Friday, August 11, 2023

The 18 Decrees of Beit Shammai

Rabbi Efraim Palvanov


Two thousand years ago, two Jewish academies dominated the Judean landscape: Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai. While Jewish law is said to always follow Beit Hillel, there was a time when Beit Shammai managed to forcefully vote in 18 decrees. The Talmud states this day was as terrible for Israel as the day of the Golden Calf. 

What really happened at that fateful event? What were the 18 laws? And why do we still observe them
 today?


 

13 comments:

Atara said...

Can Moshiach come on Shabbat?

Rivka said...

I believe most opinions hold he can come on Shabbat. The more exciting news is that he MUST arrive in less than a few years.

Sources that techiyat hameitim must start within a few years (5786/5790). Moshiach comes before the revival of the dead. We’re very close!

Zohar (Midrash Ne’elam – Toldot 140a), and the “Leshem Shevo v’Achlamah”(Drushei Olam HaTohu, 2:4:12:9-12)

David said...

EXCITING!! Incredible how few Rabbis know about this!!!

Anonymous said...

I spent many years obsessed about Mashiach coming, one can anticipate it every day without becoming meshugana over it.’

Yael said...

The difference is that now we have all the signs and prophecies fulfilled! And from the comment above that was a reminder to myself, one can not ignore the teachings of the Zohar and Leshem that the time for techiyas hameisim will begin very soon!

Moshiach is very overdue and must come any day now!!

Anonymous said...



פרה אדומה סוכות תשפ"ד זה זמן הגאולה
משיח בקרוב

יהודים התעורורו הקשיבו צלילי הגאולה בפתח מפי הצדיק הנסתר רבי אליהו אבוטבול

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PSK1NLnGqQ

שאומר שעד סוכות תשפ"ד זה זמן הגאולה
זוהר חדש פרשת בלק דף סח עמוד ב, בזוהר מתוק מדבש עמוד תקמו - תקמז
במפגש עם הרב אברהם אסולין
אייר תשפג
https://allisrael.com/red-heifer-sacrifice-could-take-place-in-about-a-year-in-jerusalem
סוכות תשפ"ד הקרבת פרה אדומה עשויה להתקיים בהר הזיתים בירושלים כבר בעוד 13 חודשים.
The sacrifice of a red heifer could take place on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem as early as 13 months from now.

https://allisrael.com/almost-everything-is-ready-for-the-third-temple-claims-israeli-tv-report-on-red-heifers-brought-to-israel-last-year
The oldest of the red heifers brought from Texas last year is just 2 months away from being the required age to sacrifice for the purification ritual.

“So we believe that it's very likely that the ceremony would happen somewhere in the area of sukkot 2023,“Somewhere in that timeline, the cows would be old enough and it would be the proper timeline for that ceremony.”
משיח בקרוב

Anonymous said...

The temple institute has the red heifers without spot or blemish that they need for the red heifer sabbath and the purification ceremony. They’re sacrificing the heifers in October 2023 Once they have the ashes they will begin the construction of the third temple.

Anonymous said...

Days of Mashiah and Tehiat Hametim

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G5E4Zj8R8a0&feature=shareb

—Moshe

Shani said...

I don’t think we are allowed to think like this. One can not say Moshiach will come this coming Sukkos. We are obligated and must believe that Moshiach can come today. We must also believe that the Beis Hamikdash and the Para Adumah can be with us today. Hashem has plenty of available parah adumah’s throughout the world. It’s nice to know Israel has ones ready to be sacrificed in 2 months but Hashem can make it happen today.

Rivkah H said...

Yes, soon but not picking a date. Has anyone made a list of all the things that have happened that are things that are said to happen before Mashiach that have actually happened? Including the parah adumahs and the ingathering of exiles, and the inflation worldwide and the government in Israel etc etc etc as this BIG list could help give chizuk to many.

Anonymous said...

It could give chizzuk to many but we don’t know how soon it will be here now that all the signs are here. One week? One year? 30 years (G-d forbid). Is 30 years possible or the Zohar can’t be wrong about 6 years left until techiyas hameisim? …. It’s exhausting to think about Moshiach and that’s why many end up giving up.

-Bracha

Anonymous said...

No they are sacrificing it in April 2024, if heifer will still be red..

Anonymous said...

Who was the Jewish general who allied with the Romans & oversaw the destruction of the 2nd Temple that he refers to at 37.16?