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Locations of foreign worship are typically of concern. You're not supposed to enter a church for this very reason.
My question relates to the idea that one finds out their home was previously used for foreign worship. Say they discovered that they live in a home that was previously used by a pag...
In exploring the topic of a convert or orphan who is married as a Na'arah, I stumbled upon a surprising piece in the Beis Shmuel:
...הואיל קידושין דאורייתא הם ונישואין אינם מדאורייתא...
...since Kiddushin is from the Torah, but Nisuin is not from the Torah...
While it's obvious that Ki...
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Y'vamos, chapter 6, mishna 4, reads, in part:
אירס את האלמנה ונתמנה להיות כהן גדול יכנוס. ומעשה ביהושע בן גמלא שקידש את מרתא בת ביתוס ומינהו המלך להיות כהן גדול וכנסה.
If someone kidushin-betrothed a widow and was appointed kohen gadol, he may marry her [even though a kohen gadol may no...
Midrashim says that Batya got tzaraat, so she use to go to the river nile to feel better after washing.
why did she get tzaraat?
