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Why can't we Mafkiya kiddushin?
According to DoubleAA, R' Shechter says that any three people have a right to declare items hefker through Hefker Beis Din Hefker.
According to that, why doesn't an average Beis Din have a power to ...
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Kiddushin 'Al Tnai and the effect of Nissuin
I just read a comment online asking, in a particular 'Agunah situation, why there was not an agreement before the wedding to allow a rabbinical court to a annul the marriage.
Is this a legitimate ...
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War between Ten Tribes and Yehuda
There is a reference to Bereshis Rabba 65:20 and Vayikra Rabba 33:5 to 2 Chronicles 13:17 which says that 500,000 soldiers of the northern tribes killed by the army of Yehuda. The Midrash states that ...