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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Halakha

Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halachah) is the collective corpus of Jewish rabbinic law, custom and tradition. Like the religious laws in many other cultures, Judaism classically drew no distinction in its laws between religious and non-religious life. Hence, Halakha guides not only religious practices and beliefs, but numerous aspects of day-to-day life. Historically, Halakha served many Jewish communities as an enforceable avenue of civil and religious law. In the mo ...

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Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha

Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today

Halakha - Flexibility within the Halakha

Halakha - Codes of Jewish law

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Halakha: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha The boundaries of Jewish law are determined through the halakhic process, a religious-ethical system of legal reasoning. Rabbis generally base their opinions on the primary sources of Halakha as well as on precedent set by previous rabbinic opinions. The major sources and genre of Halakha consulted include: The foundational Talmudic literature (especially the Mishna and the Babylonian Talmud) with commentaries; The post-Talmudic codificatory literature, such as Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulkhan Arukh with comme ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Yosef Shalom Eliashiv

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (יוסף שלום אלישיב), (b. 1910) is a Haredi rabbi who lives in Jerusalem, Israel. Well into his nineties, he is nevertheless lucid and active and remains the paramount leader of Israel's (Lithuanian) mitnagdim (non-Hasidic Haredi Ashkenazi Jews) who regard him as the posek ha-dor (Hebrew: "Decisor [of] the Generation"), the leading authority on Torah law, i.e. halakha, at the present time. He is a grandson of the famous kabbalist Rabbi Shalom Ben Hayim Haikel Eliashiv (Leshem) (18 ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Responsa

Responsa (Latin: plural of responsum, "answers"; Hebrew: Sheelot U-teshuvot שאלות ותשובות "questions and answers") comprise the body of written decisions and rulings given by Poskim and Rabbis in response to questions addressed to them. The Responsa constitute a special class of rabbinic literature, to be distinguished from the commentaries - devoted to the exegesis of the Bible, the Mishnah, the Talmud - and from the codes of law which delineate the rules for ordinary incidents of life. The responsa l ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Posek

Posek (Hebrew פוסק; /poseq/ pl. Poskim) is the term in Jewish law for "legal decisor" - a rabbi who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive. This decision is known as a psak din or psak halakha (ruling of law; pl. piskei din, piskei halakha) or simply a "psak". In Hebrew, פסק is the root implying to stop or cease - here the posek brings the process of legal debate to finality. Piskei Din are ge ...

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Posek - List of recent Orthodox poskim

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Conservative responsa

The Conservative responsa is the body of responsa literature of Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism). Most Conservative responsa have been written by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. Conservative responsa - Methodology. A prominent Conservative spokesman has written that "Reform Judaism has asserted the right of interpretation but it rejected the authority of legal tradition. Orthodoxy has clung fast to the principle of authority, but has in our own and recent generations rejected ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Rabbinical Assembly

Originally set up as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of Conservative rabbis, with some 1400 members. Rabbinical graduates from JTS, the University of Judaism (California) and The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem, Israel) are automatically members of the RA; Rabbis whose ordination is fro ...

Halakha: Encyclopedia - Tosefta

The Tosefta is a second compilation of oral law from the period of the Mishnah. In many ways, the Tosefta acts as a supplement to the Mishnah (tosefta means "supplement"). The Mishnah is the basic compilation of the Oral law of Judaism; it was compiled around 200 CE. It is a Halakhic work which corresponds in structure almost exactly to the Mishnah, with the same divisions for sedarim ("orders") and masekhot ("tractates"). It is mainly ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Talmud

The Talmud (תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions on Jewish law, Jewish ethics, customs, legends and stories, which Jewish tradition considers authoritative. It is a fundamental source of legislation, customs, case histories and moral exhortations. The Talmud has two components, the Mishnah which is the first written compilation of Judaism's Oral Law, and the Gemara, a discussion of the Mishnah (though the terms Talmud and Gemara are generally used interchangeably). It expands on the earlier writings in the Torah in general ...

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Talmud - Structure and function

Talmud - The two Talmuds

Talmud - Attitude to the Talmud within Judaism

Talmud - Historical study

Talmud - Changes within the text of the Talmud

Talmud - External attacks on the Talmud

Talmud - Charges of racism

Talmud - Modern day Talmud scholars

Talmud - Conservative

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism

Haredi or Charedi Judaism, often also called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. The term "ultra-Orthodox" is controversial, as it is often considered to be pejorative, and is rarely used by the Jews to whom it is applied; they generally prefer Haredi (חֲרֵדִי, a Hebrew term which is derived from Harada (fear, anxiety) and could be interperted as "one who trembles in awe of God"), Yeshivish ...

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Haredi Judaism - Practices and beliefs

Haredi Judaism - History

Haredi Judaism - Present day

Halakha: Encyclopedia - Rabbi Akiva

Akiba ben Joseph (or Rabbi Akiva, Rebbi Akiva, c. 50-c. 135) was a famous Jewish rabbi of the 2nd century. He was a great authority in the matter of Jewish tradition, and one of the most central and essential contributors to the early Oral Torah, mainly the Mishnah and the midrash halakha. He laid the foundations of the mishnaic dispute, by which pairs or larger groups of sages dispute points of Halakha or Bible interpretation. Rabbi Akiva - In the Mishnah. A member of the ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Ben Ish Chai

Yosef Chaim (1832 - 1909) was a Hakham and a Sephardic Rabbi, authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work of Halakha Ben Ish Chai ("Son of Man (who) Lives"), by which title he is also known. Ben Ish Chai - Biography. Chacham Yosef Chaim was born in Baghdad where his father was Rabbi. Yosef Chaim's talents were evident from a young age (composing an anonymous responsum at age 14). As a child, he spent most of his time studying in his father's ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Jacob ben Asher

Jacob ben Asher, in Hebrew Ya'akov ben Asher, (1270-ca 1340) was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority. He is often referred to as the Baal ha-Turim ("Master of the Turim (Pillars)"), after his main work in halakha (Jewish law). He was the son of the Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel (known as the "Rosh"), a German-born Rabbi who moved to Spain. According to many, Jacob ...

Halakha: Encyclopedia - Arukh HaShulkhan

The Arukh HaShulkhan is a work of Jewish scholarship, written by Yechiel Michel Epstein. The title "Arukh HaShulkhan" ("laying the table") is a clear allusion to the Shulkhan Arukh ("the set table"), the authoritative work of halakha on which it draws. In Arukh HaShulkhan, Epstein traces the origins of each law and custom to its source in the Torah or Talmud, states the view of the Rishonim (early, pre-1550 authorities), and arrives at a psak (decision) - often supporting his views with the wo ...

Halakha: Encyclopedia - Yoreh De'ah

Yoreh De'ah is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim. This section treats all aspects of Jewish law not pertinent to the Jewish calendar, finance, torts, marriage, divorce, or sexual conduct. (Nevertheless there exists occasional overlap into the excluded areas). Yoreh De'ah is therefore the most diversified area of Jewish law. Later, Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law, the Shulkhan Arukh after the Arba'ah Turim. Many lat ...

Halakha: Encyclopedia - Chametz

Chametz (חמץ) is the Hebrew term for "leavened bread". The word is used generally in regard to the Jewish holiday of Passover. Jewish law prohibits one from owning, eating or benefiting from any chametz during Passover. According to halakha, chametz is defined as any grain of wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt which has come into contact with water after having been milled, and subsequently left to ferment. The rabbis have defined the time needed for the grain or flour to ferment as 18 minutes. Therefore, matzo, which is the ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Yaakov Chaim Sofer

Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870-1939) was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and posek ("decisor of Torah law"). Sofer is author of the work of halakha ("Jewish law") titled Kaf Hachaim, by which title he is also known. Yaakov Chaim Sofer - Biography. Sofer was born in in Baghdad. He studied there under great Sephardi sages such as Yosef Chaim (the Ben Ish Chai) and Abdalah Somech. In 1904, he journeyed to the land of Israel, in order to pray at the graves of tzaddikim ("the righteous ...

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Halakha: Encyclopedia - Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin

Rabbi Yaakov Moelin (c. 1365 - 1427) was a Talmudist and posek (authority on Jewish law) best known for his codification of the customs (minhagim) of the German Jews. He is also known as Maharil - the Hebrew acronym for "Our Teacher, the Rabbi, Israel Levi" - as well as Mahari Segal or Mahari Moelin. Maharil's best known work, Minhagim, was as a source of Halakha for HaM ...