The Jewish Legal System
- Business Law
- Criminal Law
- Laws of Damages
- Marriage Laws
- The Jewish King
- The Sanhedrin and the Rabbis
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Divorce
What is the Jewish view of divorce and remarriage? The following passage from the Torah (The Five Books of Moses), is the source for Jewish Divorce Law: “If a man marries a women…if she does not find favor in his…
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No Death Sentence for Cain
Since God required from the beginning that life be taken for life why wasn’t Cain given the same sentence? He was merely exiled – a punishment totally inconsistent with the rest of the Torah. Why? Thank you very much for…
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Prozbul and Amending Jewish Law
What is a Prozbul, and why is it so controversial? The Prozbul is a notification and partial transfer of authority to a Rabbinic Court, concerning money which is owed to the person writing the Prozbul. The writer says that he…
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Debt
Is it against G-d to have a debt? It certainly isn’t against G-d to have debt. However it is against G-d to have debt that you don’t pay off. Rabbi Meir Goldberg
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Revenge and Restraint
My car was vandalized, and I’m extremely frustrated by the whole matter. I believe the perpetrator is a disgruntled neighbor of mine. I contacted the police, filed a report, but there were not witnesses to there’s not much that can…
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Was Chicken Always Considered Meat?
I have been told that at one time chicken was considered to be Parve (neither Meat nor Dairy). This later was changed to consider chicken to be meat. Is this true? When did it happen? Who did it? Why was…
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Ban On Polygamy
In Genesis we read accounts of the patriarchs having a number of wives. When was the practice stopped? Are there any Biblical and/or Talmudic references to marriage being one man-one wife? There is no biblical injunction against a man marrying…
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Achan’s Family
Why were the children of Achan (Book of Joshua, Chapter 7) killed for his crime? According to our understanding Achan’s children were not executed. They were brought to the valley to witness their father’s execution as were everyone else. If…