Questions tagged [negative-commandments]
questions pertaining to the Torah's 365 negative commandments
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לאו הניתק לעשה Is this still a laa'v for which one needs atonement
Mishnah Makos 3(4) says:
This is the principle: With regard to any prohibition that entails a
command to arise and perform a mitzva, he is not liable to receive
lashes for its violation.
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Why prohibitions and their corresponding punishments are separated in the Torah?
I was arguing with a Documentary Hypothesis supporter who claimed that we consistently find that Biblical prohibitions and their punishments are not written in one place. The Ten Commandments are a ...
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What are the permitted equivalents of what the Torah prohibits?
The Talmud says that for every thing God has forbidden, He has created an equivalent that is permitted. [Chullin 109b] It then gives a short list of such equivalents, such as marrying your neighbor's ...
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Under what mechanism is the Sotah's Megillah allowed to be erased?
Normally, it is an Issur Deorayta (Torah Prohibition) to erase Hashem's name - לא תעשון כן לה׳ א–לוקיכם.
However, by the Sotah we do erase Hashem's name.
Is this working using the methodology of עשה ...
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Why are abbreviations/omitted letters acceptable when naming the deity?
I am not Jewish, just curious.
I understand that, by the the third of the Ten Commandments, “You shall not take His name in vain.”
I also understand that followers of the Jewish religion should be ...
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Does 'thou shalt not steal' refer to general theft or specifically to kidnapping?
I admit that I sometimes just can't keep my fingers to myself. I felt thirsty so I took a refreshing ginger ale from my neighbour's freezer.
I typed into Google 'thou shall not steal' after realizing ...
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Comprehensive list of punishments for all 365 negative commandments
Is there a comprehensive list of all the punishments for the 365 negative commandments?
The Rambam in Hilchos Sanhedrin reveals 243 (see below)--
what are the punishments for transgressing the ...
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