The Meta-Halachic Implications of the Halachos of Fingernail Cutting

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!In today's Friday morning "Machshavah Lab" shiur for women (12/9/22), we took up an unusual and interesting topic: the halachos of fingernail cutting. "Halachos?" you say. Yes! According to the Rema in the Shulchan Aruch, we don't cut our fingernails in sequence, but instead, we cut them in a specific order - and if we violate this halacha, we are subject to danger (according to the sources). I was asked what the status is of such halachos, and that's what led to this shiur. -----מקורות:שולחן ערוך אורח חיים רס:אדרכי משה אורח חיים רמאספר אבודרהם סדר נטילת צפרנים Rabbi Yehuda Shurpin, Why Do Jews Cut Their Fingernails Out of Order? (Chabad.org)מחזור ויטרי סימן תקכט ערוך השולחן אורח חיים סימן רס   שו"ת משנה הלכות חלק י סימן קאRav Samson Raphael Hirsch: Letters on Aggadata, Letter #4 Rabbi H. Norman Strickman, Without Red Strings or Holy Water: Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, p.94פסחים דף קיב עמוד א-ברמב"ם – משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה כא:ירמב"ם – משנה תורה: ספר נזקין, הלכות רוצח ושמירת נפש יב:המועד קטן דף יח עמוד ארש"י - פסחים דף עו עמוד בשולחן ערוך יורה דעה קטז:בשו"ת בצל החכמה חלק ג סימן נג -----The Torah content for the month of Kislev has been sponsored by Serena and Paul Koppel, who want to be makir tov and express gratitude.-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissBlog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comWhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel