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a woman who was born of the prohibited relations of a kohen (called a chalalah) (Leviticus 21:7) women captured during warfare [42] a widow whose brother-in-law refused to perform a levirate marriage, and she consequently performs the Halitzah ceremony [43] Some of these prohibitions are biblical, and some are rabbinical.
The use of electricity on Shabbat is generally considered forbidden among Orthodox Jews. There is extensive debate regarding the source of this prohibition. According to most opinions, the prohibition is rabbinic. (Some uses of electricity may also involve a biblical prohibition, for example incandescent light bulbs, or cooking on an electric ...
Children born of the union do not have mamzer status. However, these children, are termed Chalal ("disqualified") and do not possess Kohen status. However, the children born of the union of a Kohen married to the daughter of a non Jewish father are not disqualified, as the prohibition is considered a "Safek Pagum", (doubtful blemish).
Jewish views on incest deal with the sexual relationships which are prohibited by Judaism and rabbinic authorities on account of a close family relationship that exists between persons. Such prohibited relationships are commonly referred to as incest or incestuous, though that term does not appear in the biblical and rabbinic sources.
For example: the Talmud says the prohibition of reciting an unnecessary berakhah (blessing formulated with God's name) violates the verse Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. [2] Maimonides sees the Talmud as proving a de'oraita prohibition, [ 3 ] while Tosafot considers the law to be only derabbanan , and sees the Talmud's ...
If two people carried an object together (such as two people lifting opposite ends of a box), neither one has violated Torah law. However, this is rabbinically forbidden. If a person picked up an object in a private domain, exited to a public domain, continued walking to another private domain, and deposited the object there - he has not ...
Most rishonim define the prohibition of yichud as a Torah law. Although Maimonides writes that the prohibition of yichud is derived from divrei kabbalah (Bible texts later than the Pentateuch), many interpret his words as meaning that it is a Torah law, though some regard it as a rabbinic prohibition. [3] [4] [5]
Obadiah of Bertinoro [10] understood the prohibition to apply to both mother or father of the offspring. Rashi argued that the prohibition only applies to the mother; [11] however Hizkuni argued that while the Biblical prohibition applies only to the mother, a rabbinic decree of lesser stringency also prohibits killing the father with its offspring. [12]