מצוה לקיים דברי המת
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בירור מקיף ותמציתי על יסוד הדין של קיום דברי המת, ההגדרות והתנאים בזה.
Language | Hebrew |
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Paper Type | Research Paper |
Pages | 5 |
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Love is not bound by time. Even after a loved one passes on, they continue to live on in our hearts; we treasure the memories of the times we spent together and immortalize them through noble deeds.
But may we communicate with them after they’ve gone? The Torah (Devarim 18:11) instructs us to avoid all occult arts, such as sorcery, divination and necromancy. What are the details of these laws and what practical relevance do they have?
Related: Familial Bonds in the Hereafter and תפלה על קברי צדיקים
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Query from a Shliach in France
Emulating G-d’s example, we are encouraged to visit and tend to the sick. Our presence is assured by the Talmud as having the power to heal a portion of the patient’s suffering. Does Halacha provide guidelines for the visitor in the performance of this mitzva?
Prayer, too, is an integral part of this mitzvah. What particular prayers should be said for their recovery? What about assisting the individual in the recitation of prayers during their final moments?
From the moment Avrohom circumcised himself at 99, the Jewish Bris has been the pivotal act of Jewish identity throughout history. It is at this moment that a Jewish boy is given his name. Yet when a bris must be delayed for medical reasons, can the parents give him his name anyhow, or must the boy remain nameless until the Bris takes place?
Guidance from contemporary Poskim on the permissibility of contraception. Reviewed by a Moreh Hora’ah.
Were Jews historically buried in their own cemeteries? Why may
gentiles not be buried in a Jewish cemetery? This paper includes a review of a
number of ancient Jewish cemeteries around the world.
האם מותר להניח פרחים מעל ארון או קבר המת? הבנה יסודית בהגדרת האיסור והטעמים שלא ללכת בחוקות הגויים, מביא אותנו לסכם את שיטות הפוסקים בדין הנחת הפרחים.
לא טוב היות האדם לבדו. סקירה על דבר משמעות טובת האדם והתועלת שנוצרה על ידי בריאת האשה, על דרך הפשטני והמדרשי. עזר כנגדו.
“Either way, they are My children” [Talmud].
Blood is thicker than water, they say. The bonds of family are the anchor of an emotionally and spiritually healthy life. But what happens to these relationships after one passes on? Do we “meet again on the other side”? Do families stick together in the hereafter? What about teachers and their pupils? Is this contingent on whether the two are buried in close proximity?
Do the souls of the departed maintain a relationship with those left behind? Do they relate to and empathize with the trivialities of our corporeal existence? Does prayer at their grave-site invoke merit on their behalf?
Ancient Jewish sources indicate that Jews would bury their dead twice. What was the reason for this?
A comprehensive examination of the ancient promise that those who attend a bris are forgiven of all their sins. Where did the legend start? To whom does it apply? And how seriously do we take it today?
׳שפטרני מעונש הלזה׳ – ביטוי נדיר ותמוה. לפנינו סקירה כוללת על מקור מנהג אמירת הברכה בעת עלית הבר מצוה, טעמו וביאורו.