Rabbi Azriel Schreiber
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Jewish Sources About Women
Where can I find Jewish sources about women? There are two very good books available in English on women’s issues in orthodox Judaism; both are published by Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ: Moshe Meiselman, Jewish Women in Jewish Law, 1978.…
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The Exemption of Women From Time-bound Positive Commandments
Does the Torah exempt women from time-bound positive commandments? he statement that women are not obligated to do positive time-bound mitzvos is part of the Oral Torah. It occurs as a anonymous statement in the Mishnah (Kiddushin 1:7); there are…
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Women Testifying
Why can’t a woman testify in court? The halacha disqualifies various classes of people from being judges or witnesses, but these disqualifications are not all for the same reason. A person who is in a position to give testimony about…
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The Laws of Terumah and Maaser
What are the laws of Terumah and Maaser? In Num. 18 the Torah discusses terumah (given to the Kohanim), maaser (a tithe, given to the Levites), and terumas maaser (a tithe of the tithe, given by the Levites to the…
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An Omer
How much is an Omer? An omer is the volume of 43.2 eggs; but there is a dispute about the volume of an egg for halachic purposes. Some say that an omer is 2510 cubic centimeters (which is about the…
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The Yovel
When was the Yovel in effect? Based on the verse “you shall proclaim freedom in the land to all its inhabitants” (Lev. 25:10), the Jubilee year was in effect only during the period when all the tribes of Israel were…
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The Temple in Arad
Was there a Temple in Arad? As the Bible tells us, the kings of Judah did not all suppress worship outside the Jerusalem Temple. The Temple in Arad may have been founded by the Kenites (see Judges 1:16; 4:11), who…
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The Ark of the Covenant
What is the Ark of the Covenant? The Ark of the Covenant was built by the Israelites in the desert to hold the stone tablets that Moses received on Mount Sinai. The article “Ark of the Covenant” in the Encyclopedia…
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The Devir
What is the “devir”? The word devir occurs in the Bible both as the name of a city that was also called Kiryas Sefer (Joshua, Judges) and in connection with the Holy of Holies in the Temple (Kings, Chronicles, Psalms).…