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Jewish law. Specifically, the legal process beginning with the written Torah and continuing through the Mishna, Talmud, and the legal codes (e.g., Rambam, Tur, Shulchan Aruch). // NOTE: Like Wikipedia, this site makes no guarantee of validity, and does not offer professional (particularly rabbinic) advice. Treat information from this site like it came from a crowd of your friends.
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Would looking away help a Cohen stay married to his wife?
I read recently about a Jewish woman raped in France at home in front of her husband.
If Chas VeChalilah a wife of a Cohen is raped, they have to get divorced.
Would it be advisable for an unfortunat …
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Why isn't covering the place where hair meets the head good enough for a Sheitel?
See Can a Sheitel be made out of one's own hair? where the question wonders whether a woman is allowed to wear her own detached hair as a Sheitel.
In Fred's answer, he quotes the Shiltei Giborim (Sha …
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What criteria determine what is or isn't Uvdin Dechol
I am struggling to understand the concept of Uvdin Dechol, where it originates from and how far it extends to.
We famously dont ride bikes / electric trams on Shabbos partly due to Uvdin Dechol, but …
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Is an accidental murderer allowed to stand and fight the Goel HaDam?
Regarding your second bullet point, as to whether he would be punished if he kills the Goel Hadom, this is dealt with by the Mishneh Lamelech, Hilchot Rotzeach, 1:15 who says he will not be punished. …
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Is it permissible to name one's child with a name from the opposite gender?
Is a person allowed to name a boy with a girl's name and vice versa?
I remember seeing that one musn't, although in Nach one finds these things a lot.
I understand it is not best practice for shidduc …
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What is the source that forbids indecent dress by women?
I have been hardpressed finding a source for something that would seem to be such a well known Halacha. … Is it simply common sense but it was too obvious to be recorded in Halacha? If so, where do the Shiurim of x amount of inches come from? …
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Are a father and son allowed to learn martial arts together?
The Gemara in Sanhedrin 84b relates that several Amaroim did not let their sons to let their blood (a common cure in those days) even for the benefit of the father because if the Issur of making a fat …
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May one park in a Church across the road which charges a daily parking fee?
Is it permitted to park in a church which charges a daily fee for use of its parking lot?
Possible concerns might be:
Someone who knows the owner's car may think he has gone in to worship.
The mone …
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Would a violated woman be allowed to remain married to her Cohen husband?
As a continuation from my last question, Would looking away help a Cohen stay Married to his wife?, would a raped woman be allowed to live with her Cohen husband?
Would there be room to allow them to …
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Can we argue with gedolim when we are sure that we are right?
I recently saw a teshuva by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Ohrach Chaim Volume 1 Teshuva 109, that quotes a letter from Rabbi Menashe Klein asking a question on Rabbi Moshe's psak but saying that he does not …
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Is one allowed to carry an object through an opposite force on Shabbos?
Say one had a strong magnetic force attached to his shoe in a way that was not considered carrying.
Would he be able to point his shoe in a Reshus Harabim and move something with opposite magnetic fo …
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Rockets from Gaza while praying
Point 1:
See Mishnah Brurah 104:25 that says it is forbidden to speak unless one is an Oines.
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See Mechabar 104:5 that says if the hefsek took as long as it takes to finish the Tefilla then …
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Who was for and against Jews fighting back against the Germans in WW2?
There was a famous controversy regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that was the largest uprising the Jews performed against the Nazis.
I have heard tell that a lot of Rabbonim banned fighting back a …
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Cannibalism, Jew or Gentile?
I am not sure if Havarka meant this and if he did then I'll remove my answer, but I think there is a simple way to solve this.
There is a Mitzvah Min Hatorah to bury a Meis Mitzvah which only applies …
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Tashmish Ha-Mitah B'yom (Marital Relations by day.)
Why is it that the Talmid Chacham has such a "yatzer" to have relations by day?
See Succah 52a at the bottom where the Gemoro relates a story about a great Amorah who said about himself what he w …
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