Chapter 169 – Tattooing and Depilation

201.1) Do not rend your garments for a person who commits suicide, for there is none so wicked as one who commits suicide. 201.2) Do not presume that a person is wicked. So unless there is proof to the contrary, assume that a person was murdered rather than that they committed suicide. 201.3) A minor…

192.1) Plead for mercy when you fall ill. 192.2) Go to a rabbi to ask him to plead for mercy for you. 192.3) You may see a physician when sick. 192.4) A physician is duty bound to treat you. 192.5) If you are not critically ill, you may not use a forbidden article as a…

144.1) Revere your teacher more than your father. 144.2) Honor learned men in the Torah. 144.3) When walking in threes, a rabbi should walk in the center with the oldest on his right and the other on his left. 144.4) It is a great sin to hate or disrespect men learned in the Torah. 144.5)…

187.1) Return a found article to its owner. 187.2) You are not required to return a found article found in a mostly non-Jewish environment. 187.3) Do not touch an article belonging to another that has obviously been placed somewhere temporarily. 187.4) If you find an old, paltry article, you are not required to return it….

198.1) If a death occurs in town, the inhabitants are forbidden to perform any work. 198.2) Inhabitants of a small village should not exchange greetings when a death occurs. 198.3) Do not let the body of the dead remain overnight. 198.4) The sooner a dead body is laid to rest the more praiseworthy the event….

162.1) Every woman whose husband is in town must perform the immersion. 162.2) Do not perform the immersion on the seventh day before the stars appear. 162.3) In case of emergency, you may perform immersion on the eighth day. 162.4) Do not stand on anything but the bottom of the poll during immersion. 162.5) Do…