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161 Sacrifices, Animal
176 Sacrifices, Atonement without
81 Safed, Significance
301 Safety, Israel
184 Sake, Kosher
266 Salomon, Hyam
268 Salomon, Hyam; Reader Comment
192 Salt and Bread
229 Salt, Lot's Wife
230 Samaritans, Difference from Jews and History
153 Same Item, Different Bracha, Riddle Answer
152 Same Item, Different Bracha, Riddle Question
228 Same Root Four Times in a Row, Riddle, Answer
227 Same Root Four Times in a Row, Riddle, Question
231 Same Root Four Times in a Row, Riddle; Reader Response
274 Samuel the Prophet, World's Youngest Rabbi
257 Sanhedrin, Commandment to Obey
190 Sarah, Meaning of Name
184 Sasson (joy), Spelling in Megillah
298 Saving a Life, Obligation
166 Scales & Fins
96 Scalping Tickets
202 Schools in Jerusalem for Women Baalei Teshuvah
47 Scrabble, playing on Shabbat
273 Sea, Red/Reed
113 Second Day Yom Tov, Why?
277 Secrets of Kabbalah
230 Secular Environment, Maintaining Observance
273 Seder & No. 4
232 Seder Plate, Circular Order
232 Seder, 3 Matzos, Afikoman from Middle
232 Seder, 4 Cups & Elijah's Cup, Meaning
188 Seder, Pesach, Starting Early
273 Seder, Spilling Wine
297 Sefardi Blessing on Tzitzit; Reader's Comment
224 Sefardim, Dairy Equipment; Reader Response
237 Sefer Torah, Touching When Ritually Impure
301 Sefer Torah, Weight
179 Sefer Yetzira, Definition
296 Sefer Yetzirah
192 Sefirat HaOmer, Playing Music for Pay
199 Sekila
77 Sela, Definition
279 Self Control, Loss of, Mitzvot
282 Self Control, Loss of, Mitzvot; Reader Response
99 Selling Chametz, Why Allowed?
252 Selling Portion in World to Come
89 Sending Mother Bird Away, City Eggs
83 Sending Mother Bird Away, Eggs
231 Sephardi Jews, Origin
258 Seven Branch Menorah
279 Seventeen, Symbolism; Reader Responses
280 Seventeen, Symbolism; Reader Responses
301 Sha'alot U'teshuvot Min Hashamayim
201 Shabbat and Family, Travelling by Car
305 Shabbat Candles, Purpose & Lighting After Sunset
243 Shabbat Foods
280 Shabbat in Space
267 Shabbat Mevorachim, No; Riddle, Answer
266 Shabbat Mevorachim, No; Riddle, Question
131 Shabbat Songs, Saying God's name
286 Shabbat Spirit
133 Shabbat, Asking for Personal Requests
135 Shabbat, Blessing Children
93 Shabbat, Candles, Electric Lights
23 Shabbat, Candles, Time
166 Shabbat, Catering
69 Shabbat, Chemdat Yamim, Riddle Answer
68 Shabbat, Chemdat Yamim, Riddle Question
70 Shabbat, Cholent
72 Shabbat, Cholent, Follow-Up
74 Shabbat, Cholent, Follow-up 2
174 Shabbat, Combination Locks
151 Shabbat, Cruise Ship
26 Shabbat, E-Mail
82 Shabbat, E-Mail
82 Shabbat, Eating Food Cooked On
39 Shabbat, Elevators
176 Shabbat, Ending time, Stars
171 Shabbat, Getting a Hecksher for a Restaurant
34 Shabbat, Glow In The Dark Toys
27 Shabbat, Helsinki
70 Shabbat, Inviting a guest that is not Shomer Shabbat
168 Shabbat, Inviting a guest that is not Shomer Shabbat
36 Shabbat, Jogging
25 Shabbat, Mail
148 Shabbat, Motion Detectors
31 Shabbat, Muktza Magnets
118 Shabbat, Not Blowing a Shofar
28 Shabbat, Opening A Book With Writing On Edge Of Paper
86 Shabbat, Oven Lights
47 Shabbat, playing Chess on
47 Shabbat, playing Monopoly on
47 Shabbat, playing Scrabble on
78 Shabbat, Riddle Answer
77 Shabbat, Riddle Question
72 Shabbat, Roller-Blades
49 Shabbat, Services without a Torah
57 Shabbat, Services without a Torah, Follow-up
272 Shabbat, Smoking
278 Shabbat, Spirit of, Graduation
292 Shabbat, Thought Powered Work
63 Shabbat, Torah Reading, not same as Israel
66 Shabbat, Torah Reading, not same as Israel, correcting
107 Shabbat, Using a Water Filter
30 Shabbat, Velcro
166 Shabbat, Wasting Electricity
178 Shabbat, Wearing Designer Labels
27 Shabbat, without Sunset
296 Shabbat, Work Down Via Kabbalah
283 Shabbat; Meaning of "Melocha" (Work)
203 Shabbos & Oragami
203 Shabbos Candle Lighting Time Anywhere
192 Shabbos Candles, Forgetting to Light, Riddle Answer
191 Shabbos Candles, Forgetting to Light, Riddle Question
190 Shabbos Candles, Men
229 Shabbos Candles, Waving Hands After Lighting
235 Shabbos Candles, Waving Hands After Lighting; Reader Response
31 Shabbos, Borer, Children
197 Shabbos, Carrying Out Into Hotel Hallways
209 Shabbos, Cooking for Children
204 Shabbos, Customs
204 Shabbos, Enhancing
214 Shabbos, Entertaining Children on
245 Shabbos, Helping Police
210 Shabbos, Hospitals
259 Shabbos, Life Threatening Situation
189 Shabbos, Medicine
209 Shabbos, Musical Instrumnet
215 Shabbos, Non-Observant Guest, Switching Light On & Off
214 Shabbos, Television
236 Shabbos, Two Whole Loaves of Bread
193 Shabbos, Use of Lotion
31 Shabbos, Water Filter
222 Shaking Hands, Men & Women
226 Shaking Hands, Men & Women; Reader Response
202 Shalom Aleichem, 3 Times on Friday Night
140 Shalom Aleichem, Why during Kiddush Levanah
265 Shalom Zachor, None, Riddle; Answer
264 Shalom Zachor, None, Riddle; Question
267 Shalom Zachor, None, Riddle; Reader Correction
246 Shamai, Reincarnation
148 Shank Bone (Pesach) Substitute
55 Shatnez
107 Shatnez, Wearing
250 Shaving on Chol Hamoed (Intermediate Days of Holiday)
251 Shaving on Chol Hamoed (Intermediate Days of Holiday); Reader Response
277 Shavuos
237 Shavuos, Staying Up All Night
237 Shavuos, Ten Commandment Trop (Tune)
240 Shavuos, Ten Commandment Trop (Tune); Reader Correction
78 Shed, Turn into a Succah?
115 Shehecheyanu, Saying on Car with Lien
232 Shehechianu, Burning Chametz
76 Sheitels
92 Shem and Ever, Yeshiva
96 Shem and Ever, Yeshiva, Follow-Up
224 Shema, 5 Times on Friday Night, Riddle, Answer
223 Shema, 5 Times on Friday Night, Riddle, Question
229 Shema, 5 Times on Friday Night, Riddle; Reader Response
214 Shema, Bedtime: Reading & Talking Afterwards; Women's Obligation to Say
223 Shema, Engraving on Jewelry
170 Shemoneh Esrei for Visually Impaired
246 Shes, Reincarnation
172 Sheviti, Definition
179 Shin Lamed Mem Heh x 5, Riddle Answer
178 Shin Lamed Mem Heh x 5, Riddle Question
94 Shins, 4-Branches on Tefillin
151 Ship, Departing before Shabbat
259 Shipwreck, Bury Remains of Casualties
239 Shiva, Cremation
162 Shiva, Non-Jew Attending
61 Shlita, Acronyms
114 Shma, Why do we Sit
91 Shmena Esrei, making up a forgotten
190 Shmini B'Shmini Shmini Shmini, Riddle Answer
189 Shmini B'Shmini Shmini Shmini, Riddle Question
181 Shmonei Esrei, 21 Brachas, Riddle Answer
180 Shmonei Esrei, 21 Brachas, Riddle Question
269 Shmonei Esrei, Insert, Riddle, Answer
268 Shmonei Esrei, Insert, Riddle, Question
274 Shmuel Hanavi, World's Youngest Rabbi
207 Shoes, Leather on Yom Kippur
249 Shofar, 100 Blasts
207 Shofar, Children Close to Blowing
119 Shofar, Cleaning
118 Shofar, Not Blowing on Shabbat
141 Shoftim, Defined
69 Shopping for a P`sak
210 Shortest Word in Torah, Riddle, Answer
209 Shortest Word in Torah, Riddle, Question
204 Shoshana - Rose or Lilly
237 Shoulder, Torah Carried On
192 Shovel, Not Passing to Someone Else's Hand at a Funeral
240 Shrimp vs. Pork, Less Kosher
142 Shuckling During Prayers
169 Shul, Getting Involved
144 Shushan Purim
104 Siamese Twins
185 Sick, Adding a Name
293 Sick, Caring for
233 Sick, Prayers for
211 Sick, Praying and Learning in the Merit of
17 Siddur, Small Print
5 Sidelocks
179 Sign Language, Talking before HaMotzei
298 Signs
168 Similarities, Riddle Answer
167 Similarities, Riddle Question
209 Sin of the Tree of Knowledge, Effect
158 Sinai, Proof it Happened
167 Sinai, Various Names
209 Sins, Punishment for Sins of Ancestors
249 Sisera, 100 Shofar Blasts
254 Sisera; Reader Correction
96 Sister's Son-in-law, Riddle Answer
95 Sister's Son-in-law, Riddle Question
94 Sitting, Davening While
114 Sitting, Shma
277 Six Six Six
280 Six Six Six; Reader Response
277 Sixteen, Symbolism; Reader Responses
278 Sixteen, Symbolism; Reader Responses
279 Sixteen, Symbolism; Reader Responses
195 Sixty, Signifigance
201 Skull, Golliath's
225 Slaughtering, Kosher
231 Slavery in Egypt, Purpose
223 Sleep, Impurity During
245 Sleep, Tumah/Impurity
186 Sleeping in bed with your Dog
237 Sleeping, Not, Shavuos Night
270 Smoking
272 Smoking, Difficulty to Quit & Rabbis' Ban
272 Smoking; Reader's Response
230 Snake & Lashon Hara, Source
177 Sneezing, Response to
95 Snow, Using it as a Mikve
196 Soap in the Talmud
163 Sod defined with example
75 Software, Copying, Permitted?
247 Solar Eclipses: Signifigance, Symbolism & Meaning
302 Soleveitchik, Rabbis of Brisk
287 Solomon's Pool in the Temple, Value of Pi
302 Solomon, Splitting Baby in Half; Reader's Explanation
194 Son and Father with the Same Name
181 Sorcery
220 Soul, Parts of
246 Soul, Reincarnation
280 Space, Being Orthodox In
78 Space, Jewish Astronauts
79 Space, Jewish Astronauts, Follow-up
137 Spain, Staying out
286 Speech on Shabbat
265 Speech, Power of
80 Speed Limits & Halacha
278 Speed of Light & Count Under Banner of Judah
286 Spirit of Shabbat, In the
220 Spirit, Parts of
230 Spiritual Contentment & Jealousy
226 Spiritual Damage Caused by Even Numbers
216 Spiritually Elements
232 Splitting of Red Sea, Symbolism
65 Spousal Abuse
240 Spouses, Different Levels of Religious Commitment
242 Spouses, Different Levels of Religious Commitment; Reader Response
124 Stamps, Re-using
114 Standing, Shma
255 Star Gazing
61 Star of David, Follow-up
60 Star of David, Origins
171 Star Trek, Mr. Spock
176 Stars, Shabbat Ending Time
237 Staying Up All Night, Shavuos
217 Step in Israel, Mitzvah
214 Step-Brother - Step-Sister Marriages
204 Step-Father, Being Called the Torah as Son of
204 Step-Father, Honoring
17 Stepparents, Judaism
303 Stock Rising at Cost of Layoffs, Reaction
273 Stocks & Bonds, Chametz on Passover
241 Stocks in Companies That Deal in Nonkosher Food
141 Stocks, Gambling in the Market
219 Stolen Charity, Obligation to Replace
240 Stone, Foundation, Location (Dome of the Rock)
16 Stones, Graves
222 Stones, Graves, Placing On
199 Stoning, Death Penalty
22 Stoning, How-To
282 Stories, Children
135 Story About Two Brothers on Mt. Moriah, Source
202 Strange Number Series, Riddle Answer
201 Strange Number Series, Riddle Question
234 Stringencies Available Due to Technology
193 Strings, Red
221 Strings, Red; Reader Suggestion
122 Stripes on a Tallis
183 Study, Torah, How to Start
230 Studying Torah, Constant Need for
35 Succah Guests, Ushpizin
208 Succah Mobile
208 Succah Under a Tree
78 Succah, from a roofless Shed?
100 Succah, How to Dispose of
124 Succah, Significance of Rain
250 Succah, Sunroof
120 Succah, Using Netting as Walls
250 Succot, Signifigance
288 Succot, Why in Fall?
228 Suffering of Our Enemies, Celebrating
250 Suffering, Animals, Why?
216 Suffering, Why Does God Allow
231 Suicide
201 Suicide at Masada
169 Sukkot, What to do with Lulav & Etrog Afterwards
209 Sundown, Beginning of Day
250 Sunroof Succah
247 Sunspots: Signifigance, Symbolism & Meaning
265 Supernatural Coincidences
241 Surrogate Mother, Cow for Pig Fetus
198 Survival of the Jews
227 Survival, Jewish
185 Sushi, Kosher
210 Swan, Kosher
215 Switching Light On & Off, Non-Observant Guest on Shabbos
128 Swordfish, Kosher
207 Synagogue Fees
143 Synagogue, Men & Women
230 Synagogue, Praying Outside of

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