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Standing up for an older person that is already sitting down
When an older person walks into a place where you are sitting, you must stand up for them (or least "rise" a little from ones seat.) If someone was sitting in a room and noticed that there was an ...
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Is metzitzah b'peh required when an adult is circumcised or in the case of hatafas dam bris?
As we've discussed in a general question regarding the requirements for metzitzah b'peh (MBP), the direct-oral-contact technique to draw blood from the penis of an 8-day old infant at his bris milah ...
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May a woman freeze her ova?
Is a woman allowed to freeze her own ova if she is coming to the later years of her life and is afraid she will miss her opportunity to have her own children naturally or otherwise, or is that frowned ...
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Honouring an older person
What sources are there for showing respect and honour to an old person who is not necessarily a talmid chochom or a parent?
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Why does a girl become Bat Mitzvah at 12 years old?
We learn that a Bar Mitzvah is at age 13, since it says in Bamidbar 5:6:
Tell the children of Israel: When a man (אִישׁ) or woman commits any of the sins against man to act treacherously against ...
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Why does earthly punishment start at 13 and divine punishment at 20?
Inspired by this question.
The age when one is obligated to keep Mitzvos is 13 (for a male and 12 for a female). (See Avot 5:21 and Bartenura)
After that age, Beit Din may punish them if they ...
