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Cheirem: (lit. "excommunication or dedication"); a ban of excommunication issued by the rabbinical authorities against an individual or group Related Topics Anus (2) Arvut (11) Bal Tashchit ("do not destroy") (15) Bar Mitzra (Neighbor's right of first refusal) (9) Beard (28) Beit Din (10) Beyond the Letter of the Law (5) Bittul (5) Blessing on Food (58) Chalav Yisrael (11) Chazakah (3) Cheirem (2) Chilul HaShem (5) Cities of Refuge (Arei Miklat) (27) Show More Divine Names (135) Drinking on Purim (23) Testimony (Edut) (38) Erusin & Nissu'in (Betrothal & Marriage) (3) Eruv (17) Eruv Tavshilin (16) Forbidden Marriages (32) Four Guardians, The (13) Four Prototypes of Damages, The (11) Gavra and Cheftza ("Person" and "Object") (4) Gid Hanasheh (sciatic nerve) (15) Hebrew Servant, Law of (17) Hiddur Mitzvah (8) Issur (Prohibition) (1) Keli (3) Kiddush Hashem (Sanctification of G-d's Name) (25) Kilayim (38) Kinyan (12) Kipah (Head Covering), The (31) Kosher Signs (41) Lending with Interest (25) Malkot ("lashes") (3) Mar'it Ayin (6) Mikveh, the (150) Minhag (Jewish Custom) (20) Nazirite (21) Nedarim (Vows) (57) Netilat Yadayim (Hand Washing) (57) Nikkur ("deveining") (9) Object of a Mitzvah (13) Orlah (19) Pat Yisrael (5) Pikuach Nefesh (Saving a Life) (12) Reshut (realm of the "permissible" or "optional") (1) Ritual Purity (55) Second Day of Yom Tov (9) Shaliach Mitzvah (an emmisary dispatched to do a mitzvah) (4) Shechitah (Ritual Slaughtering) (43) Shelichut (Halachic concept of) (12) Shiurim (quantities) (5) Sotah (the "wayward wife") (24) Techum Shabbat (18) Terumah (28) Tnai (Legal Stipulation) (1) Tzniut ("modesty" in dress & behavior) (86) Yashan and Chadash (11) Yichud (prohibition) (14) 39 Melachot (27) Stumbling Block Before the Blind (9) Ben Sorer U'Moreh (4) Yefat To’ar (4) Kavod HaBriyot (Human Dignity) (2) Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim (12) Apikores (3) Karet (1) Bechor (Firstborn Son) (7) Cherem: The Mystery of Excommunication (Q & A) By Yehuda Shurpin The word cherem (חרם, also written "herem") has multiple, and sometimes contradictory, meanings in the Torah, including to ban, devote, consecrate, proscribe, excommunicate or exterminate. In our common parlance, it refers to the banning of a person throu... Learning & Values » Questions & Answers » Ask "Rabbi Y" The Afterlife of the Man Who Always Washed (Story) By Asharon Baltazar Rabbi Elazar of Kozhnitz would tell this tale, which illustrates the immense value and spiritual power of even a single mitzvah. Inspiration & Entertainment » Jewish Stories » Chassidic Stories

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