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Halitsah or
chalitzah (Hebrew: חליצה, romanized: ḥəliṣā) in
Rabbinical Judaism is the
process by
which a
childless widow and a
brother of her deceased...
- community, this time in Speyer. The main
focus of this
synod was the "
Chalitzah takkana," but
other decrees were discussed,
including the prohibition...
- (Venice, 1511). He was the
author also of
Seder Gittin ve-
Chalitzah, a
treatise on
divorce and
Chalitzah,
printed with the
responsa of his
father and of his...
- who
printed in the same
volume his own
responsa and the
Seder Gittin wa-
chalitzah of
Abraham Minz.
These responsa have been edited, and
supplemented with...
- (האישה שהלך בעלה למדינת הים) Nose'in Al Ha'****ah נושאין על האנוסה
Mitzvat Chalitzah מצות חליצה Beit
Shamay Omrim Eyn Mema'anin בית שמאי אומרים אין ממאנין...
-
including kiddushin and the
ketubah Geirushin: laws of
divorce Yibum va-
Chalitzah: laws of
levirate marriage Na'arah Betulah: the law of a man who seduces...
- and the Five
Megillot Tib
Chalitzah and Tib
Kiddushin (n. p., n. d.),
collections of
responsa on the
ceremony of
chalitzah as
observed in
modern times...
- 19:19 and
Deuteronomy 22:11),
release from
levirate marriage (חליצה,
chalitzah,
mandated by
Deuteronomy 25:5–10),
purification of a
person affected by...
- Many of
these laws, such as
levirate marriage, are no
longer practiced (
chalitzah is
practiced instead of
levirate marriage).
These and
other gender differences...
- Maimonides,
Mishneh Torah:
Hilchot Yibbum Va'Chalitzah (The Laws of
Yibbum and
Chalitzah): and
Hilchot Na'arah
Betulah (The Laws of a
Virgin Maiden): and Hilchot...
