tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451808203922295066.post8119174827994566736..comments2023-04-03T03:42:07.444-07:00Comments on Rabbi Joe in Jerusalem: Of lesbians and levirsRabbi Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09554160347602854860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451808203922295066.post-53535509750553429162015-07-13T10:40:18.119-07:002015-07-13T10:40:18.119-07:00It is a bit specious to say that the Sifra is not ...It is a bit specious to say that the Sifra is not halakhah because the Rambam rejects a different one of its laws, without mentioning that he does accept the law under question.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451808203922295066.post-70657351461867241352015-07-13T09:26:54.872-07:002015-07-13T09:26:54.872-07:00Agreed that Halachic Medrash is not necessarily ha...Agreed that Halachic Medrash is not necessarily halakah, it's merely one source. But here there is no conflicting source. There is also Ulla on Chullin 92a-b, who lists three Noachide laws that non-Jews typically observe:<br />- the prohibition against homosexual marriage,<br />- not engaging in cannibalism, and<br />- respecting the Torah.<br />Although admittedly that's in an aggadic context, there is the halachic assumption that these are indeed included within Noachde law.<br /><br />Which may explain why both the Rambam's code and the Shulchan Arukh quote the Sifra verbatum.<br /><br />(I would have posted this on the more read Times of Israel copy of this post, but I don't have a comment form when I display that page. In any case, I am just flattered that you considered my words a significant part of the debate!)micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451808203922295066.post-63260410905604406452013-09-14T23:53:09.333-07:002013-09-14T23:53:09.333-07:00An earlier post might help with this: http://rabbi...An earlier post might help with this: http://rabbijoeinjerusalem.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/sodom-and-gemara.htmlRabbi Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554160347602854860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451808203922295066.post-19730491873231443822013-08-30T11:23:09.169-07:002013-08-30T11:23:09.169-07:00"... halakhic midrash is NOT halakha." I..."... halakhic midrash is NOT halakha." In view of the exchange on Hirhurim this week, might a post elaborating this point be in order?<br /><br />And did Chazal speak of ketubot (by which a kallah is sanctified to a chatan) as unthinkbale if same-sex for Noachides? Are contemporary same-sex (or opposite-sex)symmetrical marriage contracts enforced by the state halakhically identical to ketubot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com