Questions tagged [curse]
instances concerning forbidden act of blasphemy or ill wishing ones fellow
72
questions
1
vote
2
answers
193
views
Have Karaites been able to muster a minyan?
According to legend, the Or Hachaim cursed the Karaites, because they tricked him into walking on a Mishneh Torah, that they would never be able to muster a minyan.
This apparently did happen in ...
- 11.6k
2
votes
0
answers
72
views
Can you jinx someone?
Since I was a child it was common that when two people would say the same thing at the same time one would call out "jinx" (sometimes followed by, "you have to buy me a soda!"). ...
- 14.5k
2
votes
1
answer
148
views
Sons of a cursed man
Even if a man is cursed like Cain or Canaan, can he have righteous sons?
Did Cain have righteous sons?
- 63
0
votes
1
answer
94
views
Who curses Abraham?
In Genesis 12:3, God tells Abraham:
וַאֲבָֽרְכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר
וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ בְךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
-- And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses ...
- 22.4k
0
votes
1
answer
87
views
Curses in the gemara
Should we be worried about the various curses of the chachamim of the gemara? Does this effect practil halacha in any way?
For example, one who bows toward a rainbow, one who prays mincha close to ...
- 2,030
1
vote
1
answer
243
views
What Is The Fulfillment Of Leviticus 26:35?
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your ...
- 169
2
votes
1
answer
82
views
Why does Bartenura quote Rabbi Meir as holding "we learn yes from no", when the gemara says the opposite?
Mishna Shevuot 4:13, towards end of mishna, explains that if someone says "May God not strike you if you testify on my behalf", Rabbi Meir deems him liable for cursing someone, because, ...
- 11.6k
0
votes
0
answers
24
views
Cursing a Jews' possessions/property/assets
There is a prohibition of a Jew cursing another Jew (see Vayikra 19:14, Rashi).
Does this extend to a Jew cursing the possessions/property/assets of a Jew as well?
For example, if there is an evil Jew,...
- 10.4k
0
votes
0
answers
34
views
Cursing in G-d’s name
The Gemara (Bava Kamma 93a) says that the reason why Sarah passed away before Avraham was because she told him: “may G-d judge between us”.
The Gemara learns from there that it is forbidden to call ...
- 3,312
2
votes
2
answers
489
views
How does one remove a curse and/or a magical spell that's been placed upon a person/land/lineage/etc? What is the process like?
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in סימן קסו - שלא לנחש לעונן ולכשף says that one can go to a non-Jew if they are suffering from an ailment caused by magic, which means that there must be a way to rid ...
- 998
3
votes
1
answer
247
views
What does "May his name and his memory be annihilated" really imply?
It is said that the worst Jewish curse is Yemach shemo vezichro -- May his name and his memory be annihilated.
But the vast majority of people, Jewish or not, are not remembered. They do not leave ...
- 22.4k
0
votes
0
answers
69
views
How was Yechoniah king after Eliakim's Davidic lineage was cursed?
>Jer 36:30
ל��כֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה עַל־יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה לֹא־יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֥וֹ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֑ד וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת לַחֹ֥רֶב בַּיּ֖וֹם וְלַקֶּ֥רַח ...
- 111
2
votes
1
answer
71
views
Indirect curses: whence the Rambam's formulation?
The Rambam writes (MT Sanhedrin 26:4) that someone is not liable to lashes for cursing someone indirectly, like saying "May God not bless you".
היתה הקללה באה מכלל הדברים, כגון שאמר אל יהי ...
- 10.5k
1
vote
0
answers
80
views
Is there a proper time to curse
I’m reading the Ramchal, in the book Mesillas Yesharim it says one should not seek revenge etc. yet there are stories of Tzadik in the Bible who did curse their enemies.
I guess I’m wondering why one ...
- 1,192
2
votes
2
answers
280
views
According to the Halakhah, does stating that HaShem does not exist constitute a curse or a profanation of God's name?
I am an Italian ben Noach.
According to Rambam (Mishneh Torah-Avodat Kokhavim 2: 7;Hilchot Melachim 9:3):
a Jew commits the crime of blasphemy if he curses HaShem using God's unique name or one of ...
- 2,646