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Summary: Rabbi Elazar ben Dama cites Gittin 67a. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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Tell a scribe and he will write the document and tell so-and-so and so-and-so and they will sign it. And due to the shame of the scribe, who asks: Don’t you consider me a sufficiently upright person to sign the document as a witness, the agents are concerned to avoid that disgrace and have one of those witnesses and the scribe sign together with him, and the husband did not say to do so. The bill of divorce is invalid because it was signed contrary to the husband’s instructions, and the agents will mistakenly think it is valid. The Gemara answers: Since the Master said, as cited later, that such a bill of divorce is valid, however, it shall not be done in Israel, as the husband himself should appoint the scribe and the witnesses, it is an uncommon case for the husband to appoint an agent to arrange the bill of divorce, and the Sages do not issue a decree for cases that are uncommon. The…
Summary: Rabbi Elazar ben Dama cites Avodah Zarah 27b. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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The Gemara explains the rationale for this leniency: The gentile thinks to himself that the Jew is asking him for his opinion, and just as he is asking him, he will also ask other people. And the gentile further reasons that if the Jew understands that the gentile provided him with bad advice, that man, i.e., the gentile, will bring harm to himself by damaging his own reputation. It is therefore assumed that the gentile will provide good advice in order to avoid sullying his reputation. § The Gemara analyzes a situation in which one may receive medical attention from gentiles. Rava says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says, and some say that it was Rav Ḥisda who says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: If there is uncertainty as to whether a patient will live through his ailment or die from it, the patient may not be treated by gentile doctors, due to the concern that a gentile doctor may kill him. But if it is…
Summary: Rabbi Elazar ben Dama cites Exodus לד:ו. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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The E TERNAL passed before him and proclaimed: “G OD ! G OD ! a Deity compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in kindness and faithfulness,
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Summary: Rabbi Elazar ben Dama cites Deuteronomy ז:י. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
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but who instantly requites with destruction those who are disloyal—never slow with those who are disloyal, but requiting them instantly.
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Summary: Rabbi Elazar ben Dama cites י"א בזמן הזה חובר הירושלמי. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.
