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The Laws of Ritual Slaughter
Our teacher Joshua ben Nun said from the mouth of Moses ben ‘Amram, from the mouth of the Almighty: Whoever slaughters for a Jew but does not know the laws of slaughter, it is…
Laws on the Bill of Divorce
It can be inferred from the mishnah: “One who writes the standard formula of bills of divorce must leave [space for the name of the man and woman]” [m. Gittin 3:2], and other sources, that the scribe…
Responsum: On Fulfilling a Dead Woman’s Vow
An incident occurred involving a Jewish woman who died. R. Eliezer of Metz said to her heirs that she had vowed to donate sixty dinars to charity. He had in his possession some of her…
Responsum: On Forcing a Man to Divorce
Sefer ha-yashar (Book of the Upright), Responsa, 24
Louder than the voice of archers (Judges 5:11),
their teeth are spears and arrows (Psalms 57:5)
and sparkle like embers
that leap from a conflagration of fire and wood.
I feared to stand up and…
Takkanah: On Not Returning a Dowry
Sefer ha-yashar (Book of the Upright), Novellae, 788
By the decree of the king and his nobles, and our rabbis who dwell in Narbonne, whom we have heard and known, and from whose elders we comprehend matters.
We said: Let there now be an oath among us…
Takkanah: On Respecting the Bill of Divorce
Sefer ha-yashar (Book of the Upright), Novellae, 140
I further decreed at the market gathering at Troyes, under pain of a severe oath and a severe decree, that no Jew may object to any bill of divorce after it has been delivered, not even immediately…