Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism: Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning "pious", from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning "loving kindnes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hasidic Judaism - Religious Practice And Culture
Hasidic Judaism - Fundamental conceptions. The teachings of Hasidism are founded on two theoretical conceptions: (1) religious panenthe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hasidic Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hasidic Judaism - History
Hasidic Judaism - Prelude. In Poland, where the bulk of Jewry had established itself since the sixteenth century, the struggle between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yisrael Alter: Encyclopedia - Yisrael Alter
Yisrael Alter (October 12, 1895 - February 20, 1977) who was also known by the title of his Torah work/s as the Bais Yisrael was an Ortho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Denominations - Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism was founded by Israel ben Eliezer (1700-1760), also known as the Baal Shem Tov, or the Besht. His disciples attracted man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avraham Mordechai Alter: Encyclopedia - Avraham Mordechai Alter
Avraham Mordechai Alter (December 25, 1866 - June 3, 1948) who was also known by the title of his Torah book/s as the Imrei Emes was an O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchak Meir Alter: Encyclopedia - Yitzchak Meir Alter
Yitzchak Meir Alter (also Rottenburg, Rothenburg or Rothenberg as an alternate for "Alter") (1798(?) - March 10, 1866), was also known as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter: Encyclopedia - Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847 - 1905), also known by the title of his Torah book/s as the Sfas Emes, was born in Warsaw, Poland and died...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia - Rebbe
Rebbe (Hebrew: רבי also rebbi) is a title that may be given to a Rabbi in Orthodox Judaism, particularly within Hasidic Judaism. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Zion Halberstam The Second: Encyclopedia - Ben Zion Halberstam The Second
Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam כ"ק אדמו"ר מבאבוב, שליט"א (b. 1955) is the son of Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia - Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Zion Halberstam The First: Encyclopedia - Ben Zion Halberstam The First
Ben Zion Halberstam (pronounced Ben Tzion) (1874-1941) was the leader of the Bobover Hasidim. At the age of thirty-one he succeeded his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yakov Aryeh Alter: Encyclopedia - Yakov Aryeh Alter
Yakov (Yankel) Aryeh Alter (born 1936) is a Hasidic rabbi, and since 1996 has been the seventh rebbe of the Ger Hasidim in Israel, with d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism
Haredi or Charedi Judaism, often also called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia - Rabbi
Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means "teacher", or more lite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bais Yaakov: Encyclopedia - Bais Yaakov
Bais Yaakov or Beit Yaakov or Beth Jacob (literally "House [of] Jacob" in Hebrew) is a loosely-organized group of Orthodox Jewish day sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bobov Hasidic Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Bobov Hasidic Dynasty
Bobov, (or Bobover Hasidism) (חסידות באבוב) is a Hasidic group within Haredi Judaism originating in Bobowa, Southern Poland an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer
Rabbi Israel (Yisroel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר, about 1698 Okopy Świętej Trójcy – May 22, 1760 Międzyborz)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breslov Hasidic Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Breslov Hasidic Dynasty
The Breslov movement of Hasidic Judaism was founded by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), who was the great-grandson of the Baal Shem ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Agudath Israel: Encyclopedia - World Agudath Israel
World Agudath Israel (The World Israelite Union) was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Orthodox Judaism....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin: Encyclopedia - Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin (also known as Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin) (MYRCB) or as Chaim Berlin, is a major Orthodox Judaism yes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satmar Hasidic Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Satmar Hasidic Dynasty - Background To The Dynasty
The dynasty traces its roots to Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (1759-1841), Rebbe of Sátoraljaújhely (Ujhel), Hungary. Himself an adherent of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Religious History
Jewish history is an extensive topic; this section will cover the elements of Jewish history of most importance to the Jewish religion an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitnagdim: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitnagdim - Origins
The rapid spread of Hasidic Judaism in the second half of the eighteenth century greatly troubled many traditional Jewish rabbis; many sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main article: Judaism and Christianity See also: Judeo-Christian, Christianity and anti-Sem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Introduction
According to both traditional Judaism and modern scholars, a number of qualities distinguish Judaism from the other religions that existe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Community Leadership
Judaism - Classical priesthood. Judaism does not have a clergy, in the sense of full-time specialists required for religious services. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - The Traditional Jewish Bookshelf
Jews are often called a "People of the Book," and Judaism has an age-old intellectual tradition focusing on text-based Torah study. The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Critical Historical View Of The Development Of Judaism
Although monotheism is fundamental to Rabbinic Judaism, many critical Bible scholars claim that certain verses in the Torah imply that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Religious Doctrine And Principles Of Faith
While Judaism has always affirmed a number of Jewish principles of faith, no creed, dogma, set of orthodox beliefs, or fully-binding "cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Law And Interpretation
The basis of Jewish law and tradition ("halakha") is the Torah (the five books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition there are 613 c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Characteristics
Besht did not combat the practice of rabbinical Judaism; this seemed harmless to him: it was the spirit of the practice which he opposed....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Denominations - Development Of Modern Denominations In Response To The Enlightenment
In the late 18th century Europe, and then the rest of the world, was swept by a group of intellectual, social and political movements tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Denominations - Divisions
Perhaps the greatest divisions since the time of the division between the Sadduccees and Pharisees two millennia ago are the divisions wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Denominations - Background: Jewish Ethnic Divisions
Traditionally, Judaism is not divided into religious traditions based on theological difference. However, a wide array of Jewish communit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Becoming A Rabbi
Traditionally, a man obtains semicha ("rabbinic ordination") after the completion of an arduous learning program in the codes of Jewish l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Becoming A Rabbi
Traditionally, a man obtains semicha ("rabbinic ordination") after the completion of an arduous learning program in the codes of Jewish l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Denominations - Table Illustrating The Range Of Jewish Denominations
This table illustrates the range of Jewish denominations. Those denominations that are more conservative in their theology and understand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Present Day
Haredi Judaism - Israel. In Israel, home to the most numerically powerful Haredi population, the situation is different. There, as in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Acceptance Of Who Is A Rabbi
Historically and until the present, recognition of a rabbi relates to the rabbi's competence to interpret Jewish law and act as a teacher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Present Day
Haredi Judaism - Israel. In Israel, home to the most numerically powerful Haredi population, the situation is different. There, as in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bais Yaakov: Encyclopedia Ii - Bais Yaakov - Current
Bais Yaakov - Educational approach. The educational policies of most Bais Yaakov schools is generally that of Haredi Judaism and the Ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Acceptance Of Who Is A Rabbi
Historically and until the present, recognition of a rabbi relates to the rabbi's competence to interpret Jewish law and act as a teacher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - The Role Of The Rabbi In The Last 200 Years
In 19th century Germany and the United States, the duties of the rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum: Encyclopedia Ii - Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum - Biography
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum was the oldest son of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum (Atzei Chaim - d. 1936) and brother of Rabbi Moshe Tei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joel Teitelbaum: Encyclopedia Ii - Joel Teitelbaum - Opposition To Modern Zionism
Rabbi Teitelbaum was renowned for his vocal religiously motivated opposition to all modern forms Zionism in all arenas. This approach was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - The Role Of The Rabbi In The Last 200 Years
In 19th century Germany and the United States, the duties of the rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Sages As Rabbis
The rabbi is not an occupation found in the Torah (i.e the Pentateuch) as such; the first time this word is mentioned is in the Mishnah (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Sages As Rabbis
The rabbi is not an occupation found in the Torah (i.e the Pentateuch) as such; the first time this word is mentioned is in the Mishnah (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - History
Rabbi - Moses and Joshua: The first rabbis. By tradition Moses was the first rabbi of the Children of Israel. To this day he is known t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Women And The Rabbinical Credential
Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Practices And Beliefs
Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha. One basic belief of the Orthodox community in general is that it is the latest link in a chain of Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - Women And The Rabbinical Credential
Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbi - History
Rabbi - Moses and Joshua: The first rabbis. By tradition Moses was the first rabbi of the Children of Israel. To this day he is known t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - History
Haredi Judaism - Modern origins. For several centuries before the Emancipation of European Jewry, most of Europe's Jews were forced to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - Practices And Beliefs
Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha. One basic belief of the Orthodox community in general is that it is the latest link in a chain of Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haredi Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Haredi Judaism - History
Haredi Judaism - Modern origins. For several centuries before the Emancipation of European Jewry, most of Europe's Jews were forced to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main articles: Judaism and Christianity, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joel Teitelbaum: Encyclopedia Ii - Joel Teitelbaum - Love For Fellow
Rabbi Teitelbaum was known to be a great lover of all people, particularly his fellow Jew. Once, he was traveling to the Holy Land on a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Development Of Judaism In Poland And The Commonwealth
The culture and intellectual output of the Jewish community in Poland had a profound impact on Judaism as a whole. Some Jewish historians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satmar Hasidic Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Satmar Hasidic Dynasty - The Conflict Between Aaron And Zalman Teitelbaum
The conflict between Rabbis Aaron and Zalman Teitelbaum refers to an ongoing feud between two sons of the present Satmar Rebbe, Moshe Tei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Prayer And Practice
Judaism - Prayers. Main articles: Jewish services, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satmar Hasidic Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Satmar Hasidic Dynasty - History
Satmar Hasidic dynasty - Outline of Satmar's Hasidic rabbinical lineage. Rebbe Yisrael Baal Shem Tov - founder of Hasidism. Rebbe R' ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Hasidic Rebbes
The first and greatest hasidic Rebbe according to Hasidism was its founder Israel ben Eliezer known as the Ba'al Shem Tov ("Master [of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Distinction Of Rebbe And Rav
A rebbe is distinct from a 'rav' (a word usually translated as Rabbi, who is a leader of an Orthodox Jewish community, either hasidic or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Bibliography
The chief source for Besht's biography is Baer (Dob) b. Samuel's Shibchei ha-Besht, Kopys, 1814, and frequently republished. For Besht's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. Main article: History of Poland (966-1385) The first Jews arrived in the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Elements Of Besht's Doctrines
The foundation-stone of Hasidism as laid by Besht is a strongly marked panentheistic conception of God. He declared the whole universe, m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Rebbes Of Different Dynasties
Rebbe - Rebbes of Belz. Belz Grand Rabbi Shalom Rokeach of Belz (1779 - 1855), also known as the Sar Shalom. Grand Rabbi Joshua Roke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Influence On Hasidism
The later developments of Hasidism are unintelligible without consideration of Besht's opinion concerning man's proper relation with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bais Yaakov: Encyclopedia Ii - Bais Yaakov - Hasidic Schools
Schools for girls within the Hasidic world share the same values, outlook, methodology, and aims of the mitnagdic non-Hasidic Haredi scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Jews Of Poland Within The Russian Empire 1795–1918
Official Russian policy would eventually prove to be substantially harsher to the Jews than that under independent Polish rule. The lands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Hasidic Sects
In Israel, some of the best known Hasidic groups are the Ger, Nadvorna, Vizhnitz and Belz Hasidim, each having their own rebbes. In the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Terminology And History
The word " Rebbe" is a mispronunciation of the Mishnaic Hebrew word "Rabbe" (or "Rabbi" which is spelled correctly but mispronounced in E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Rebbes Of Hasidic Dynasties
There are well over a few hundred groups of Hasidim over the generations as it is impossible to list them all here, only some of the bigg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Kvitlach And Tish
To date there are generally - although there are quite some exceptions - two main characteristics that mark a rabbi as a rebbe. One is re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Interwar Period 1918–39
History of the Jews in Poland - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Communist Rule: 1945–89
History of the Jews in Poland - Postwar. Between 40,000 and 100,000 Polish Jews survived the Holocaust in Poland by hiding or by joinin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Development As Leader And Challenges
The Besht's condition was bettered when he took a position as a ritual butcher in Kshilowice, near Iaslowice. This position he soon gave ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - His Miracles
At this time, too, he learned how to work miracles with the name of God. The following is an instance: In Constantinople, where Besht sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Since 1989
With the fall of Communism in Poland, Jewish cultural, social, and religious life has been undergoing a revival. Many historical issues, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - Early Life And Marriage
His benefactors gave up the hope of his ever becoming a rabbi, and made him a "helper", who took the children to and from school and rehe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Interwar Period 1918–39
History of the Jews in Poland - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Ben Eliezer: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Ben Eliezer - In Legend
About his parentage, legend tells that his father, Eliezer, whose wife was still living, was seized during an attack (by the Tatars perha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: 1572–1795
History of the Jews in Poland - The Warsaw Confederation. Following the childless death of Zygmund II, the last king of the Jagiellon d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Wwii And The Destruction Of Polish Jewry 1939–45
History of the Jews in Poland - The Polish September campaign. During the Polish September Campaign of 1939, some 120,000 Polish citize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Wwii And The Destruction Of Polish Jewry 1939–45
History of the Jews in Poland - The Polish September campaign. Main article: Polish September Campaign During the Polish September Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebbe - Usage
Orthodox Jews use the term to denote someone that they perceive not only as the religious leader of their congregation, but as their spir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agudath Israel Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Agudath Israel Of America - Functions
Agudah in the United States has managed to retain its major Hasidic factions, with members from the Ger Hasidim in America working togeth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia Ii - Vilna Gaon - Antagonism To Hasidism
When Hasidic Judaism became influential in his native town Elijah, joining the rabbis and heads of the Polish communities, took steps to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Payot: Encyclopedia Ii - Payot - Use
The original law only requires the payot not to be removed, though they can be cut or trimmed but not with a razor, or blade sliding alon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Torah Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - United Torah Judaism - Formation Of The Party
UTJ was always a coalition of two factions: The Degel HaTorah ("Flag of Torah") party that is guided by the rabbinic heads of Haredi Ash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bais Yaakov: Encyclopedia Ii - Bais Yaakov - History
The Bais Yaakov movement was started by seamstress Sarah Schenirer in 1917 in Krakow, Poland. At that time there was no formalized system...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nachman Of Breslov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nachman Of Breslov - Was Nachman Actually A Sabbatean?
Some academic scholars of Hasidic Judaism hold that some of the charges made against Nachman were true. He is considered to have been inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler: Encyclopedia Ii - Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler - Influence And Ideas
While it is difficult to determine which teachers had most influence on Rabbi Dessler, it is apparent that he is a child of the yeshiva w...   » Read the article