If Men Strive
26. “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, […]
The Zohar
Promises and Comforts in the Curses in Deuteronomy
1. Rabbi Shimon fled to the desert of Lod and hid in a cave, he and his son Rabbi Elazar.
The Halitza*
* Removal of a shoe under levirate law 28. “And his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to
Levirate Marriage
24. What is the reason that he should go into the dead brother’s wife in order to sustain the name
One Who Dies without Sons Comes to the World a Second Time
13. When the soul—who is from the abundance of the upper Yesod—sins, a fire of above controls her, which is
When You Go Out to War Against Your Enemies
1. It is written, “Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.” “Israel has rejected good” is the good
The Measuring Line
1. Rabbi Shimon said, “Thus far, the friends did not know the meaning of unification. Rabbi Elazar said, all the
