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Page 186
... biblical preference for yibbum - the levirate marriage ( Deut . 25 : 5 ) over Ḽalizah- the ceremony of pulling off the sandal ( ibid . , 6 : 9 ) , and prohibited the levirate marriage . They also transmuted the biblical yumat ( Exod ...
... biblical preference for yibbum - the levirate marriage ( Deut . 25 : 5 ) over Ḽalizah- the ceremony of pulling off the sandal ( ibid . , 6 : 9 ) , and prohibited the levirate marriage . They also transmuted the biblical yumat ( Exod ...
Page 187
... biblical law made him very conscious of its existence and of its authority . If the takkanah or the ha'aramah was not followed , the original biblical law had to be observed . And what Maharsha is telling us in his comments at the end ...
... biblical law made him very conscious of its existence and of its authority . If the takkanah or the ha'aramah was not followed , the original biblical law had to be observed . And what Maharsha is telling us in his comments at the end ...
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... biblical text . " 183 Rashi here explains that " they found biblical support to permit what the Rabbis had forbidden . " The inference drawn from the first passage is that actions based upon the biblical text alone were too harsh . The ...
... biblical text . " 183 Rashi here explains that " they found biblical support to permit what the Rabbis had forbidden . " The inference drawn from the first passage is that actions based upon the biblical text alone were too harsh . The ...
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The Religious Component in the Secular | 35 |
Section 7 | 41 |
Preliminary Remarks | 51 |
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