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Walking between women
First of all, it's not so obvious that this is prohibited in the first place. Pesachim 111a says that a person is not allowed to walk between two woman or have a woman walk between you (a man) and a ...
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Purim 2020 Skype megilla leining recommendation
Yeshiva University sent out an announcement for their live webcast for 2020:
Monday night 7:55 PM EDT
Tuesday morning 8:45 AM EDT
Available at yutorah.org/live
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Kol Isha and transgender people
Following our discussion in comments, I discussed your question with R Binyamin Tabady, a posek halacha in Israel, who confirmed my initial thoughts.
The obligation of kol isha is on the listener. ...
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Walking between women
Netay Gabriel hilchus yichud chaper 57 (footnotes there bring sources)
From Paragraph 1: he brings opinion that indoors no problem.
From Paragraph 3: if they (the woman) are all staying or walking in ...
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Aiding what you consider sin but he doesn't
The simple general answer is that:
If you hold its forbidden but they hold its allowed, then you may help them to do it.
But, if you hold its allowed and they hold its forbidden, then you may not ...
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Can I choose to always be meikil (lenient) in Halachic disputes?
The fundamental answer to this question is no. This has been brought up before and Chazal have stated that the principles by which particular rabbonim analyze situations and obtain a psak must be ...
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Is it lifnei iver if you enable someone to violate a strict interpretation?
The simple general answer is that:
If you hold its forbidden but they hold its allowed, then you may help them to do it.
But, if you hold its allowed and they hold its forbidden, then you may not ...
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What is the absolute minimum length for peyos?
I like the question, and note that it says "the minimum length of the hairs in the peyos area." (A different and important question would be what is included in "the peyos area".)
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What is the absolute minimum length for peyos?
All information got from: https://shulchanaruchharav.com/halacha/haircuts-peiyos/
Cutting the peiyos with a razor is forbidden (Tur in name of Rambam Avodas Kochavim 12:6; Ritva Shavuos 3a). Even ...
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Definition of mini-skirt in Yabia Omer YD 6:14
Looking at both the question and the answer found in Yabia Omer, it is not speaking about adult, married women. It is discussing teenage girls in school only. It specifically is dealing with teenage ...
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Terumoth and Maasroth in Babylon
To answer the implied question in your title: Yes, there were Terumoth and Maasroth in Babylon.
See Yadayim 4:3 which takes this as a given.
See also Rambam Hilchot Terumot 1:1.
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In a mixed marriage is the Issur also on the Non-Jew?
I remember seeing in the writing of the Netziv that it is not a sin. This makes sense, because not marrying Jews is not one of the 7 Noahide commandments.
However, any non-Jew that is not committed to ...
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Leniency for depression on Shabbat?
In the specific context of this Mishna, the Gemara explains that all the permitted cases listed are cases where there is danger to one's life. In these cases, putting out the lamp is completely ...
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Can a store owner avoid hashavas avaidah?
As was mentioned in the comments, @gaagu answered to a similar question that:
Rabbi Isaac Yosef in ילקוט יוסף writes to the effect that a public sign can effect the transfer of ownership of a lost ...
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