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Questions relating to the nature, function, or process of Death in Jewish thought.
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Do the stringencies for someone who is cremated apply if they didn’t specify/want to be crem...
It says in the Gesher HaChaim that is the source of the Halachapedia article that this applies when the cremation was על פי צואת המת בחייו - at the behest of the deceased while he was alive.
So no, i …
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If you don't give up your life, are you liable?
The Rambam writes (Yisodeh Hatorah 5:4):
וכל מי שנאמר בו יהרג ואל יעבור ועבר ולא נהרג הרי זה מחלל את השם. ואם היה בעשרה מישראל הרי זה חילל את השם ברבים ובטל מצות עשה שהיא קידוש השם ועבר על מצות לא תע …
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Halachically dead & Yibum
But that has nothing to do with Halachic death, Techiyas HaMeisim is a different category (see here and here). …
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What does Mot Yumat mean?
The Halachic meaning finds significance in the doubling of the word as is interpreted in Sanhedrin 45b as if the specified form of the death penalty cannot be performed, then any other form can be done …
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Do Animals Have an Afterlife
The Rambam writes (Teshuva 8:1):
וכל מי שאינו זוכה לחיים אלו הוא המת שאינו חי לעולם אלא נכרת ברשעו ואבד כבהמה. ... כלומר שאותה הנפש שפירשה מן הגוף בעולם הזה אינה זוכה לחיי העולם הבא אלא גם מן העולם ה …
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Not sitting shiva when the baby passes away after 30 days
Recently, a 2-month-old baby passed away ל"ע, and the family indicated that there would be no shiva.
Under what circumstances is there no shiva for a baby that lives passed 30 days?
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What is the Orthodox Jewish position regarding a criminal ban on abortion?
Although Judaism prohibits abortion, including for non-Jews it doesn't necessarily prohibit all abortion. Certainly in the context of saving the life of the mother, abortion isn't only permitted, it i …
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Are there any early mentions of the concept of "l'iluy nishmas"?
Rashi to Shmuel II 19:1:
my son, my son: My son, my son eight times; seven that brought him forth from the seven levels of Gehinnom, and one that brought him into the world to come.
(Referring t …
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Leather and vegetarianism according to Rav Kook?
Tefilin, etc., can be made from animals that die on their own (see e.g. The source in the Talmud is Shabbos 108a). Thus even under a situation where killing animals wasn't possible, leather would stil …
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Why is it called parshas Chayei Sarah
The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that every event in the parsha represents the triumph of Sarah's view and approach.
First, the purchase of Ma'aras HaMachepeilah shows the actualization of G-d's promis …
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