Friday, March 30, 2012

Keritot 11 – The Differences Between A Slavewoman And Other Women

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The laws of a slavewoman designated for another differ in many ways from the laws of other forbidden women. For example, for mistaken relati...

Keritot 10 – Offering Which Depends On Financial Status

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Some mistakes mentioned in the Torah require a sacrifice whose value depends on the financial status of the one who brings it. For example, ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Keritot 9 – One Sacrifice For Many Mistakes

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The usual rule is that one brings sacrifices only for mistakes, not for willful transgressions. However, there are cases when one brings an ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Keritot 8 – One Childbirth Sacrifice After Another

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After a woman gives birth to a girl or miscarries a girl, she needs to wait out eighty days, and then bring a sacrifice. What happens if dur...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Keritot 7 – How Not To Use The Anointing Oil

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Anointing an unauthorized person with the anointing oil is on of the thirty-six acts for which one is liable to be cutoff from his spiritu...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Keritot 6 – How To Improve One's Luck

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Jewish kings were anointed near a spring, to symbolize that their rule would endure, just as King David said to his servants, “Take Solomon ...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Keritot 5 – Anointing Oil

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The anointing oil was made from a combination of olive oil and spices. It was used to consecrate the Kohanim and the articles used in Templ...