time is right...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Why EXACTLY did Moshe make a copper snake?
See the Gur Aryeh - פירוש, כיהשםמורהעלהעצםהדבר, ומכיוןשה'נחשת' וה'נחש' בשםאחד, מורהעלכייששווילהםבדבר, שלאלחנםנקרא'נחושת' וה'נחש' בשםאחד. שהריכתיב (בראשיתב, יט) "וכלאשריקראלוהאדםנפשחיההואשמו",...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Esrim - mi yodeya?
Bereishis Rabbah 14אָמַררַבִּייוֹחָנָןאָדָםוְחַוָּהכִּבְנֵיעֶשְׂרִיםשָׁנָהנִבְרְאוּRabbi Yocḥanan said: Adam and Eve were created [with the bodies of people who were] approximately twenty years old.
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Esrim - mi yodeya?
Yosef HaTzaddik was sold for 20 silver pieces to the Yishmaelim - Bereishis 37:28
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Esrim - mi yodeya?
In Parshas Shemini 11:13-19 - 20 types of bird are listed as being not kosher.
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Questions on Story of Rebbi Yishmael ben Elisha (Brachot 7a)
As far as question 2...It seems deeply kabbalistic and somewhat cryptic...However, note the Maharsha in Chiddushei Aggados on the gemoro there:אכתריאלכו'....
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for What is the commentary שדהצופים on the Rosh?
A little bit of digging led to me find on the Otzar Website here that the author was the Dayan and Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Bezalel Ronsburg/Ranschburg who lived 1760-1820.According to here:He devoted...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for What did Chava say to Adam?
She did more than just weep, refer to the Bereishis Rabbah 20:8וּלְאָדָםאָמַרכִּישָׁמַעְתָּלְקוֹלאִשְׁתֶּךָ (בראשיתג, יז), רַבִּישִׂמְלָאיאוֹמֵרבְּיִשּׁוּבהַדַּעַתבָּאתעָלָיו, אָמְרָהלוֹ,...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Arba'a Asar - mi yodeya?
Mishnah Sukkah 2:6רַבִּיאֱלִיעֶזֶראוֹמֵר, אַרְבַּעעֶשְׂרֵהסְעוּדוֹתחַיָּבאָדָםלֶאֱכֹלבַּסֻּכָּה, אַחַתבַּיּוֹםוְאַחַתבַּלָּיְלָהRabbi Eliezer says: A person is obligated to eat fourteen meals in the...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Arba'a Asar - mi yodeya?
Bereishis Rabbah 61:4עִקַּרמַלְכוּתוֹשֶׁליְחִזְקִיָּהוּלֹאהָיוּאֶלָּאאַרְבַּעעֶשְׂרֵהשָׁנָה, וְנִתּוֹסַףלוֹחֲמֵשׁעֶשְׂרֵהשָׁנָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהלח:ה)...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Arba'a Asar - mi yodeya?
Yehoshua lived after Moshe by 14 years.Refer to Moreh Nevuchim - Part II:32משהרבינוהיהאזבןשמוניםואחת, וסךחייוהיהמאהועשרים, ויהושעחיאחריוארבעעשרהשנה, ושנותחיייהושעמאהועשר....
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for How to understand yeshaya 29:12
On a basic p'shat level the Ibn Ezra explains simply:ונתןוגו'. הטעםלאיבינוזאתהנבואההחכמיםהמבינים, ואשראיןבינהלהם"And the book is delivered, etc." - Neither the wise men nor those that have no intellect...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Reconciling Eliezer's beginnings
Thanks @LaniedSofey - you should write this as an answer
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Shemona Ve'arba'im Umeya - mi yodeya?
Nechemiah 7:44הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםבְּנֵ֣יאָסָ֔ףמֵאָ֖האַרְבָּעִ֥יםוּשְׁמֹנָֽהThe singers, the men of Asaf, one hundred and forty-eight.
View ArticleComment by Dov on 955 Gates of Heaven - תתקנ"הרקיעים
Will keep looking @RabbiKaii although I am running out of places to look...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Reconciling Eliezer's beginnings
Thank you to @Lanied_Sofey for showing me the Da'as Zekeinim on Bereishis 24:38It writes there clearly, that they were possibly two different Eliezer's and therefore not such a discrepancy.My...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Heavenly Library?
@Harel13 - I am sorry it is developing into such a long answer. I am writing it as I research it. Feel free to edit/delete parts that are unnecessary/irrelevant. I appreciate the introduction is very...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Which animal’s blood is prohibited to consume?
@JoelK note the Netziv - sefaria.org/… who says the phrase "כינפשכלבשר" is expressly referring to wild animals and birds
View ArticleComment by Dov on Meaning of "lifnei kisei kevodekha" in the blessing of...
So glad it is what you were looking for!
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for What's With Snakes and Philistines?
The Kli Yakar writes on the verse you quote from Sefer Bereishis:ומהשמצינו, שמשההמשילאתדןלגוראריהויעקבהמשילולנחש, רמזשכלדייןישלומלחמהפניםואחורישמעיזיםבפניולומרלומוסיףאניעליךדיינים, כמ״ש (דבריםאיב)...
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Is there a spiritual meaning to wearing a Kippah?
It is a physical demonstration of one's awe for G-d.Note the Nitei Gavriel - (תגלחתהילדיםהולכתםלחדרוסעודתהחומש) (end of the second paragraph on the page):ושמעתיטעםלקריאתכיסויהראשבשם"כיפה",...
View ArticleComment by Dov on What Jewish sources address the shape of the Earth?
Could have sworn we've had a question like this before...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Priestly blessing in feminine
Choose to interpret it as you will. I personally don't change the nusach, but I came across this and helps provide further sources as per your question...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Using illness to get close to Hashem
A correct mindset is to humble oneself before Hashem. There's a famous idea from masechta soferim that the best doctors go to Gehenom as they don't fear illness - i.e. they don't humble themselves...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Staying in Torah class below one's level
I have plenty but only from the perspective of the maggid shiur / Rebbe and coping with classroom diversity etc. but that's not what you're after
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Torah Scholars not having Torah Scholar Children because...
Refer to the Maharsha there in his Chiddushei Aggados:דקרולאנשיחמריכו'משוםדקרולהוחמרי....
View ArticleComment by Dov on Lenient positions on animal rennet in cheese
FYI the Shach disagrees, saying that Maharshal’s ruling is not necessarily correct, implying that the prohibition of neveilah rennet setting cheese may not be subject to simple nullification, since it...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Where are the manuscripts and fragments of the original...
According to this - iranicaonline.org/articles/adler-elkan-nathan - "In 1921, personal circumstances compelled Adler to sell his manuscript and book collections to the Hebrew Union College of...
View ArticleComment by Dov on Transliterated Sephardic siddur
Apologies for the weird skin tones of hands being taken out of photo it's due to my internet filter
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Have there been any 20th century onwards notable rabbanim...
The most notable one that comes to mind is Chacham Hillel - Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel although he moved to England and then Israel.
View ArticleComment by Dov on Teachings about "the purpose of creation" to children
I'm assuming this is a reference to Peru U'Revu as opposed to the briah in general?
View ArticleComment by Dov on Are soulmates in a relationship that lasts forever
FYI caveat - the above chazal has a lot of further discussion about whether or not we rely on it, but I bring it purely as a source for your question.
View ArticleComment by Dov on Are soulmates in a relationship that lasts forever
@AlBerko I don't think this warrants a downvote that's a bit harsh!
View ArticleComment by Dov on The practice of Jews keeping dogs
What makes you assume they were Jewish-owned? Why couldn't they have been Egyptian-owned or strays?
View ArticleAnswer by Dov for Why would the Torah mention sins that would never happen?
I have seen a few responses:Rav Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin notes in Dover Tzedek in the case of a ben soreh umorer (and similar) that the Gemara is coming to show us that the Torah’s punishment procedure...
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