The Validity of the Lottery and Its Origin
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Question
What is the validity of the lottery and its origin?
Answer
The origin of the lottery is mentioned in several sources in the Tanakh and the Talmud, and its validity as an acquisition. See sources.
Source
See Samuel I, chapter 14 and Chronicles I, chapter 25 and Nehemiah, chapter 10 and Sanhedrin 17a and Megillah 72b and Bava Batra 106b and 122a and Choshen Mishpat, siman 173, סעיף 2 and Shut Chavot Yair, siman 1.
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