Chapter 170 – Shaving the Hair of the Temples and Beard

155.1) A woman should separate herself from her husband the day before her flow begins (an onah “either a day or a night”). 155.2) Some define an onah as twenty-four hours. 155.3) A woman who has a thirty-day, intervening period between menstruations is considered to have regular menstruations. 155.4) When a woman perceives blood, she…

148.1) The bride and groom are to eat privately as a means of consecration. 148.2) The privacy consummates the marriage in the case of a virgin. 148.3) In the case of a widow, a true consummation will consummate the marriage. 148.4) The seclusion should occur before the Sabbath.

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….

161.1) You should immerse your entire body together with all your hair at one time. 161.2) Mucus in the eye is considered an interposition if it is on the outside. 161.3) Dried blood on a wound is considered an interposition. 161.4) Plaster on a wound is considered an interposition. 161.5) Fecal matter on the body…

168.1) Do not make images. 168.2) Do not draw the full face picture of a man. 168.3) Do not keep a ring which has a seal consisting of a man’s image. 168.4) Do not build a house modeled after the Holy Temple. 168.5) Do not make a seven-branched candelabrum by shaping six branches in a…

191.1) Do not inflict pain upon any living creature. 191.2) Help horses drawing a cart when they come to a rough area to navigate. 191.3) Do not tie the legs of beasts or birds that will cause them pain. 191.4) Do not set a bird on eggs not of its species. 191.5) Do not castrate…