Masechet Kiddushin opens by delineating the three methods by which one is mekadesh, betroths,…
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Yevamot 49: An Exceptional People
"Shimon ben Azzai said: I found a scroll of genealogy, and it was written, 'So-and-so…
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Yevamot 47: Judaism 101
"A convert who comes to convert bizman hazeh, nowadays...we inform him of the importance…
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Toldot: Pray for Others
“Rabbi Yitzchak said: ‘Yitzchak our forefather was barren, as it is written ‘and…
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Yevamot 44: The Practice of Law
Halacha, Jewish law, has a multiplicity of voices, each reflecting the word of the living…
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Yevamot 40: The Economics of Chalitzah
"Ishto k'gufo, ba'al k'ishto", one's wife is like one's own self; a…
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Yevamot 39: What Comes First?
"And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife…
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It Costs Too Much to Convert
There has been much written – including a cover story in this newspaper (Canadian Jewish News…
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Chayei Sarah: Coming Together
"And Abraham took another wife and her name was Keturah" (Breisheet 25:1). The Torah…
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Yevamot 35: Whose Baby Is It?
Even those far removed from Jewish learning know that it is the mother who determines the Jewish…
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No Time to Waste: Yevamot 29
"Whoever starts in a mitzvah, we tell him to finish"; "a mitzvah that comes to your…
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Yevamot 25: Conflict of Interest
Innocent until proven guilty is a fundamental norm of Western jurisprudence. This concept goes back…
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Yevamot 25: Pleading the Fifth
By dint of the fifth amendment to the Constitution, US citizens are protected from being…
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Yevamot 24: A Great P'shat
All great pieces of literature can be understood on multiple levels, over multiple time periods,…
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Parshat Lech Lecha: This Is for You
The Divine choosing of Avraham marks the beginning of Jewish peoplehood. Tellingly, this…
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Yevamot 22: Brotherly Love
Life is not always fair. So much that befalls us--both positive and negative--is beyond our control…
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Yevamot 21: The Limits of Teshuva
On Yom Kippur afternoon, the Torah reading focuses on the Jewish sexual ethic. The Torah has a…
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Yevamot 17: Living Together
It is the Jewish woman who is privileged with bestowing Jewishness to her offspring. Yet while the…