by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Rabbinic Creativity
History of Rabbinic Studies in France, Rabbi Menahem ben Zerah’s Zeidah la-Derekh There were in France, since the days of old, outstanding Torah scholars, who had a great understanding of Talmudic dicta. Even before the time of our teacher from Troyes, Rabbi...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Rabbinic Creativity
History of Rabbinic Studies in France, Rabbi Moses of Coucy’s Sefer Mizvot Gadol Moses received the Torah from the Master of the World on Sinai and passed it down to Joshua (Tractate Avot, 1-1), as it is written- “His servant Joshua son of Nun, a lad, would not...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Rabbinic Creativity
Rabbinic Creativity For medieval Jews, the cornerstone of Jewish communal existence and personal identity was adherence to the dictates of Jewish law, thus transforming knowledge of the law into the basis for religious authority and into a central intellectual...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Jewish Responses to Spiritual Challenges
Overview- Jewish Responses to Spiritual Challenges Meeting material challenges in a rapidly changing environment constituted the first priority for the Jews of medieval western Christendom, one they accomplished by and large effectively. At the same time, these...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Jewish Responses to Spiritual Challenges
Jewish Responses to Spiritual Challenges Meeting material challenges in a rapidly changing environment constituted the first priority for the Jews of medieval western Christendom, one they accomplished by and large effectively. At the same time, these Jews...
by hadassah | Feb 19, 2008 | Giant Figures
R. Meir ben Baruch of Rothenberg (Maharam), EJ 11-1247-1252. MEIR BEN BARUCH OF ROTHENBURG (c. 1215–1293), teacher, scholar, tosafist, and supreme arbiter in ritual, legal, and community matters in Germany. He was born in Worms into a family of scholars, many...