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The Talmud, in the third chapter of Sanhedrin, delineates the rules governing who may provide written or oral testimony. A valid witness in a Jewish Beit Din must be an adult (see Bar Mitzvah) free man, not a woman or a slave, and not be related to any of the other witnesses or judges. The witness must be an honest person who can be trusted not ...
Laws concerning testimony (Mitzvot: 570 - 577 ) Laws concerning judges who rebel against decisions of higher courts. (Mitzvot: 578 - 586 ) Laws concerning mourners (Mitzvot: 587 - 590 ) Laws concerning kings and their wars (Mitzvot: 591 - 613 )
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the central authority on halakha (Jewish law and tradition) within Conservative Judaism; it is one of the most active and widely known committees on the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly. Within the movement it is known as the CJLS. The current chairman of the CJLS is Rabbi Pamela Barmash.
Fourth-year tree plantings, fruits of which eaten in Jerusalem (netaʻ revaʻī), or redeemed before they can be eaten in the Land of Israel [2] [3] Second tithe, eaten by Israel within the walls of Jerusalem (maʻaser shenī) Sabbatical Year, not only includes the cessation of labour in the fields, but laws governing aftergrowths, and biur ...
The Mishneh Torah (Hebrew: מִשְׁנֵה תוֹרָה, lit. 'repetition of the Torah'), also known as Sefer Yad ha-Hazaka (ספר יד החזקה, 'book of the strong hand'), is a code of Rabbinic Jewish religious law authored by Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon/Rambam).
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against the prestigious University of California, Los Angeles, saying the school cannot allow Jewish students to be barred from accessing ...
The Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili (Hebrew: ברייתא דל"ב מידות) is a baraita giving 32 hermeneutic rules, or middot, for interpreting the Bible. As of when the Jewish Encyclopedia was published in 1901–1906, it was thought to no longer exist except in references by later authorities.
A federal judge Monday told UCLA and Jewish students who sued the university that they have one week to hash out a court-enforceable plan that would ensure equal access to campus for all if ...