Likkutim II ליקוטים ב
1Chapter 1 – Between One Person and Anotherא - בין אדם לחבירו
- 1.“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”
- 2.A Further Explanation
- 3.“Love Your Neighbor” – How?
- 4.The Prohibition of Hatred
- 5.The Attitude toward a Wicked Person
- 6.“You Shall Not Take Revenge nor Bear a Grudge”
- 7.Stopping the Quarrel
- 8.To Talk It Over, or to Forgive and Not Hate
- 9.“In Righteousness Shall You Judge Your Fellow” – Judge Your Friend Favorably
- 10.The Details of the Halakha: When Is It a Mitzva to Judge Favorably?
- 11.Lashon Ha-ra
- 12.The Ḥafetz Ḥayim
- 13.When One Must Relate Bad Things about a Friend
- 14.Humiliating Another
- 15.The Mitzva of Loving the Convert
- 16.The Mitzva of Protest
- 17.The Prohibition of Flattering the Wicked
- 18.The Prohibition of Strife
- 19.Disputing the Wicked
- 20.Compelling against the Trait of Sedom
- 21.Should One “Inform” on Someone Who Broke a Window?
- 22.Should One Skip Class with Everyone?
- 23.May One Publicize in the Newspaper the Discredit of Public Figures?
2Speaking the Truthב - אמירת אמת
- 1.The Virtue of Truth
- 2.The Various Prohibitions of Falsehood
- 3.Two Types of Lies
- 4.The Disgrace of Falsehood
- 5.Examples of False Speech
- 6."Truthful Lips Shall Be Established Forever"
- 7."Distance Yourself from a False Matter" in Beit Din
- 8.The Judges' Obligation to Arrive at the Truth
- 9.One Who Keeps His Word, and One Who Lacks Trustworthiness
- 10.An Honest "Yes" in Commerce
- 11.Lacking Trustworthiness in Selling a Car
- 12.A Pious Standard of Cleaving to Truth
- 13.When One May Deviate from Speaking the Truth
- 14.It Is a Mitzva to Deviate from the Truth for the Sake of Peace
- 15.One May Deviate from the Truth Only for the Sake of True Peace
- 16.The Three Matters in Which One May Deviate from the Truth
- 17.To Prevent Shame
- 18."A Beautiful and Gracious Bride"
- 19.Copying on an Exam
3The Laws of Deception (Geneivat Da'at)ג - הלכות גניבת דעת
- 1.Geneivat Da'at
- 2.The Source of the Prohibition of Geneivat Da'at
- 3.Examples of Geneivat Da'at
- 4.Geneivat Da'at in Inviting to a Meal
- 5.A Fictitious Invitation
- 6.Deceiving a Non-Jew
- 7.Borderline Cases
- 8.When Is It Permissible to Deceive?
4The Laws of Theftד - הלכות גניבה
- 1.Theft and Robbery
- 2.Robbing and Stealing from a Non-Jew
- 3.Trivial Items
- 4.Borrowing Without the Owner's Knowledge
- 5.Coats That Were Switched
- 6.Taking Food from a Wedding
- 7.Ritual Objects
- 8.Books
- 9.A Public Library
- 10.Stealing to Avoid Death by Starvation
- 11.Stealing to Save Property
- 12.One Who Sees Someone Stealing from His Fellow
- 13.Putting an Employee to a Test of Theft
- 14.The Workplace
- 15."Cursed Is One Who Misdirects the Blind on the Way"
- 16.The Work of an Employee
- 17.Some Laws of Ona'ah in Buying and Selling
5The Mitzva of Lendingה - מצוות הלוואה
- 1.The Foundations of the Mitzva
- 2.How Much Should One Lend?
- 3.The Duration of the Loan
- 4.Lending with Interest and Heter Iska
- 5.Does One Who Is in Overdraft Transgress the Prohibition of Interest?
- 6.Must a Banker and a Grocer Lend?
- 7.One May Not Use a Loan for Luxuries
- 8.Lending to Trustworthy People and in a Secure Manner
- 9.One Should Not Be Afraid to Lend
- 10.Which Is Preferable: Several Small Loans or One Large One?
- 11.The Order of Priorities
- 12.Giving Precedence to a Jew over a Non-Jew
- 13.Summary of the Laws of Priority Among Jews
- 14.Establishing a Gemaḥ Fund
6Laws of Tzedakaו - מהלכות צדקה
- 1.The Mitzva of Tzedaka
- 2.How Much One Must Help
- 3.Tzedaka Through Wise and Honest Collectors
- 4.How Much to Give a Poor Person Going Door to Door
- 5.The Order of Priority in Tzedaka
- 6.Tzedaka for Yeshivot
- 7.The Obligation of Ma’aser Kesafim
- 8.Tithe So That You Will Become Wealthy
- 9.Which Money Is Subject to Ma’aser Kesafim
- 10.Methods of Calculating Ma’aser Kesafim
- 11.For Which Purposes Ma’aser Kesafim May Be Given
- 12.Questions from People Who Find It Difficult to Set Aside Ma’aser
- 13.May Children’s Expenses Be Paid from Ma’aser Money?
- 14.May One Help Grown and Married Children from Ma’aser?
- 15.Tzedaka for Parents
7Hospitality to Guestsז - הכנסת אורחים
- 1.The Place of the Mitzva in the Torah
- 2.A Jew Is Tested by Hospitality – Our Matriarch Rivka
- 3.The Tamḥui (Communal Soup Kitchen)
- 4.The Virtue of Hosting Poor Guests
- 5.A Pleasant Countenance
- 6.Hospitality in Our Times
- 7.A National Mitzva
- 8.A Bed
- 9.Not to Be a Burden
- 10.A Sincere Invitation
- 11.Escorting the Guest
- 12.Inviting the Poor, Converts, Orphans and Widows to Celebrations
8The Laws of the Murderer and One Who Commits Suicideח - הלכות רוצח ומתאבד
- 1.The Punishment of an Intentional Murderer
- 2.Stringency in Punishing an Intentional Murderer
- 3.More on the Severity of the Sin of Murder and Its Punishment
- 4.Be Killed Rather Than Transgress
- 5.The Unintentional Killer
- 6.The City of Refuge
- 7.Who Is an Unintentional Killer
- 8.Rectification for an Unintentional Killer after the Cities of Refuge Were Abolished
- 9.The Severity of the Prohibition and When It Is Permitted
- 10.The Halakhic Attitude toward One Who Commits Suicide
- 11.The Law of One Who Commits Suicide
- 12.Reciting Kaddish for One Who Committed Suicide
- 13.Who Is Considered to Have Deliberately Taken His Own Life
9The Laws of Guarding One’s Lifeט - הלכות שמירת הנפש
- 1.The Mitzva of Building a Parapet
- 2.When to Recite the Berakha
- 3.The Barrier
- 4.Fulfilling the Mitzva
- 5.Which Roofs Require a Parapet
- 6.Other Places That Require a Parapet
- 7.The Mitzva to Remove Dangers and Avoid Them
- 8.The Prohibition of Smoking
- 9.Scientific Facts
- 10.The Prohibition of Smoking Near Others
- 11.May One Help a Smoker Buy Cigarettes?
- 12.May One Advertise Cigarettes in a Newspaper?
- 13.Education against Smoking
- 14.Life Insurance
10Careful Driving and Tefillat Ha-derekhי - נהיגה זהירה ותפילת הדרך
- 1.Careless Driving
- 2.Additional Prohibitions
- 3.Rebuke
- 4.Guarding the Lives of Others
- 5.A Kohen Who Ran Over a Person and Killed Him
- 6.Tefillat Ha-derekh and Its Meaning
- 7.Is It a Berakha?
- 8.For Which Journeys Is It Recited?
- 9.Some Laws of Tefillat Ha-derekh
- 10.Tefillat Ha-derekh on the Roads of Judea, Samaria and Gaza
11The Laws of Saving Livesיא - הלכות הצלת נפשות
- 1.The Mitzva of “You Shall Not Stand Idly by the Blood of Your Fellow”
- 2.Must the Rescuer Endanger His Own Life?
- 3.Explanation of the Two Approaches
- 4.Organ Donation and Blood Donation
- 5.Is a Doctor Obligated to Take Risks to Save a Patient?
- 6.The Mitzva to Save through Money
- 7.Must One Give All One’s Money to Save a Life?
- 8.The Mitzva to Save One’s Fellow’s Money
- 9.Is One Who Does Not Save Punished According to the Torah?
- 10.Saving a Life Overrides the Observance of Mitzvot
- 11.Mitzvot That Override Saving a Life
- 12.A Dilemma in Saving Lives
- 13.The Law of the Pursuer
- 14.The Informer
12Termination of Pregnancyיב - הפסקת הריון
- 1.A Conflict between the Life of the Mother and the Life of the Fetus
- 2.The Prohibition of Abortion for Non-Jews
- 3.The Prohibition of Abortion for Jews
- 4.May Abortion Be Permitted in Difficult Cases?
- 5.Stages of Pregnancy with Regard to Permitting Abortion
- 6.Aborting a Fetus with Tay-Sachs
- 7.Down Syndrome
- 8.When There Is Concern that the Fetus Has a Defect
- 9.The Reliability of Doctors and Consulting a Rabbi
- 10.Is It Advisable to Test for Fetal Defects?
- 11.A Fetus That Is a Mamzer
- 12.An Unmarried Young Woman Who Became Pregnant
- 13.May One Abort for the Sake of the Mother’s Health?
- 14.A Cancer Patient Who Became Pregnant
13The Laws of Autopsiesיג - הלכות ניתוחי מתים
- 1.The Problem of Autopsies
- 2.To Save a Patient
- 3.Autopsies for the Sake of Patients Not Before Us
- 4.Autopsies for the Sake of Future Patients
- 5.Autopsies for Research in Anatomy and Pathology
- 6.More on This Matter
- 7.The Status of the Family Members
- 8.Donating One’s Body to Science
- 9.Autopsy to Convict a Murderer and to Free an Aguna
- 10.Autopsy in Order to Receive Insurance Money
14Organ Transplantsיד - השתלת איברים
- 1.Organ Donation from a Living Person to Save a Patient (Lung and Liver)
- 2.Kidney Donation from a Living Person
- 3.Organ Transplants from a Corpse
- 4.Establishing a Skin Bank
- 5.Corneal Transplant from a Deceased Person
- 6.Heart and Liver Transplants
- 7.The Opinion of Those Who Permit
- 8.The Opinion of Those Who Forbid
- 9.Signing a Form for Posthumous Organ Donation
15Laws Concerning the Terminally Illטו - הלכות הנוטה למות
- 1.Telling the Truth to a Terminally Ill Patient
- 2.How to Pray for a Patient Suffering Severe Pain
- 3.The Value of Temporary Life and the Prohibition of Killing an Old, Sick Person
- 4.The Prohibition of Killing a Patient
- 5.Treatment of a Goses
- 6.Treating a Suffering Patient Who Wishes to Die
- 7.Further Examples
- 8.The Dying and the Unconscious
16Miscellaneous Topicsטז - ליקוטים
- 1.The Redemption from Egypt and the Liberation of Slaves and Workers
- 2.“They Shall Not Be Sold as Slaves Are Sold” and the Freedom of the Worker
- 3.The Treatment of Slaves and Setting Them Free
- 4.“An Eye for an Eye”
- 5.The Mitzva of Burial and the Prohibition of Leaving the Dead Overnight
- 6.Eulogy
- 7.The Trait of Anger
17Society and Outreachיז - חברה ושליחות
- 1.The Influence of Society
- 2.The Sages’ Guidance to Live Among Good Company
- 3.The Righteous Must Also Be Careful About This
- 4.Guidelines for Good Company in Our Times
- 5.The Importance of Outreach Missions
- 6.The Conditions for Undertaking an Outreach Mission
- 7.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Outreach Missions
- 8.Good Communities