Lo titgodedu

Here are entered works on the prohibition in Jewish custom and law against creating conflict or division in or between Jewish communities by having multiple Jewish courts in the same locale or by not following the Jewish local customs and practices when visiting the Jewish community of another locale.

found: Work cat.: 2005447108: Sefer banim ḥavivim, 2003 or 2004:t.p. (ʻinyene lo titgodedu)

found: MyJewishLearning.com WWW site, Aug. 28, 2006:Traditions and counter-traditions (commandment found in Deuteronomy 14:1: "lo titgodedu"; The plain sense of the verse is "You should not gash yourselves ... because of the dead." One must avoid pagan mourning customs that include self-mutilation. The rabbinic interpretation of the verse, however, is that Jews should not form themselves into multiple subgroups "agudot agudot" (B. Yevamot 13b) each following a different understanding of the law. Therefore, there should not be two Jewish courts in one city, one permitting a particular practice, the other forbidding it)

found: Chaburas.org WWW site, Aug. 28, 2006(Lo titgodedu -- Breaking up the nation. It is forbidden to fragment Jewish society through the adoption of various and differing rituals and customs.)

notfound: Encyc. Judaica, c1971;The new encyclopedia of Judaism, c2002;The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish religion, 1997

Here are entered works on the prohibition in Jewish custom and law against creating conflict or division in or between Jewish communities by having multiple Jewish courts in the same locale or by not following the Jewish local customs and practices when visiting the Jewish community of another locale.