<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Eli Turkel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com">eliturkel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
For a halachic discussion of the status of chilonim<br>
by R. Navon of the Gush see<br>
<a href="http://vbm-torah.org/archive/halak70/09halak.htm" target="_blank">http://vbm-torah.org/archive/halak70/09halak.htm</a> (part 1 so far)<br>
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Eli Turkel<br>
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</span>The status of a <i>chiloni </i>may have yet another ramification. The
Geonim ruled that if a man died without children, and his brother is an
apostate, the widow of the deceased is exempt from levirate marriage and
<i>chalitza. </i></span><br></blockquote><div><br>Is this Gaonic ruling based upon the shqla v'tarya in the Talmud itself or upon a Hiddush based upon some kind of "legislation"?f<br> </div>-- <br>Shalom uVRacha<br>
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