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Assault vs. Battery in Halacha: Is Raising Your Hand a Lav?

Is raising your hand against someone (assault) merely a "shem rasha" or is it a Torah prohibition that carries malkus? The shiur analyzes whether the lav applies only when you actually hit (battery) or whether threatening counts as the beginning of the prohibited act. Targum Yonasan ben Uziel's reading of "arba'im yakenu"—that the fortieth malkah is lifting the hand without striking—suggests that the gesture itself constitutes a hakah and triggers the lav.

Dec 23, 20108:27

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Burial on Yom Tov: Whose Need Determines the Halacha?

When burial is permitted on Yom Tov through non-Jews, whose perspective governs—the living's obligation or the deceased's needs? The shiur develops a fundamental chakira: the Bahag treats burial as the chai's duty balanced against his issur of amira l'akum, while Tosafos and the Rosh hold we step into the meis' shoes, performing what he would want. This principle explains machlokos Rishonim on burial timing, kavod hameis, and the scope of melacha permitted.

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Eichah Perek 1: The Lament of Jerusalem's Destruction

How could Yirmiyahu prophesy about both Temple destructions before even the first occurred? The shiur explains that the double expression of crying in Eichah's opening reflects a deeper principle about how prophecy works. True consolation becomes impossible when those who once provided love and security become the very instruments of betrayal and destruction.

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