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Not finding your bashert is a punishment for doing zera levatala?
The Kabalistic work "Tikunei Zohar" (30a) mentions this as a punishment for a person who has relations with women he should not be having relations with. It is stated there that is that this ...
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Which sins are beyond punishment?
I found a case attributed to the Semag (one of the last ba'alei Tosfos) where a sin is so heinous that not only is forgiveness not an option, but we don't administer capital punishment since putting ...
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Why were Er and Onan punished if they were under 20?
This exact question was asked by the Tosafist R. Yehuda Ben Elazar in his commentary to Genesis 38:10:
וא"ת למה נענשו ער ואונן והלא לא היו אלא בני ח' שנה כדאי' בסדר עולם ואמרי' בית דין של מעלה ...
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Does Hashem reward you for keeping negative mitzvot?
Mishnah Makkot 3:15:
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִמְּקוֹמוֹ הוּא לָמֵד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יח) וְנִכְרְתוּ הַנְּפָשׁוֹת הָעֹשֹׂת וְגוֹ', וְאוֹמֵר (שם) אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם. הָא, ...
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Does the Torah ever mention jail as a punishment for a crime?
Rambam Hilchot Rotzeach 4:3:
הַמַּכֶּה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ בְּאֶבֶן אוֹ בְּאֶגְרוֹף וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן אוֹמְדִין אוֹתוֹ. אִם אֲמָדוּהוּ לְחַיִּים נוֹתֵן חֲמִשָּׁה דְּבָרִים וְנִפְטָר. וַאֲפִלּוּ חָלָה ...
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Punishment for Eating Non-Kosher
The prescribed punishment for intentionally eating meat of a non-kosher animal (e.g. pork) is lashes.
Rambam writes in Hilchot Maachalot Assurot 2:2:
כל האוכל מבשר בהמה וחיה טמאה כזית לוקה מן ...
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Is there any reward for the intent or attempt to do a mitzvah?
Kiddushin 40a
מחשבה טובה מצרפה למעשה שנאמר אז נדברו יראי ה' איש אל רעהו ויקשב ה' וישמע ויכתב ספר זכרון לפניו ליראי ה' ולחושבי שמו מאי ולחושבי שמו אמר רב אסי אפילו חשב אדם לעשות מצוה ונאנס ולא עשאה ...
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Are thoughts of sin punished halachically?
The Gemara in Masechet Yoma (29A) says:
הרהורי עבירה קשין מעבירה וסימניך ריחא דבישרא
(Thoughts of sin are harder than sin itself, as smell of meat is more attractive than taste of meat)
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Does teshuva remove punishment?
There is a disagreement between the Rambam and the Raavad regarding the Ir Hanidachas - wayward city, whether it is possible to remove the punishment if the town did indeed repent.
The Rambam (עבודת ...
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What is the punishment before Vayehi Bineso'ah Ha'aron?
Ramban to Numbers 10:35 :
וקרא החטא "פורענות" אע"פ שלא אירע להם ממנו פורענות ושמא אלמלא חטאם זה היה מכניסם לארץ מיד
Chazal call the sin "punishment" even though no punishment occured, maybe ...
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From where/Why do you get more reward for doing a obligated mitzvah than a non obligated mitzvah?
The source that someone obligated in a mitzvah receives more reward than someone not obligated is a statement of R. Chanina which appears several times in the Talmud. The first appearance is Kiddushin ...
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What is the punishment for someone who talks another person into committing suicide?
Suicide = Self Murder = Murder
There's no difference if you murder someone else, or if you murder yourself.
If you consider murder to be a sin, then you should also consider suicide to be a sin.
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What happens if a Jewish king marries a 19th wife?
Rambam, Hilchos Melachim 3:2:
ואם הוסיף אחת ובעלה לוקה
If he adds an extra wife and has relations with her, he gets lashed.
So that answers question #3. As for the others:
On the face of it, ...
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What percentage of the humanity must sin to cause G-d to wipe them all?
10 righteous people (or 9, rounding up) were required to prevent the destruction of humanity. Noach and crew were only 8, therefore they could not save the world. Clearly, by the standard that G-d was ...
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High priest’s death pardoning criminals?
Numbers 35:28 records the rule that someone guilty of involuntary manslaughter (who had to be exiled to a ‘city of refuge’) is allowed to return home upon the death of the High Priest.
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Does Moshiach bear our sins, in any sense?
The source may be Sanhedrin 98a.
ר' יהושע בן לוי אשכח לאליהו דהוי קיימי אפיתחא דמערתא דרבי שמעון בן יוחאי אמר ליה אתינא לעלמא דאתי אמר ליה אם ירצה אדון הזה אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי שנים ראיתי וקול ג' ...
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Yom Kippur more lenient than Shabbos?
The Gemara in Megila 22b inform us:
נקוט האי כללא בידך כל דטפי ליה מילתא מחבריה טפי ליה גברא יתירא הלכך בר''ח ומועד דאיכא קרבן מוסף קורין ארבעה ביו''ט דאסור בעשיית מלאכה חמשה ביוה''כ דענוש כרת ששה ...
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Giving your z'chus to someone else
As noted by Rabbi Natan Slifkin, there does not appear to be much early precedent for such an idea, at least as you're describing:
In my essay "What Can One Do For Someone Who Has Passed Away?&...
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Benefits of and punishments for Shabbat
DailyHalacha has a nice summary based on the Tur on SA OC 242
The Tur cites a number of passages from the Talmud that underscore the
importance of observing and enjoying Shabbat:
1) One who ...
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Does Hashem care about Halachah Lemaase?
Shabbat 130a
ת"ר במקומו של ר"א היו כורתין עצים לעשות פחמין לעשות ברזל בשבת במקומו של ר' יוסי הגלילי היו אוכלין בשר עוף בחלב לוי איקלע לבי יוסף רישבא קריבו ליה רישא דטוותא בחלבא לא אכל כי ...
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What is my status with God?
Judaism is matrilineal. That means you're not Jewish; at that point, we just review what Judaism opines non-Jews should keep, i.e. the "Noahide laws."
Circumcision -- non-Jews can circumcise or not, ...
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If Jews don't believe in heaven, what reason do they have to follow a moral code?
The Sifrei, commenting on the verse to love the LORD your God, states:
שמא תאמר הריני למד תורה בשביל שאעשיר בשביל שאקרא רבי בשביל שאקבל שכר לעולם הבא תלמוד לומר לאהבה את ה' אלהיכם כל שאתם עושים לא ...
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A wife wants to stop going to the mikva. What does that mean for the husband?
You might explain it to your wife like this:
Judaism makes the most important things in life mandatory rather than optional. It is not optional for a Jew to pray. It is not optional for him to have ...
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Does the Torah ever mention jail as a punishment for a crime?
You ask if the Torah prescribes locking someone away as a punishment. The Talmud Yerushalmi (Moed Katan 3:1) explicitly mentions this in a discussion of those allowed to cut their hair on Hol Hamoed
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What is the punishment of suicide according to Jewish sources?
First off -- if anyone is considering hurting themselves, please, PLEASE call 1-800-273-8255 (USA, or a hotline in your country) right now. Life is worth living.
Rambam, Laws of the Murderer and ...
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What is the punishment of suicide according to Jewish sources?
For a Jew
See the Hebrew Wikipedia entry for מאבד עצמו לדעת
The Oruch Hashulchan Yoreh Deoh 345 (1) says:
"מאבד עצמו לדעת עון גדול הוא, ואין לו חלק לעולם הבא" – someone who commits suicide
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Punishment for mesirah
In general, the concept of "mesirah" is not "giving over a Jewish person to law enforcement" as much as giving an innocent person over to a ruthless, corrupt, and brutal power. See e.g. Rabbi Yitzchok ...
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If you don't repent of a sin,will the consequence last forever?
The Ramcha"l in Mesilas Yeshorim Chapter 4 touches on this subject.
He writes:
Just as the Holy One Blessed be He does not allow any good deed, small
as it may be, to go unrewarded, so does He ...
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Which sins are specifically punished with drought?
Avos, chapter five, says, in part and in my own translation:
Seven types of punishment come to the world for seven bodies of sin: Some tithe and some don't tithe, a famine of drought comes, and ...
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