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On what halachic premise can Yeshivot claim talmidim's belonging's hefker for bein hazmanim?
In חושן משפט, סימן קי״ט סעיף א׳ it says, that if someone brought something into someone else’s property without permission, or broke the conditions upon which the owner allowed him to bring it in,the ...
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Are you allowed to lie in order to prevent embarrassing yourself
Bereshit Rabba 100:9 in parsha Vayechi says:
"The brothers said to Bilha, whom Yosaif considered like his mother since she had raised him, "Go to Yosaif and tell him, "Your father ...
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Netilat Yadaim Source
Hand washing is a rabbinic command, but the Sages did find a hint אסמכתא to it in Leviticus 15:11. See Chullin 106a:
רבא אמר מצוה לשמוע דברי ר"א בן ערך דכתיב וכל אשר יגע בו הזב וידיו לא שטף במים ...
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Netilat Yadaim Source
See Berachos 53b
אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: אֲנָא לָא זִילַאי וְלָא זִיוַאי וְלָא
זוּהֲמַאי יָדַעְנָא אֶלָּא מַתְנִיתָא יָדַעְנָא. דְּאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה
אָמַר רַב וְאָמְרִי לַהּ בְּמַתְנִיתָא ...
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Proper definition for an idol/idol worshiping?
I think Idolatry can have different levels and meaning in Judaism.
There is technical idols/idolatry on one extreme, and then there is idolatry in terms of one even following their own emotional anger ...
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Proper definition for an idol/idol worshiping?
In Judaism, an idol is a living creature or an inanimate object that you believe has unlimited power to grant your wishes or harm you.
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Proper definition for an idol/idol worshiping?
Look at first chapter Rambam Hilchot Avodah Zara Vechukot Hagoyim https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Foreign_Worship_and_Customs_of_the_Nations.1.1?lang=bi in order to understand the Rambam ...
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Can one water plants before Shacharit?
If they need the food and there is a worry of צער בעלי חיים one should do it before tefillah like anything one is allowed to do before tefillah which is for mitzvah purposes, but if it's not going to ...
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Halachot learned from gematria
See Tosfos in Bava Basra 96b that from the Sanhedrin of 71, never was it permitted for all to leave, and at least 23 (which is considered a Beis Din) had to remain. Tosfos quotes from Rav Menachem who ...
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Who is pulled to safety first?
I"m surprised that you didn't quote the end of that Mishna in Horayot 13a that a Talmid Chacham comes before an Am Haaretz... I would therefore pasken that they shall see who of them has the most ...
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Fins and Scales
The Gemara Niddah anwers that really it didnt have to mention fins rather its just להגדיל תורה ולהאדירה, the Gemara needs an explanation? My approach is that we know that fish can swim against the ...
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Must a man divorce an adulterous wife
The question and issue is how did the above info come about?
Was there witnesses (kosher)?
Is it only the husband claiming so?
Are there children in the picture?
All the above can result in different ...
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Source for saying Emes at end of Shema?
To address a point of terminology that may clear things up somewhat: the word "emet" is not really being "added" to shema at all. Rather, it is the first word of the blessing ...
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Source for saying Emes at end of Shema?
אמת is the first word of the bracha after Shema. The halacha to say that bracha is given in the Shulchan Aruch in 66:10.
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May one host irreligious guests on yom tov?
The halacha is stated with regards to those who break Shabbat (see Yalkut Yosef 512:2), and the reason given is that they are considered, in halacha, like non-Jews for these purposes. The Bene Tziyon ...
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Wearing a watch with lume on Shabbos
The Orchos Shabbos, Volume 1, ch. 15, footnote 96 (page 456), says that it is permitted to go outside with a watch with hands covered in luminescent material, even though this will cause them to give ...
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Is it possible to have non-Jews who are converting (or non-Jewish relatives) over for Yom Tov?
Those wanting to convert through the London Beth Din have several stages before being accepted as candidates for conversion as you can see here, I don't think the first stages can be included in the ...
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Is it possible to have non-Jews who are converting (or non-Jewish relatives) over for Yom Tov?
Rabbi Melamed brings an opinion in Peneni Halacha that, since the fear is that one will cook for a non-Jew on Yom Tov, one is permitted to A) serve non-Jewish guests who show up unexpectedly on Yom ...
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If someone deliberately changes the words of a blessing, do they get credit?
The Talmud says that "we may not alter the coin that the Sages have minted -- En lecha reshut l'hosif 'al matbea' shetav'u chachamim bivrachot" [Berachot Y 86a]. This means that the prayers ...
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How is Exodus 22 applied today regarding politics
Sefer HaChinuch limits this mitzva to actual judges (69). However:
Gray Matter IV, Israel, Disobeying Orders in Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces) 3
The Torah identifies two institutions of authority. ...
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Must a man divorce an adulterous wife
Yes, he must divorce her, but see all the halachot for full details. Here is a basic proof:
מִי שֶׁרָאָה אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁזִּנְּתָה אוֹ שֶׁאָמְרָה לוֹ אַחַת
מִקְּרוֹבוֹתָיו אוֹ מִקְּרוֹבוֹתֶיהָ שֶׁהוּא ...
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Are you allowed to lie in order to prevent embarrassing yourself
Rashi says that Aharon Hakohen would purposely lie to people, telling each of them that the other wants to make up, for the sake of making peace between them.
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Are you allowed to lie in order to prevent embarrassing yourself
In halacha, you may not testify for or against yourself [Sanh. 9b–10a; Yev. 25b]: "A person cannot render himself wicked". So, in your example, the subject is not allowed to tell the truth. ...
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How does one proceed at a stand-up Kiddush?
There is a Yesod which needs to be clarified first. Kiddush on Friday night is Min Hatorah. Hence there is much more reasons to be stringent about that kiddush. Shabbos day kiddush is Midrbanan. The ...
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Stealing with your eyes,
The Talmud says:
Damage caused by looking is also damage. [Bava Batra 2b]
It is prohibited for a person to stand in someone else’s field and look at his crop while the grain is standing, because he ...
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What does halacha say about the timing and conditions of the Jewish divorce ceremony?
Complicated subject. Rabbi Yonah Reiss of the Beth Din of America has lectures on this matter. He noted that a hundred+ years ago in Eastern Europe, the couple would settle everything, square it all ...
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What did shomer mitzvot men working in business, law etc and the military do regarding facial hair before kosher shavers?
From what I heard from an older rabbi: Before Rav Moshe Feinstein permitted using some electric shavers, everyone used depilatory cream, despite the burn.
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What did shomer mitzvot men working in business, law etc and the military do regarding facial hair before kosher shavers?
As per my grandfather, those in the military used the creams. They burn, so wasn’t much fun (but shaving never is…)
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Certified vs. Uncertified Costco Salmon
The two potential issues with uncertified fish are...
the signs to identify kosher fish and the "knife" used to cut them up
The signs are fins and scales though fish which already have ...
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Certified vs. Uncertified Costco Salmon
What, if any, are the halachic advantages of buying salmon certified as kosher, rather than cheaper and/or fresher uncertified fresh salmon
There are only two simanim which the Torah endorses as ...
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LOR Questions family planning
I think that there are multiple reasons for this phenomenon.
Most people have not learned the sugya of what types of birth control are permissible and in what circumstances. These topics are rarely ...
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LOR Questions family planning
There are a lot of meta-halachic issues at play. (See the question in general about "why ask a rabbi?".) But from a strict theory-of-halacha angle, one note I've heard is that "not ...
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Chanania and perek 3 of Shabbos - if yeish bishul acher bishul
I don't think this is the answer, but I would point out that the Beis Yosef OH 253 brings a Rishon who gets around this question.
או"ח סי' רנ"ג ד"ה ומ"ש רבינו כל זמן כו' וכתב עוד ...
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Chanania and perek 3 of Shabbos - if yeish bishul acher bishul
Eglei Tal in Melechet Ofeh 10:10 is bothered by this question. He writes that it is clear from the mishnah at the beginning of perek kirah that once a food reaches the level of ma'achal ben derusa'i ...
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LOR Questions family planning
Possibly because of the following:
Rambam in Hilchos Ishus 15:16:
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁקִּיֵּם אָדָם מִצְוַת פְּרִיָּה וּרְבִיָּה הֲרֵי הוּא מְצֻוֶּה מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים שֶׁלֹּא יִבָּטֵל מִלִּפְרוֹת ...
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