Responsa for Sukkah 83:4
מהו דתימא התם הוא דטעה בדבר מצוה פטור היינו דעבד מצוה אבל הכא דטעה בדבר מצוה ולא עבד מצוה אימא לא קא משמע לן
What might you have thought? There [in the mishnah] he is not liable when he errs in connection with a mitzvah, because he performs a mitzvah, but here where he erred in connection with a mitzvah but he does not perform another mitzvah, I might have said that he is liable, therefore he informs us [that even here he is exempt].
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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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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