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Daily Torah Thought
Posted: 07/7/2010 7:37 AM
No Justice? No Joy...
"When the Sanhedrin
ceased, song ceased from the party houses, as it is written, ‘They will
not drink wine with song.’… How do we know that this was written
specifically when the Sanhedrin ceased? Rav Huna son of Rav Yehoshua explained: It is
from, ‘The elders ceased from the gate, and the young men from their
music.’"
(Talmud,
Sotah 48a)
Daily Torah Law
Posted: 07/7/2010 7:37 AM
Distances Needed For T'filat HaDerech
The Shulchan Aruch [Orach Chaim 110:7] rules that land travel between
cities requires Tefilat haDerech [The Traveler's Prayer] if one travels more than a
פרסה - about 4 kilometers / 2.5 miles.
The Mishnah Berurah [110:30]
clarifies that this applies to sea travel as well, and that travel of a
shorter distance, through an area known to be dangerous, also warrants
Tefilat haDerech.
אונאת דברים 'verbal fraud'