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Predictions, Spells and Psychology | Hilchos Chukos ha-Goyim #4 (Yoreh Deah 179:1, 5-7)

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: April 30 2020

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Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Sanhedrin

Halacha:

Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum

Machshava:

Spirituality

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

References: Sanhedrin: 101a , Sanhedrin: 65b

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Predictions, Spells and Psychology | Hilchos Chukos ha-Goyim #4 (Yoreh Deah 179:1, 5-7)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Sanhedrin

Halacha:

Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum

Machshava:

Spirituality

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

References: Sanhedrin: 101a , Sanhedrin: 65b

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Predictions, Spells and Psychology | Hilchos Chukos ha-Goyim #4 (Yoreh Deah 179:1, 5-7)

Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara: Sanhedrin Halacha: Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum Machshava: Spirituality

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

References: Sanhedrin: 101a , Sanhedrin: 65b

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Gemara:

Sanhedrin

Halacha:

Avodah Zarah, Chukat Akum

Machshava:

Spirituality