A chumra (Hebrew: חומרה; pl. חומרות chumrot; alternative transliteration: khumra) is a prohibition or obligation in Jewish practice that exceeds the bare...
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price movements Fence (woodworking), portion of a tool used as a guide Chumra (Judaism) or "building a fence around the Torah", a prohibition or obligation...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Judaism: Origins of Judaism Jewish history Ugaritic mythology – The Levant region was inhabited...
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clothes on Shabbat, since people may think they were washed that day Chumra (Judaism) Minchas Shlomo 2-3:53. Talmud Keritut Pg. 21 Yabia Omer VI, YD 8 Talmud...
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special care even in these cases, and many Orthodox Jews have adopted the chumras of writing "G-d" instead of "God" in English or saying Ṭēt-Vav (טו, lit...
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greatest certainty that God's will is being performed". Haredi Judaism thus tends to adopt chumras as a norm. Related to this is the acceptance of the concept...
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with chumra contrary to Maran's instructions to rule leniently, even if many disagree with Maran...and it is not even permitted to act with chumra where...
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Torah Umadda (category Modern Orthodox Judaism)
that strictures (chumras) are normative, rather, these are a matter of personal choice (see 3.1 and 4.1 under Modern Orthodox Judaism). Secondly, relative...
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Heller has publicly stated that stringencient practices in Jewish Law (or chumras), may not be practiced if they are at the expense of other members of one's...
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