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Misusing Pesukim, Necromancy and Cemeteries, Magicians and Illusionists | Hilchos Chukos ha-Goyim #5 (Yoreh Deah 179:8-15)

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: May 04 2020

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Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Sanhedrin

Halacha:

Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum, Death and Burial

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Sanhedrin: 65b , Sanhedrin: 90a , Sanhedrin: 101a

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Last in a series on halachos of occult practices: רוקק, דורש אל המתים, כישוף ואחיזת עינים.

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Misusing Pesukim, Necromancy and Cemeteries, Magicians and Illusionists | Hilchos Chukos ha-Goyim #5 (Yoreh Deah 179:8-15)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Sanhedrin

Halacha:

Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum, Death and Burial

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Sanhedrin: 65b , Sanhedrin: 90a , Sanhedrin: 101a

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Misusing Pesukim, Necromancy and Cemeteries, Magicians and Illusionists | Hilchos Chukos ha-Goyim #5 (Yoreh Deah 179:8-15)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara: Sanhedrin Halacha: Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum, Death and Burial

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Sanhedrin: 65b , Sanhedrin: 90a , Sanhedrin: 101a

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Gemara:

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Halacha:

Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum, Death and Burial