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Mishna is after power to inflict capital punishment is gone. Discussion is theoretical. Is this rabbinic approval of development of situation where capital...
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Source and Reason for Bishul Akum
Eng is R. Brofsky
The gemara (Avoda Zara 37B - 40A), after attempting to attribute the prohibition of bishul akum to a biblical source, concludes that bishul akum is prohibited "mi-derabbanan ve-kra esmachta be-alma" (the prohibition was legislated by the rabbis, but they made a textual connection in the Torah to support their enactment in the Torah)...
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MISHNAH. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF HEATHENS ARE PROHIBITED BUT THE PROHIBITION DOES NOT EXTEND TO ALL USE OF THEM:13 MILK WHICH A HEATHEN MILKED WITHOUT AN ISRAELITE WATCHING HIM, THEIR BREAD...
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The following was originally published in The SHPiEL, a bi-weekly student-run Jewish newspaper out of the University of Florida. The Millennial Mania – Part One of Two My childhood was peppered with vinyl records, the Pong video game, the dawning of break dancing and the Beastie Boys. You all, the Millennials, are categorized as having […]
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How to look at life, based on Megilat Esther.
By Ben Goldberg, freshman
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Towards the end of JRR Tolkien?s Lord of the Rings trilogy, there is an apocalyptic showdown between the forces of good and evil...
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Shiur on zmanim, specifically Alos HaShachar, Neitz HaChama, Chatzos Hayom and Shaos Zmanios given on 2/20/08 by Rabbi Ari Storch