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There is a prohibition of creating factions among Jews when some Jews practice one law and others follow a different law.<ref>Gemara Yevamot 13b derives this prohibition of not making factions in Israel from the Pasuk of Lo Titgodedu (Devarim 25).</ref> | There is a prohibition of creating factions among Jews when some Jews practice one law and others follow a different law.<ref>Gemara Yevamot 13b derives this prohibition of not making factions in Israel from the Pasuk of Lo Titgodedu (Devarim 25).</ref> | ||
==Background and reason== | ==Background and reason== | ||
# Some say that the reason for this prohibition is that when some Jews follow one law and other another, it gives the appearance as though there were two Torah's. <Ref>Rashi (Yevamot 13b)</ref>Others, however, explain that the reason behind this prohibition is not to cause dispute between Jews. <ref>Rambam (Avoda Zara 12:14)</ref> | # Some say that the reason for this prohibition is that when some Jews follow one law and other another, it gives the appearance as though there were two Torah's.<Ref>Rashi (Yevamot 13b)</ref> Others, however, explain that the reason behind this prohibition is not to cause dispute between Jews. <ref>Rambam (Avoda Zara 12:14)</ref> | ||
==Applications== | ==Applications== | ||
# Many poskim hold that there is a prohibition of Lo Titgodedu regarding a difference of minhagim.<ref>In the Gemara Yevamot 13b, Reish Lakish is recorded as saying that there is no prohibition of Lo Titgodedu regarding minhagim, Rabbi Yochanan however seems to disagree. See the Magen Avraham 493:6 who discusses as to what the conclusion of the gemara was. Rama 493:3 and many others hold that there is a prohibition of Lo Titgodedu regarding minhagim. See Yabia Omer O.C. 6:10:6. See also Rambam (Avoda Zara 12:14) who implies this. See Rabbi Zilberstien's sefer on Parshat Reeh who suggests that this question depends on the underlying reason of Lo Titgodedu discussed above.</ref> | # Many poskim hold that there is a prohibition of Lo Titgodedu regarding a difference of minhagim.<ref>In the Gemara Yevamot 13b, Reish Lakish is recorded as saying that there is no prohibition of Lo Titgodedu regarding minhagim, Rabbi Yochanan however seems to disagree. See the Magen Avraham 493:6 who discusses as to what the conclusion of the gemara was. Rama 493:3 and many others hold that there is a prohibition of Lo Titgodedu regarding minhagim. See Yabia Omer O.C. 6:10:6. See also Rambam (Avoda Zara 12:14) who implies this. See Rabbi Zilberstien's sefer on Parshat Reeh who suggests that this question depends on the underlying reason of Lo Titgodedu discussed above.</ref> | ||
