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Execution by Bet Din [duplicate]
Learning gemara I did not see any death sentences that were carried out by the Bet Din.
Did the Bet Din ever carry out a death penalty case?
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Can a prophet add to or change the Torah?
Is it possible for a prophet to add to the Torah, or change any of it? Can a prophet say that God has told him that certain parts no longer apply or are wrong? How do we know?
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Should anyone be burned to death?
In Leviticus 20:14, it states that a man who has relations with a woman and also with her mother is a despicable lech, whose punishment is to be burned to death. This is one of two transgressions ...
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History of Capital Punishment
When is the most recent documented occurrence in Jewish history of a beit din carrying out the death penalty? Or if historical documentation is lacking, when is the most recent time in Jewish history ...
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What is the ruling of adultery in Torah or Tanach
What is the punishment for adultery meted out in the Torah or Tanach? Is that punishment still being practiced in Israel?
And how are the charges of adultery proved before meting out punishment? ...
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Why was an imperfect world instructed in capital punishment?
So, according to wikipedia (I know... but still it was the best source I could find)
Leading rabbis in Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, and Orthodox Judaism tend to hold that the death penalty ...
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What stops a modern Jew from practising stoning?
What stops a modern Jew from practising stoning? why don’t observant Jews keep the laws of death penalties as prescribed in the Torah?
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Is 'A father and son sleeping with a betrothed young woman on yom kippur' an expression?
Bava metza 83b:
Rabbi Elazar brebbi Shimon is afraid that he may have wrongfully caused someone to be hanged, but is reassured that the hanged and his son 'slept with a betrothed maiden on yom kippur'...
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Are we still obligated to do capital punishment for Karet? [duplicate]
According to Halacha and the Torah, are we still obligated to do capital punishment like stoning people for sins like breaking Shabbat? Is this rule kind of swept under the rug or is there a reason ...
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In Spirit or in letter of the law [closed]
Are Jews or Judaism progressive people / religion?
Are the laws of the Torah eternal?
If they are then ---- I would like to cite a few examples ---
Observing Shabbath ---- It is written in Exodus ...
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