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Should we prostrate with Talith or Tefillin on?

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Prayer
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According to your siddur, I need to put on Tallith and Tefillin before the Shma-prayers. That’s logical because the Shma-prayers make references to Talith and Tefillin. Between the recitation of Shma and Amida no...

Hovel u-Mazziq 4:13 shows that a woman need not cover her neck?

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Modesty
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Q. We know that “dath Mosha” doesn't require the neck to be covered from the Laws of Hovel u-Mazziq 4:13. There it describes a woman’s neck as being in the category of what is...

Unmarried girls need not wear a redidh, right?

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Modesty
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Q. Dath Yehudith requires married women to wear a redidh, but unmarried girls are exempt, right? A. It is true that the concept of "dath Yehudith" is brought up within the context of...

Does Numbers 5:18 prove that a woman’s neck need not be covered?

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Modesty
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Q. Mishneh Torah relates that the kohen removes the kupah from the head of the women in the Laws of Sota 3:9 [11] and that she is not wearing a redidh or mitpahath; yet Numbers...

How can Dor Deah encourage proselytizing?

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Dor Deah
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Q. "What halakhic support is there for chasing after non-Jews to convert to Judaism?" A. Our reasons for encouraging conversion to Torah Judaism can be found in the videos listed under "Impartial...

Isn’t Dor Deah reminiscent of Islamic fundamentalism?

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Dor Deah
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Q: Isn't Dor Deah reminiscent of Islamic fundamentalism? A: 5. A final criticism is that the Dor Dai version of Judaism is disquietingly reminiscent of militant Islamic trends such as Salafism. Both started out...

Doesn’t Dor Deah philosophy stifle the progression of Jewish law (halakha)?

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Dor Deah
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Q: Doesn't Dor Deah philosophy stifle the progression of Jewish law (halakha)? A: A fourth criticism is that it is an impairment of Jewish law to regard any authority, even one as eminent as Maimonides,...

Doesn’t Dor Deah misunderstand Kabbalah?

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Dor Deah
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Q: Doesn't Dor Deah misunderstand Kabbalah? A: A third criticism is that Dor Daim take works of Kabbalah too literally: it is intended to be myth and metaphor, and to subject it to...

Doesn’t Dor Deah delegitimize those who practice Kabbalah?

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Dor Deah
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Q:Doesn't Dor Deah delegitimize those who practice Kabbalah? A: Others believe that the main problem is not that Dor Daim do not follow Kabbalah for themselves, but that they delegitimize those who do follow it....

Do you have a conversion program?

We do officiate conversions. The actual conversion is a public act of official entrance into the everlasting covenant of Torah and the community of the faith of Israel. In order for the act to...

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