Questions tagged [scope]
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The line between History vs Judaism
Inspired by this question, but I am attempting to ask a more largely applicable point.
Questions which are about Jewish History are considered off topic. Now the Jewish History examples given there ...
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MY's stance on questions concerning apocryphal texts?
What's Mi Yodeya's stance on questions concerning Jewish apocryphal texts? There's one that was asked earlier, and I saw that it was flagged by a number of people as "comparative religion", ...
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Are questions about Samaritanism on-topic?
Are questions about Samaritanism, especially questions about Samaritan teachings or practices that differ from Rabbinic Judaism, on-topic?
I was thinking about asking a question about why the ...
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Are questions about or based on academic Jewish studies appropriate for this site?
The catch-all of "Academic Jewish Studies" covers a wide range of topics. However as a general rule those studies do not necessarily subscribe to postulates which conform to normative orthodox Judaism....
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Should this question remain open?
SE Challenge: Halachot in which rulings range from permissible to Torah violation? is an old question with a bunch of up-votes. It's a list/survey/riddle question and would probably be closed if it ...
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Site scope in Tour seems to disagree with scope defined in the Help Center
The site tour says it is on-topic to ask about:
general knowledge ... as it relates directly to Jewish life and learning
While the Help Center article on site scope says it is off-topic to ask
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Is an anthropological question on Black Hebrew Israelites on topic?
I have a question on the topic of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, which in a way seems to me to be more along the lines of an anthropological question, and I am wondering if that is included in ...
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Questions about Hebrew names
Are questions of the form "What is the origin of name X" considered on-topic, since many of those names originated from Tanach and Shas?
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Non-normative Jewish practices
Recently a user has asked a series of questions about the Beta Israel community and how they understand/practice their religion. From the questions it seems that this community has very significant ...
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