Talk:Halizah

Is it still done?
Questions: Does anyone do this anymore? Or is this purely historical?
 * Answer: Yes it is still done, particularly within all branches of Orthodox Judaism. A woman finding herself in such a situation must apply to Beth Din (Jewish court of Torah law where they will prepare the whole ceremony. (By the way, why didn't you sign your question with the four tildes ~ ? Thanks IZAK 20:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

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I can not read &#7716;ali&#7827;ah with IE 6.0. - Patrick 15:34 May 12, 2003 (UTC)

Works fine for me in Mozilla (which renders the dots after, not below). -- Anon.

This article needs to be reverted back to Halizah
This is my message to User:Sheynhertz-Unbayg: Hi Sheynhertz: "Hebrew words starting with "H" must remain so: Why are you moving articles with Hebrew words around? I noticed you moved Hakham to Chakham which makes no sense, see my reasons and request for it to be moved back to Hakham at because, for example, we use this convention in the cases of Halakha, Hanukkah, Humash, Hazzan, Hivites, Horites, Hebron, Hermon, Horeb, Habakkuk, Ham, Hur, Heshbon etc. Most times, there are good reasons for the spellings as they follow an accepted convention, and it's best to leave them until you can be absolutely sure that it's safe to make changes in Hebrew-named articles. (You may also want to see some of trhe discussions taking place at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Hebrew). Thanks for your attention. IZAK 20:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oops... I thought chakham is better than hakham. like chametz, ein momenterl, please..! --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 20:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Same problem with Chalitzah: Dear Sheynhertz: You did the same thing with Halizah and moved it to Chalitzah. I understand that you mean well, and sometimes the "Ch" is used, but in most cases it's best to leave an article starting with the Hebrew "H" because it's also an important accepted convention, as I explained to you above. It needs to be move back. Thanks. IZAK 20:31, 12 December 2005 (UTC)"

biblical quotes
I noticed that this page quotes bible verse using roman numeral "..whomever she desires (Deut. xxv. 5-10)." and  "...The old custom of the levirate marriage (Gen. xxxviii. 8) is ...". Is there any Wikipedia standard on this? In general I have not seen it as roman numerals.Jon513 21:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Strange, non-notable source
Bible Bulletin Board's "MacArthur’s Questions and Answers" by: Tony Capoccia Bible Bulletin Board, followed by a P.O. Box mailing address? Are you kidding me? I'm removing this from the article as it satisfies none of the requirements regarding sourcing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.101.204.248 (talk) 02:46, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Name and spelling
The name of the page is Halizah, but in almost all of the descriptive text and sub-categories, the spelling is Halitzah. Should we change the page name, or adapt the spelling in the main text to Halizah? LGJMS (talk) 13:01, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

I Understand completely the idea of trying to standardize a spelling; but in transliteration from a language like Hebrew or Chinese, it becomes very difficult. There are historical transliterations and then there are arguments between modern transliterators about the best conventions. Look up at the discussion about the renaming of the entire page having gone back and forth between Chalitzah and Halitzah. It is the same with the tsadey as it is with the chet(h). In light of the fact that transliteration is a messy business, it seems very appropriate to me that the many variant spellings be allowed to stand among one another in the article. Maybe it seems appropriate to add a section in the article about where and when this Hebrew word has been transliterated variously throughout history?Curious Ip (talk) 05:44, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Must chalitza be performed or only if the widow wishes to remarry
It is a mitzvah that should be performed 69.115.86.179 (talk) 04:24, 22 June 2022 (UTC)