Daily Halakha R' Yossi Braun

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Does Halakha rule on Ghosts spirits and Supernatural ? Ghosts are generally defined as "The spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats." http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ghosts A religion is a systematic set of beliefs, rituals and codifications of behaviour that revolves around a particular group's worldview (views about the world at large and humanity's place in the world). Typically, these beliefs center around some aspect of the supernatural (also often referred to as "divine") which is most often expressed as some form of deity, ie., gods and goddesses. To the extent that the system of beliefs and rules are codified, they are called dogma; religions vary in how much dogma they include and how strictly they define it and enforce it. Religious mythology are the stories that develop, largely from oral tradition, to explain and describe the worldview of the religion. Religious beliefs tend to arise from humanity's attempts to explain their world, and where possible, to control it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ibn_Ezra In the The Principles of Jewish Law Orthodox rabbi Menachem Elon writes that: The Principles of Jewish Law — [such a view] "inherently violates the precept of Hilkheta Ke-Vatra'ei, that is, the law is according to the later scholars. This rule dates from the Geonic period. It laid down that until the time of Rabbis Abbaye and Rava (4th century) the Halakha was to be decided according to the views of the earlier scholars, but from that time onward, the halakhic opinions of post-talmudic scholars would prevail over the contrary opinions of a previous generation. See Piskei Ha'Rosh, Bava Metzia 3:10, 4:21, Shabbat 23:1 Joshua Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic and Superstition www.sacred-texts.com chapter 3, pp. 26–27 One day, Pablo PIcasso was on a Train... (A Defense of Modern Art) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-srvMbzCqg What "Prophecy?" Prophecy is speaking for God or for the gods (pro- meaning for), sometimes involving predicting the future (pro- meaning before in time), often using "impending doom" and "fires of destruction" and "destruction of the world" as the culminating theme. Prophecies are usually reserved for important figures like kings and leaders and of course generally predict the downfall of bad rulers and the eventual return of "all that is Good and True" if and only if the "people" follow the right "path". Yale University President against Vaccinations based on a God Belief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dwight_IV Prophecy is often a result of the prophet's dreams, altered states, or high levels of stress in their life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ytnt_AQck