Oral Tradition in the Writings of Rabbinic Oral Torah
... of Rabbinic legal tradition as of the mid-third century CE. A rather different generic form believed by medieval Rabbis to serve as a vessel for immemorial oral tradition is called midrash (“interpretive tradition”). Encompassing a wide variety of subgenres, the common denominator of this form is th ...
... of Rabbinic legal tradition as of the mid-third century CE. A rather different generic form believed by medieval Rabbis to serve as a vessel for immemorial oral tradition is called midrash (“interpretive tradition”). Encompassing a wide variety of subgenres, the common denominator of this form is th ...
From Torah im Derekh Eretz to Torah U-Madda
... those whose lifestyle and religious hashkafa (worldview) most closely mimic Hirsch’s ideology—Modern Orthodox Jews. While American Modern Orthodox thinkers continue to draw on Hirsch as a source of inspiration and legitimacy for their vision of openness toward secular culture, historical circumstanc ...
... those whose lifestyle and religious hashkafa (worldview) most closely mimic Hirsch’s ideology—Modern Orthodox Jews. While American Modern Orthodox thinkers continue to draw on Hirsch as a source of inspiration and legitimacy for their vision of openness toward secular culture, historical circumstanc ...
The Torah
... what is the torah judaism s most important text - the torah is judaism s most important text it contains the five books of moses and is the source of the ten commandments and the 613 mitzvot, the written law torah jewish virtual library - the torah or jewish written law consists of the five books of ...
... what is the torah judaism s most important text - the torah is judaism s most important text it contains the five books of moses and is the source of the ten commandments and the 613 mitzvot, the written law torah jewish virtual library - the torah or jewish written law consists of the five books of ...
The Torah
... five books of the hebrew bible known more commonly to non jews as the old testament that were given by g d to, the torah my jewish learning - an overview of the torah the five books of moses with a description of the division into weekly portions and a high level summary of each of the five books, b ...
... five books of the hebrew bible known more commonly to non jews as the old testament that were given by g d to, the torah my jewish learning - an overview of the torah the five books of moses with a description of the division into weekly portions and a high level summary of each of the five books, b ...
Rambam`s Historical Approach to the Laws of Conversion By Juan
... Rambam's Historical Approach to the Laws of Conversion the Talmudic and rabbinic corpus. concerning the puzzling leniency of the rambam in matters of giyyur, the tension stems from the internal differences among the suggyot from which the rambam builds his approach to this topic which cover almost ...
... Rambam's Historical Approach to the Laws of Conversion the Talmudic and rabbinic corpus. concerning the puzzling leniency of the rambam in matters of giyyur, the tension stems from the internal differences among the suggyot from which the rambam builds his approach to this topic which cover almost ...
Maimonides` Mishneh Torah
... of Jewish law to be composed in the post-Talmudic era. It is unique in scope, originality and language. The Mishneh Torah was the only work which Maimonides composed in Hebrew. Its language is clear and concise. The Mishneh Torah is a model of orderly arrangement; its chapters and paragraphs follow ...
... of Jewish law to be composed in the post-Talmudic era. It is unique in scope, originality and language. The Mishneh Torah was the only work which Maimonides composed in Hebrew. Its language is clear and concise. The Mishneh Torah is a model of orderly arrangement; its chapters and paragraphs follow ...
The Debate over Mixed Seating in the American Synagogue
... against the evils of anomie industrial society. Fear of family breakdown naturally led to a host of new rituals and forms (including the cult of domesticity) designed to "strengthen the family" against the menacing forces threatening to rend it asunder. 14 The family pew was one of these new forms. ...
... against the evils of anomie industrial society. Fear of family breakdown naturally led to a host of new rituals and forms (including the cult of domesticity) designed to "strengthen the family" against the menacing forces threatening to rend it asunder. 14 The family pew was one of these new forms. ...
Judaism`s Strange Gods
... newly arisen conditions, the proper way to perform such adaptation could itself be learned from the Talmud and ...
... newly arisen conditions, the proper way to perform such adaptation could itself be learned from the Talmud and ...
Shavuos 2011 - Chabad-Lubavitch of Wisconsin
... to the level of pop culture? If Kabbalah is not appropriate for popular study, is it somehow still relevant to our lives? Kabbalah literally means “receiving”; in Israel today, the receipt you get when making a purchase is called a kabbalah. The Bible, or Written Law, is given by G-d and is availabl ...
... to the level of pop culture? If Kabbalah is not appropriate for popular study, is it somehow still relevant to our lives? Kabbalah literally means “receiving”; in Israel today, the receipt you get when making a purchase is called a kabbalah. The Bible, or Written Law, is given by G-d and is availabl ...
The Origins of the Matrilineal Principle in Rabbinic Law
... begin to say "Jewish") men and foreign women because their consequences were serious; like their mothers, the offspring were not Jewish. In contrast, he could ignore (at least temporarily) the marriages between Jewish women and foreign men because their consequences were relatively benign; like thei ...
... begin to say "Jewish") men and foreign women because their consequences were serious; like their mothers, the offspring were not Jewish. In contrast, he could ignore (at least temporarily) the marriages between Jewish women and foreign men because their consequences were relatively benign; like thei ...
The Greco-roman World
... Central Purpose: The Proclamation and Exposition of the Law Oriented toward the laity Rectangular building facing toward Jerusalem Board of Directors (3); Archisynagogus; 10 minimum Service: Shema, prayer, and Torah Meeting on Monday and Thursday as well as Sabbath Early Judaism ...
... Central Purpose: The Proclamation and Exposition of the Law Oriented toward the laity Rectangular building facing toward Jerusalem Board of Directors (3); Archisynagogus; 10 minimum Service: Shema, prayer, and Torah Meeting on Monday and Thursday as well as Sabbath Early Judaism ...
Misinterpreting Rabbi Judah Ha-Levi
... is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of acting.' Yet he was so zealous in the performance of the Khazar religion, that he devoted himself with a perfect heart to the service of the temple and sacrifices. Notwithstanding this devotion, the angel came again at night and repeated: ‘Thy wa ...
... is indeed pleasing to the Creator, but not thy way of acting.' Yet he was so zealous in the performance of the Khazar religion, that he devoted himself with a perfect heart to the service of the temple and sacrifices. Notwithstanding this devotion, the angel came again at night and repeated: ‘Thy wa ...
Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-first Century?
... this privileged position. After all, Talmud study requires a tremendous investment of time and effort, and the payoff from struggling through its meandering dialectics is not always obvious. In fact, already in the twelfth century, Maimonides declared Talmud study unnecessary since one could simply re ...
... this privileged position. After all, Talmud study requires a tremendous investment of time and effort, and the payoff from struggling through its meandering dialectics is not always obvious. In fact, already in the twelfth century, Maimonides declared Talmud study unnecessary since one could simply re ...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
... 226 : Ḥakirah, the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought philosophy of ghettoization. The culture presents an insurmountable obstacle to traditional Judaism and must be rejected. The second group would rather “reframe” the problem with some interpretative license: We need to transform the cha ...
... 226 : Ḥakirah, the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought philosophy of ghettoization. The culture presents an insurmountable obstacle to traditional Judaism and must be rejected. The second group would rather “reframe” the problem with some interpretative license: We need to transform the cha ...
Continuity and Change in Rabbinic Judaism
... tradition and the way it has transformed the Bible on various occasions throughout history. The best known is probably the Karaite movement, which emerged in the ninth century and which rejected the oral tradition of the rabbis and maintained that only the Bible was authoritative. Striving to adhere ...
... tradition and the way it has transformed the Bible on various occasions throughout history. The best known is probably the Karaite movement, which emerged in the ninth century and which rejected the oral tradition of the rabbis and maintained that only the Bible was authoritative. Striving to adhere ...
Denominations in Judaism
... that are unique to Israel but focusin on that would veer us off course to focus on. What are your students’ reactions to this episode in Israel? Why do they think it happened? What were the issues involved? What were the philosophical and theological positions of each side? Was it appropriate for th ...
... that are unique to Israel but focusin on that would veer us off course to focus on. What are your students’ reactions to this episode in Israel? Why do they think it happened? What were the issues involved? What were the philosophical and theological positions of each side? Was it appropriate for th ...
Chapter 2 Chassidim: History, Customs, beliefs, and Organization
... The Oral Law or Talmud, recorded in Jerusalem and Babylon in the early centuries after the fall of the Temple, consists of Mishna, or a portion of law in Hebrew, and gemorah, or the rabbinic explanations and discussion of the law in Aramaic. Talmud is divided into six general categories specifying p ...
... The Oral Law or Talmud, recorded in Jerusalem and Babylon in the early centuries after the fall of the Temple, consists of Mishna, or a portion of law in Hebrew, and gemorah, or the rabbinic explanations and discussion of the law in Aramaic. Talmud is divided into six general categories specifying p ...
Text - Association of Jewish Libraries
... which were for the first time being offered to a wider audience beyond his own congregation. Remarkably, despite this, Kaplan remained at JTS and continued to hope that the Conservative movement would eventually adopt his ideology. VII. Beginnings of the Reconstructionist Movement It fell to Ira Eis ...
... which were for the first time being offered to a wider audience beyond his own congregation. Remarkably, despite this, Kaplan remained at JTS and continued to hope that the Conservative movement would eventually adopt his ideology. VII. Beginnings of the Reconstructionist Movement It fell to Ira Eis ...
Read as Doc file
... In this light, it is important to take note of the words of the Talmud where it is told that "the grandchildren of Haman the wicked taught Torah in [the city of] Bnei-Brak" (Gittin 57b). It appears that the grandchildren of Haman converted and even became leading disseminators of the Torah. There ar ...
... In this light, it is important to take note of the words of the Talmud where it is told that "the grandchildren of Haman the wicked taught Torah in [the city of] Bnei-Brak" (Gittin 57b). It appears that the grandchildren of Haman converted and even became leading disseminators of the Torah. There ar ...
One who greets his teacher . . . causes the Shekhinah to
... Englishmen arriving in Arabia experienced cultural misunderstandings it would be natural to find that the very same misunderstandings commonly occurred during the exchanges and migrations between the Land of Israel and Babylonia. It is well established that the milieu and cultural settings of the tw ...
... Englishmen arriving in Arabia experienced cultural misunderstandings it would be natural to find that the very same misunderstandings commonly occurred during the exchanges and migrations between the Land of Israel and Babylonia. It is well established that the milieu and cultural settings of the tw ...
The Making of the Mishnah and the Talmud
... chronological dimensions. We speak of pharisaic Judaism as emerging already in the early Hasmonean period, c. 135 b.c.e., and continuing up to the destruction of the Temple in 70 c.e. when it was succeeded by tannaitic Judaism. Yet this transition was not an immediate, sudden break. In order to unde ...
... chronological dimensions. We speak of pharisaic Judaism as emerging already in the early Hasmonean period, c. 135 b.c.e., and continuing up to the destruction of the Temple in 70 c.e. when it was succeeded by tannaitic Judaism. Yet this transition was not an immediate, sudden break. In order to unde ...
a new kind of judaism
... revolutionary new form of worship, involving congregational study and prayer, with its ...
... revolutionary new form of worship, involving congregational study and prayer, with its ...
Hellenism in Jewish Babylonia - Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.
... in part to the story of the alleged School of the Persians at Edessa as the origin for the School of Nisibis.25 The new institution and the new form of study as well as the new text all hang together on this theory. The hypothesization of the crucial role of the late redactors, these anonymous “Stam ...
... in part to the story of the alleged School of the Persians at Edessa as the origin for the School of Nisibis.25 The new institution and the new form of study as well as the new text all hang together on this theory. The hypothesization of the crucial role of the late redactors, these anonymous “Stam ...
Reform Judaism: Unity Among Diversity
... congregation had Reform, Conservative, and even a few Orthodox within the walls of this sanctuary. Kol Ami has traditional Shabbat service as well as a Reform version in which I attended both. The major difference between the two services is the amount of English vs. Hebrew during the service. Refor ...
... congregation had Reform, Conservative, and even a few Orthodox within the walls of this sanctuary. Kol Ami has traditional Shabbat service as well as a Reform version in which I attended both. The major difference between the two services is the amount of English vs. Hebrew during the service. Refor ...
Shavuot - Bnei Akiva UK
... Pair me: Give them pairs of pictures of festivals and their specific Mitzvot to match up (e.g. Pesach and Matzah / Sukkot and Lulav / Shofar and Rosh Hashana, etc.) and then explain how Shavuot is unique in that it has no specific Mitzvot because we re-receive the Torah ourselves each year. My 10: W ...
... Pair me: Give them pairs of pictures of festivals and their specific Mitzvot to match up (e.g. Pesach and Matzah / Sukkot and Lulav / Shofar and Rosh Hashana, etc.) and then explain how Shavuot is unique in that it has no specific Mitzvot because we re-receive the Torah ourselves each year. My 10: W ...