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Chazakah (Legal Presumption — General)
The pervasive Talmudic principle of presumption — covered in detail across all four turim of Shulchan Aruch. Distinct sub-types: chazakat haguf, chazakat mamon, chazakat shloshim yom, chazakah de'meikara, chazakah be'ikra. Foundational to all of monetary law and to many areas of Yoreh De'ah.
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נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים אַנְשֵׁ֖י בֹּֽגְד֑וֹת כֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ חִלְּלוּ־קֹ֔דֶשׁ חָמְס֖וּ תּוֹרָֽה׃
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