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One can perform an averah , a transgression , lishmah , with the intention of serving God , thus indicating that in that instance the agent believes that it is God who commands him to perform the averah . And one can perform a mizvah ...
One can perform an averah , a transgression , lishmah , with the intention of serving God , thus indicating that in that instance the agent believes that it is God who commands him to perform the averah . And one can perform a mizvah ...
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Rabbi Yizḥak ben Shmuel ( RI ) 52 was not sure whether the marriage in this instance was annulled in accordance with the principle that all marriages must accord with the conditions laid down by the Rabbis , or in accordance with the ...
Rabbi Yizḥak ben Shmuel ( RI ) 52 was not sure whether the marriage in this instance was annulled in accordance with the principle that all marriages must accord with the conditions laid down by the Rabbis , or in accordance with the ...
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To this , Rabbah answers that the question of whether the Rabbis have a right to uproot a law of the Torah is not involved in this instance . Other principles are involved . The husband is declared to be her heir , even though ...
To this , Rabbah answers that the question of whether the Rabbis have a right to uproot a law of the Torah is not involved in this instance . Other principles are involved . The husband is declared to be her heir , even though ...
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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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