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Who was the closest talmid / follower to the Baal Shem Tov? Who was the closest talmid / follower of the Vilna Gaon?

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Hello! King David instituted 24 priestly orders to serve in the Temple. For how long did each order serve? Two weeks, a month?   Thanks.   Zulma

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Since Ishmael was Abraham's first son, then wouldn't he be a Jew also? When Hashem told Hagar that Ishmael would be a great nation, to what nation was Hashem referring? Why is it when Isaac was born, Hashem referred to him as Abraham's only son?

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Dear Rabbi, I heard that it’s a tradition to visit, pray and say Psalms at the Tomb of Rachel, our Matriarch. Why would doing this be especially significant? Thanks!

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Are the following 3 statements true? 1. Ahinoam married Saul and gave birth to Mikhal, Yonathan, and other children. 2. David married Mikhal (Ahinoam's daughter). They had no children. 3. David married Ahinoam. She gave him an heir, Amnon. Is Ahinoam the same person who married Saul and married David? How old was she at the time of each of her marriages? If Ahinoam was Yonathan's mother, and Yonathan and David were about the same age, wouldn't she have been too old to bear David children?

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Good evening. I have a question about the land flowing with milk and honey. Could "flowing with milk and honey" be a euphemism for the let-down response and a mother's breast milk? G-d contrasts the flowing of milk and honey in Israel with the work to make the land produce in Egypt, and the picture I always got in my mind was that this good land would give up its produce as soon as we cry out, like when a nursing mother hears her own child cry. I was wondering if this picture was correct. I've tried researching this, but I've never heard anything like this from any commentary.

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Are the Chinese Jews (Kaifeng Jews) the descendants of Abraham?