The concept of Holinesses: Dvar Torah to Parashot Acharei Mot – Kedoshim

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Kidushin, holinesses, the name for the betrothal and marriage ceremony, derives from the word Kedushah Continue reading

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Vows and the possibility of annulling them

The Daughters of Zelophehad infront of Moses (illustration from the 1897 Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us by Charles Foster). cc: wikipedia.

Rabbi Yehoshua Engelman examines to what extend can fathers and husbands annulling their daughters/wives vows and what is the rabbis power in annulling vows. Continue reading

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