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The giving of charity is not considered to be merely the exercise of another virtue , like courage , prudence , or self - control . It is an integral part of the Law , like the commandment to offer sacrifices , or not to steal or swear ...
The giving of charity is not considered to be merely the exercise of another virtue , like courage , prudence , or self - control . It is an integral part of the Law , like the commandment to offer sacrifices , or not to steal or swear ...
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Hence , we must assume that there are others who can busy themselves with her and yet she is considered to be a case of met mizvah . Hence , when a dead person is in the presence of a kohen , and there is present an Israelite who is not ...
Hence , we must assume that there are others who can busy themselves with her and yet she is considered to be a case of met mizvah . Hence , when a dead person is in the presence of a kohen , and there is present an Israelite who is not ...
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In the first place a law based on gezerah shavah is considered to be biblical law . [ Rashi then gives a number of examples . ] Moreover , the fact that the Rabbis declared it to be an act of fornication does not make it so , for it is ...
In the first place a law based on gezerah shavah is considered to be biblical law . [ Rashi then gives a number of examples . ] Moreover , the fact that the Rabbis declared it to be an act of fornication does not make it so , for it is ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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