Questions tagged [parashas-kedoshim]
The weekly Torah portion of Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27)
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Distinctive form of "לאהוב ל-" instead of "לאהוב את"
AFAIK, out of more than 200 transitive uses of the word לאהב in the Tanakh, only two close to each other in Lev 19 .18: "לֹא־תִקֹּם וְלֹא־תִטֹּר אֶת־בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ ...
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Haftarot for Acharei Mot and Kedoshim
There seems to a lot of confusion and many different customs surrounding the choice of haftarah for Acharei Mot and Kedoshim, especially in Ashkenazi communities, and especially in a year like this ...
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What is the dividing line between a segulah and nichush
The Torah in Leviticus 19:26 prohibits the following of omens, also known as issur nichush. I am curious what the dividing line between a Segulah, which are kabbalistic charms or signs of certain ...
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"Riot Act" Haftarah for Kedoshim -- When Will We Read it Again?
As discussed previously, while we avoid it whenever possible, this year (5784 / 2024) most Ashkenazim will read the actual Haftarah for Kedoshim: Yechezkel Ch. 22, "Inform the bloody city of all ...
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May one get an electric tattoo for blood pressure monitoring?
Researchers have recently found a way to measure blood pressure via graphene e-tattoos on the skin.
Would one be Halachically allowed to get such a tattoo, or would this fall under the category of ...
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Does the biblical prohibition against bestiality apply to an animal carcass
Vayikra 20 :15:
וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן שְׁכָבְתּ֛וֹ בִּבְהֵמָ֖ה מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה תַּהֲרֹֽגוּ
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the ...
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Honoring parents - before and after Shabbos
In the Decalogue (Parashas Yisroh):
Keeping Shabbos is called Zachor (positive Mitzvah)
It precedes Honoring parents
Honoring is a positive Mitzvah (כבד).
In Parashas Kdoshim it says the "opposite" ...
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What does the act of cursing one's parents entail?
The Torah (Leviticus 20:9) tells us:
"for any man who curses his father or his mother, shall be put to death..."
What exactly would be considered "cursing" here?
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Does anybody link being Kadosh to honoring parents?
I've asked a lot of questions about the seemingly inferior position of the Mitzvas of honoring parents in Judaism despite its importance, and this is another one:
The Torah clearly annexes being ...
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Do we apply עושה מעשה עמך consistently anywhere it says עמך?
The Gemara in several places (BM 48b and 62a, Yevamos 22b, Sanhedrin 85a, BB 4a, BK 94b, Makkos 8b) quotes the exposition
ונשיא בעמך לא תאור - בעושה מעשה עמך
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What is the difference between Ish and Zachar in Leviticus 20:13?
Leviticus 20:13 brings the prohibition of homosexuality:
וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֤ב אֶת־זָכָר֙ מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אִשָּׁ֔ה תֹּועֵבָ֥ה עָשׂ֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם מֹ֥ות יוּמָ֖תוּ דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם׃
And if a man lie ...
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I'd love to but Hashem doesn't let
Rashi in parshas Kedoshim brings a Toras Kohanim:
רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמַר אָדָם נַפְשִׁי קָצָה בִּבְשַׂר חֲזִּיר, אִי אַפְשַׁי לִלְבּוֹשׁ כִּלְאַיִם, אֲבָל יֹאמַר אַפְשַׁי ...
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The figure of "your enemy" in Exodus 23:4-5 according to Jewish Tradition
I am an Italian son of Noah.
How does the majority Jewish tradition interpret the figure of "your enemy" mentioned in Exodus 23:4-5?
"If you come upon your enemy's bull or his stray donkey, you ...
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Mishkav/Mishkave... , Is there a difference?
I am new to "Mi Yodeya?" and this is my first time asking questions.
First, I have always heard that everything that is written in the Torah has a purposeful meaning; nothing in it is a coincidence ...
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why love your neighbor as yourself?
The torah commands us to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Vayikra 19). What is so important about loving other people?
Why isn't it sufficient to command us to avoid damaging others and being ...
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Are there any explanations and / or halachot gleaned from "Do not insult the deaf?"
Leviticus 19:14:
לֹא־תְקַלֵּ֣ל חֵרֵ֔שׁ וְלִפְנֵ֣י עִוֵּ֔ר לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן מִכְשֹׁ֑ל
וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the
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What is the obligation of "Kedusha" (Holiness?)
The verse in Leviticus (19:2) says "you shall be holy" what is the parameter of this and to what degree is it binding.
Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvos shoresh 4) writes that is is a general commandment to ...
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Minimum Requirement of Love your Neighbor
What is the minimum requirement to not be transgressing the mitzva of "ואהבת לריעך כמוך" "love your fellow as yourself" (Lev. 19:18)?
For example, must one actively try to love others or it is enough ...
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Why is the Haftorah of Acharei Mos Kedoshim Halo Bnei Kushiim?
Most of the time when we read two Parshas, the Haftorah is that of the second Parsha, except on Acharei Mos-Kedoshim (the source of the custom is from the Mordechai, Rama, Bach and Magen Avraham ...
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Why mention the ger in Lev 19:10, 23:22?
Vayikra 23:22:
וּבְקֻצְרְכֶם אֶת קְצִיר אַרְצְכֶם לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ בְּקֻצְרֶךָ וְלֶקֶט קְצִירְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּט לֶעָנִי וְלַגֵּר תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָם
When you reap the harvest of your Land, ...
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V'ahavta l're'eicha kamocha -- re'eicha velo akum?
Do any rabbinical sources hold that the commandment in Leviticus 19:18 to love one's neighbour as oneself (ואהבת לרעך כמוך) applies to non-Jews as well as Jews?
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Is Leviticus 19:16 a negative commandment?
I heard that the posuk "You shall not stand over the blood of your friend – I am Hashem" (Vayikra 19:16) is a לאו (negative commandment). Is that true?
לא תעמד על דם רעך אני יקוק
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Why is Vayikra 20:27 at the end of the chapter?
This verse in Parshat Kedoshim - Vayikra (Leviticus) 20:27, "A man or a woman who has a ghost or a familiar spirit shall be put to death; they shall be pelted with stones—their bloodguilt shall be ...
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Looking for Source for explanation in Chafetz Chaim
R' Moshe Sherer brings an interesting explanation from the Chafetz Chaim:
The reason for the Torah's double expression of my Shabbos's in ויקרא יט:ג - ואת שבתותי תשמורו is to teach us that our Shabbos ...
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Is flipping a coin following an omen?
If a person is deciding whether to do something and says "I'll flip a coin, heads I do it, tails I don't" does that fall under the prohibition of "don't divine with signs" in Vayikra 19?
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Is laying with a woman during her separation worthy of death or just uncleanness?
In Leviticus 15:19 and 24 (JPS), we are told: “And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until ...
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Miswa of Lifne Iwer isn't what the words mean literally?
My fellow Jew (let's call him Bob) and I were discussing the Miswa of "You shall not place a stumbling block in front of a blind person (Wayikra 19)". Bob was saying that that verse was referring to ...
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Rabbi Akiva's students died because lack of respect, but he said Veahavta Lireacha Kamocha is Klal Gadol?
שנים עשר אלף זוגים תלמידים היו לו לרבי עקיבא ... וכולן מתו ... מפני שלא נהגו כבוד זה לזה
Rabbi Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of students ... and they all died... because they did not treat each ...
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What are the possible reasonable meanings of "Love thy neighbor"?
What are the original Hebrew words for "love", "thy", "neighbor", "as", "you", "love", "yourself" in "love thy neighbor as you love your self"?
What's the transliteration of those words in English (in ...
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Did people ever place actual physical stumbling blocks before the blind?
I know that the prohibition against placing stumbling blocks before the blind has been understood to be a prohibition against misleading or causing people to sin, but the simple meaning of the text is ...
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Goshen, the most immoral part of Mitzrayim
Rashi on Vayikra 18:3 says (as understood by the Mizrachi) that the most immoral part of Mitzrayim was Goshen, where the Jews had settled — indeed, according to B'reshis 45:10, Yosef chose it as ...
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The meaning of the Hebrew word Pe'as (פאת)
In Vayikra 19:27 the verse says:
לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹֽאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ׃
It means both peyos on the head, yet in Vayikra 23:22 the verse says:
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Why is "Kedoshim tihyu" (Lev. 19) interposed between the chapters about illicit relations?
Chapter 18 of Vayikra (Leviticus) mostly deals with various forbidden relationships, but without specifying the individual punishments for transgressing them (just a collective warning to the nation ...
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Meaning of "Love your neighbor is a big principle in the Torah"
In the Talmud Yerushalmi, Nedarim 30b
ואהבת לרעך כמוך: אמר רבי עקיבא זה כלל גדול בתורה:
"You shall love your fellow as yourself. Said Rabbi Akiva: This is a great principle in the Torah."
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Is modesty a positive or negative commandment?
Given that:
There are two types of Mitzvoth (commandments), 'Aseh and Lo Ta'aseh (positive and negative; ie., "Thou Shalt" and "Thou Shalt Not").
a. Positive commandments, with some exceptions can ...
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