Responsa for Rosh Hashanah 33:3
פושעי ישראל בגופן ופושעי אומות העולם בגופן יורדין לגיהנם ונידונין בה י"ב חדש לאחר י"ב חדש גופן כלה ונשמתן נשרפת ורוח מפזרתן תחת כפות רגלי צדיקים שנא' (מלאכי ג, כא) ועסותם רשעים כי יהיו אפר תחת כפות רגליכם
and on their behalf David composed the whole of the passage, I was brought low and he saved me.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 6.');"><sup>6</sup></span> Wrongdoers of Israel who sin with their body<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained infra.');"><sup>7</sup></span> and wrongdoers of the Gentiles who sin with their body go down to Gehinnom and are punished there for twelve months.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Is a person who has had a nocturnal pollution permitted to put on the phylacteries?
A. The custom is widely accepted to permit such a person to study the Torah, to recite his prayers, and to put on his phylacteries.
SOURCES: Cr. 37; cf. L. 223–4.
A. The custom is widely accepted to permit such a person to study the Torah, to recite his prayers, and to put on his phylacteries.
SOURCES: Cr. 37; cf. L. 223–4.
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