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Does Kiddushin 81b imply that one opinion allows for suicide if that is the only way to keep from sinning?
The Gemoro in Kiddushin 81b brings down the following (shortened version of the) story:
Rabbi Chiya Bar Ashi used to say 'May God save me from the Yetzer
Hora'! When his wife overheard him she ...
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Beis Shammai's dinar for kiddushin - philosophy?
The Mishna in Kiddushin (1:1) outlines a machlokes regarding the minimum amount of money necessary to effect kiddushin (i.e. create a marriage).
According to Beis Hillel, the amount of money (or ...
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Mamzer Question on Kiddushin 72b
The gemarah in Yevamos (78b) says "mamzer eino chai" (A mamzer [who is not known, look later in the daf] doesn't live [for more that 12 months] so not to proliferate mamzeirim).
However, the Gemarah ...
