names - Why is the sun Shemesh in hebrew - Mi Yodeya I understand the word Shemesh comes from Shamash which means to serve According to Jewish philosophy, why is the sun called a servant? Why is it more of a servant than the moon, or the wind, or even
Ramat Bet Shemesh Daled and Purim - Mi Yodeya There have been many arguments over the past years regarding which day those in Bet Shemesh and specifically Ramat Bet Shemesh Daled, which is near Yarmut, should keep, since Yarmut is mentioned to
Is a dud shemesh allowed to be used on Shabbat? - Mi Yodeya Can a solar-powered water heater (a dud shemesh [דוד שמש] in Hebrew) be used on Shabbat? These are quite common in Israel as a way of heating water without electricity on a sunny day Essentially,
words - what Difference between Shamash and eved - Mi Yodeya Of course, this is stretching the explanation, a bit, but, then again, it's possible that the word "shemesh" used for "sun" may have originated from the word "shamash", anyway Also, slight nuance "Eved" means "worker" or "slave", implying that there is a boss or master or someone controlling the eved
Who is this friend of the Jews, Hiram, and what does his name mean? What's interesting is that almost all of the names of the months have idolatrous meanings For example, the month of Zevach Shemesh (זבח שמש) means "sacrifice to the sun" and the month of Pegarim (פגרם) probably refers to cultic stelae What's also interesting is that one of the months is called Khir (חיר)
First-Temple-Era names of the Hebrew months? - Mi Yodeya Moreover, the other names have explicit or implicit idolatrous connotations: Zevach Shemesh - sacrifice to the sun; Khir - per the name Khiram, a Phoenician king, which appears to mean "Khir is great" (rather than חי-רם), it seems that Khir was a Phoenician diety; Pegarim - probably means cultic stele (see above); Mofiah - probably refers
halacha - Order of Washing Hands - Mi Yodeya When washing hands, which hand needs to be washed first, when waking up, before bread, and after toilet respectively? Are there different opinions in it?
Discrepancy of word count in parashat mikets - Mi Yodeya EraserX pointed out in this answer, that there is a discrepancy between the word count listed (2 025) and the actual number (2 022) of words in parashat mikets Are we missing words ?
Prohibition consuming blood by the first Korbon Pesach The Torah (Vayikra 3,17) first states the prohibition of consuming blood in middle of the pesukim that discuss Korbonos If so, why did the Torah not give the prohibition when it first gave the