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The More the Merrier? Two Debates about the Heter of Two Men | Hilchos Yichud #5 (Even ha-Ezer 22:5)

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: September 26 2024

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Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Kiddushin, Sotah

Halacha:

Even Haezer, Yichud

History:

8th - 10th Centuries CE

Mishna:

Kiddushin, Sotah

Personalities:

Rambam

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

References: Kiddushin: 80B , Kiddushin: 81A , Sotah: 7A

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The More the Merrier? Two Debates about the Heter of Two Men | Hilchos Yichud #5 (Even ha-Ezer 22:5)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Kiddushin, Sotah

Halacha:

Even Haezer, Yichud

History:

8th - 10th Centuries CE

Mishna:

Kiddushin, Sotah

Personalities:

Rambam

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

References: Kiddushin: 80B , Kiddushin: 81A , Sotah: 7A

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The More the Merrier? Two Debates about the Heter of Two Men | Hilchos Yichud #5 (Even ha-Ezer 22:5)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara: Kiddushin, Sotah Halacha: Even Haezer, Yichud History: 8th - 10th Centuries CE Mishna: Kiddushin, Sotah Personalities: Rambam

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

References: Kiddushin: 80B , Kiddushin: 81A , Sotah: 7A

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Contact Us

About Us

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Gemara:

Kiddushin, Sotah

Halacha:

Even Haezer, Yichud

History:

8th - 10th Centuries CE

Mishna:

Kiddushin, Sotah

Personalities:

Rambam