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Rape perpetrated by an adult male towards a girl under three years of age: halachic framework
In any legal system with carefully defined rules, there are edge cases where the particulars of a case allow instances to fall through the cracks. A reading of Rambam may lead to a conclusion that ...
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The merits of the righteous save others from punishment (Sukkah 45b). How is this different from the idea of the Nazarene?
Regarding your first question.
To define an idea as being "Jewish", we must be bound by some sort of text. Some of the "non-jewish" concepts that they have stood by, are based on ...
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