Responsa for Sukkah 83:10
קטן היודע לנענע: ת"ר קטן היודע לנענע חייב בלולב להתעטף חייב בציצית לשמור תפילין אביו לוקח לו תפילין יודע לדבר אביו לומדו תורה וק"ש
A minor who knows how to shake the [lulav]. Our Rabbis taught, A minor who knows how to shake [the lulav] is subject to the obligation of the lulav; [if he knows how] to wrap himself [with a tallit] he is subject to the obligation of tzitzit; [if he knows how] to look after tefillin, his father must buy tefillin for him; if he is able to speak, his father must teach him Torah and the reading of the Shema.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A court is not enjoined to restrain a child from eating forbidden food (Yeb. 114a; Git. 55a; Shabb. 121a). Is a father obliged to restrain his child?
A. A father is enjoined to train his son in the performance of the Mitzvoth. Lack of disapproval on the part of the father means approval. Therefore, a father must restrain his child from eating forbidden food, if eaten in his presence. This law, however, applies to the father, but not to the mother.
SOURCES: Cr. 200; Am I, 88.
A. A father is enjoined to train his son in the performance of the Mitzvoth. Lack of disapproval on the part of the father means approval. Therefore, a father must restrain his child from eating forbidden food, if eaten in his presence. This law, however, applies to the father, but not to the mother.
SOURCES: Cr. 200; Am I, 88.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Slaughtering of an animal on the Sabbath is punishable by stoning, while eating forbidden meat involves only the trespassing of a negative commandment. Why, then, are we permitted to slaughter an animal on the Sabbath for the benefit of the critically ill, when feeding them forbidden meat would involve a lesser deviation from the Law?
A. Work done on the Sabbath for the benefit of the critically ill is considered as if done on a week-day, thus involving no infringement of the law.
SOURCES: Cr. 200; Am I, 41; Asher, Responsa 26, 5; Asheri Yuma 8, 14.
A. Work done on the Sabbath for the benefit of the critically ill is considered as if done on a week-day, thus involving no infringement of the law.
SOURCES: Cr. 200; Am I, 41; Asher, Responsa 26, 5; Asheri Yuma 8, 14.
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