by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Aug 21, 2017 | Beginner
33. Valuations and Consecrations – Arachim ve-Charamim If one vows to give money or property to the Temple it is used for repairs.a One can vow to give the value of a person to the Temple. If he specifies the “valuation” (erech) and can afford it he...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Jul 21, 2017 | Beginner
32. Nazirites – Nezirus If one vows to be a nazirite he must let the hair of his head grow and is forbidden to cut it; he is also forbidden to drink anything containing wine or to eat grapes or raisins or to become impure through contact with a corpse, as it...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | May 23, 2017 | Beginner
E. Holiness – Kedushah “In the fifth book I will include commandments regarding prohibited sexual relations and prohibited foods, since in both of these matters G-d sanctified us and separated us from the nations, and regarding both of them it was said...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | May 15, 2017 | Beginner
26. Sotah If a woman is deliberately unfaithful to her husband she becomes forbidden to him and he must divorce her, as it says “Her first husband… cannot take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled”1,a; and she is also forbidden to...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | May 8, 2017 | Beginner
25. Naarah Besulah If a man seduces a virgin he should marry her; if they do not want to marry he pays a fine equal to her marriage contract, as it says “And if a man seduces a virgin… he shall pay a dowry [for her] to be his wife; if her father refuses to...
