Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
In Derekh Hashem Section II, chapter 7, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto discusses the influence of stars on humanity and events on earth. Ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Rabbinic Rejection Of Astrology
In early classical rabbinic works written in the land of Israel (Jerusalem Talmud and Palestinian midrash compilations) astrologers are k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - In The Bible
Astrology is not specifically mentioned in the Torah, the five books of Moses. There are two commandments which have been used by some au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Rabbinic Acceptance Of Astrology
However, other statements in the Talmud and in the midrash literature show that many Jews had some level of admiration for astrology. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - In The Medieval Era
Many rabbis in the Geonic era (after the close of the Talmud, early medieval period) discussed the varying Talmudic and midrashic views o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Views In The Modern Era
Strictures against astrology appear in the official Torah commentary of Conservative Judaism and on the official website of Reform Judais...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nosson Zvi Finkel: Encyclopedia Ii - Nosson Zvi Finkel - Philosophical Approach
Despite his influence, he was an intensely private person. Yet, he personally oversaw the complete student body of the yeshiva. His motto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Ashlag: Encyclopedia Ii - Yehuda Ashlag - Teachings
Ashlag’s commentary offered a systematic interpretation of the legacy of Isaac Luria. This was the first since the 18th century when th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Eighteenth Century
Lyric poetry - English poets. Robert Burns William Cowper Thomas Gray Oliver Goldsmith Lyric poetry - German poets. Johann Wolfgan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tzadik: Encyclopedia - Tzadik
Tzadik - צדיק (plural: Tzadikkim) is the Hebrew word for "righteous one", and is a title which is generally given to those whom are c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acharonim: Encyclopedia - Acharonim
Acharonim (אחרונים Hebrew - sing. Acharon) literally "the later ones", is a term used in Jewish law and history, to signify the le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aggadah: Encyclopedia - Aggadah
Aggadah ( Aramaic אגדה: tales, lore; pl. Aggadot ) refers to the homiletic and non-legalistic texts in classical rabbinic literature ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia - Yeshiva
Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. yeshivot or yeshivos) is an institution for Torah study and the study of Talmud primarily wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia - Mysticism
Mysticism, from the Greek μυω (muo, "to conceal"), is the pursuit of achieving communion with or conscious awareness of ultimate reali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbinic Literature: Encyclopedia - Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinic literature, in the broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum of Judaism's rabbinic writing/s throughout history. However, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mussar Movement: Encyclopedia - Mussar Movement
The Hebrew term mussar, while literally derived from a word meaning "tradition", usually refers to Jewish ethics in general, or (and more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Will: Encyclopedia - Free Will
Free will is the philosophical doctrine that holds that our choices are ultimately up to ourselves. The phrase "up to ourselves" is vague...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner
Yitzchok (Isaac) Hutner (1906 - 1980) was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both Ger hasidim and mitnagd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Divine Simplicity: Encyclopedia - Divine Simplicity
In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. Divine simplicity - In Christian thought. In Christian t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1707: Encyclopedia - 1707
1707 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nosson Zvi Finkel: Encyclopedia - Nosson Zvi Finkel
Nosson Zvi (Nota Hirsh) Finkel (1849-1927), was born in Lithuania and died in the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an influential lea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Ashlag: Encyclopedia - Yehuda Ashlag
Yehuda Ashlag (1884—1954) the great Kabbalist who lived in Jerusalem from 1922 until his death in 1954, received the name Baal HaSulam ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - History
Yeshiva - Pre-1800s. Traditionally, every town rabbi had the right to maintain a number of full-time or part-time pupils in the town's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Divine Simplicity: Encyclopedia Ii - Divine Simplicity - In Christian Thought
In Christian thought, the importance of the concept is that God as a simple being is not divisible, and thus, he is present in his entire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aggadah: Encyclopedia Ii - Aggadah - As Part Of The Jewish Oral Law
The Aggadah is part of Judaism's Oral law (תורה שבעל פה) - the traditions providing the authoritative interpretation of the Wri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tzadik: Encyclopedia Ii - Tzadik - Characteristics Of A Tzadik
In classic Jewish thought, there are various definitions of a Tzadik. According to Maimonides (based on Tractate Yevamot of the Babylonia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia Ii - Yitzchok Hutner - In The United States
He was able to construct an intense curriculum and an environment that produced young Talmudic scholars who were viewed as being in the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Ethics In Rabbinic Literature
Hillel the elder formulated the Golden rule of Jewish ethics "What is painful to you, do not do unto others". (Talmud, tracate Shabbat 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Will: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Will - In Theology
The theological doctrine of divine foreknowledge is often alleged to be in conflict with free will. After all, if God knows exactly what ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rabbis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rabbis - Rabbis: Later Middle Ages
List of rabbis - Rabbis: 18th Century. Haim Isaac Carigal, rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Revere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - History
The earliest surviving lyric poems in the Western tradition are arguably the Song of Solomon and the Psalms, but there are many fine exam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hebrew Language Poets: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hebrew Language Poets - Modern Hebrew
List of Hebrew language poets - A. Shimon Adaf Natan Alterman Yehudah Amichai Roy Arad Tirtza Atar David Avidan List of Hebrew langu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesillat Yesharim: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesillat Yesharim - Aim Of The Work
The aim of the work is the perfection of character. Rather than innovating a new system, Luzzato builds his work on a Beraita in the name...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mussar Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Mussar Movement - Founders
The Mussar movement arose among the non-Hasidic Orthodox Jews of Lithuania, and became a trend in Orthodox yeshivot (schools of Jewish le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - Method Of Study
Studying is usually done together with a study-partner called a chavrusa (Aramaic: "friend"), or in a shiur ("lecture"). Yeshiva - Talmu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Ashlag: Encyclopedia Ii - Yehuda Ashlag - Biography
Yehuda Ashlag - Poland. Yehuda Leib Halevi Ashlag was born on the fifth day of the month Tishrey, in 1884, in Warsaw, Poland. Ashlag re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Examples In Major Traditions
Examples of major traditions and philosophies with strong elements of mysticism are: Christian Gnosticism Christian mysticism Eastern Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Origin Of Jewish Mysticism
According to adherents of Kabbalah, the origin of Kabbalah begins with the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible). When read by a Kabbalist, the Torah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbinic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbinic Literature - Later Works By Historical Period
Rabbinic literature - Works of the Geonim. The Geonim are the rabbis of Sura and Pumbeditha, in Babylon (650 - 1250) : She'iltoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rabbis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rabbis - Reform Rabbis
List of rabbis - Reform rabbis: 19th Century. Samuel Adler, 19th century German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El Emil Hirsch, 19th ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rabbis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rabbis - Conservative Rabbis
List of rabbis - Conservative rabbis: 19th Century. Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the Positive histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Ashlag: Encyclopedia Ii - Yehuda Ashlag - Books
Ashlag wrote and published two great works. Talmud Eser Sefirot (The Study of the Ten Sefirot) is a complete re-editing and commentary to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Peace And Hatred
Peace is everywhere recommended, and urged as the highest boon of man (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xi.; Talmud Pesachim i. 1.) Hatred, quarrel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Charity
The Jewish idea of righteousness ("tzedakah") includes benevolence and charity. The owner of property has no right to withhold from the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Sanctification Of God's Name
The idea of God's holiness became in rabbinical ethics one of the most powerful incentives to pure and noble conduct. "Thou shalt love th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Animals And The Environment
The Biblical commands regarding the treatment of the brute (Ex. xx. 10; Lev. xxii. 28; Deut. xxv. 4; Prov. xii. 10) are amplified in rabb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Ashlag: Encyclopedia Ii - Yehuda Ashlag - Music
Yehuda Ashlag also wrote songs and composed melodies as expressions of his spiritual attainments. His music is said to be written directl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rabbis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rabbis - Orthodox Rabbis
List of rabbis - Orthodox rabbis: 19th Century. Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) 19th century head of Volozhin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rabbis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rabbis - Reconstructionist Rabbis
List of rabbis - Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th Century. Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Classical
Lyric poetry - Chinese poets. Bai Juyi Cao Cao Cao Pi Cao Zhi Cui Hao Du Fu Du Mu Fenggan Han Yu Hanshan Jia Dao Li Bai also known as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Middle Ages And Renaissance
Lyric poetry - Hebrew poets. Yehuda Alharizi Menachem Ben Saruk Dunash Ben Labrat Yehuda Halevi Shmuel Hanagid Solomon Ibn Gabirol Abr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Sixteenth Century
Lyric poetry - English poets. Thomas Campion Walter Raleigh William Shakespeare Philip Sidney Edmund Spenser Lyric poetry - French p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Seventeenth Century
Lyric poetry - Dutch poets. Joost van den Vondel Lyric poetry - English poets. John Donne John Dryden George Herbert Robert Herric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Nineteenth Century
Lyric poetry - English poets. Matthew Arnold William Blake Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning George Gordon, Lord Byron Samuel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Twentieth Century
Lyric poetry - Chinese poets. Guo Moruo Mu Dan Xu Zhimo Lyric poetry - Dutch poets. François Haverschmidt Hendrik Marsman J. Slau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Truth And Peace
"The first question asked at the Last Judgment is whether one has dealt justly with his neighbor" (Talmud, tractate Shabbat 31a). "A good...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Forms
Although arguably the most popular form of lyric poetry in the Western tradition is the 14-line sonnet, either in its Petrarchan or its S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Metrics
Much lyric poetry depends on regular meter based either on number of syllables or on stress. The most common meters are as follows: Iamb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Rhyme And Alliteration
These two elements are common to structuring lyric poetry in the Western tradition and make poetry difficult to translate effectively. Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lyric Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyric Poetry - Themes
Although lyric poetry has a long and close association with love, and European lyric poetry in the vernacular arose with the courtly love...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Will: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Will - Moral Responsibility
We generally hold people responsible for their actions, and will say that they deserve praise or blame for what they do. However, many be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbinic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbinic Literature - Meforshim
Meforshim is a Hebrew word meaning "(classical rabbinical) commentators" (or roughly meaning "exegetes"), and is used as a substitute for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabbinic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabbinic Literature - Later Works By Category
Rabbinic literature - Jewish law. Halakha is the Jewish way of life. Notable works in this category include: The major codes of Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalah In Non-jewish Society
Kabbalah eventually gained an audience outside of the Jewish community. Nominal-Christian versions of Kabbalah began to develop; by the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mussar Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Mussar Movement - Origin Of The Movement
This movement began among non-Hasidic Jews as a response to the social changes brought about by The Enlightenment, and the corresponding ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mussar Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Mussar Movement - Classical Jewish Ethical Literature
The classical rabbinic Jewish works of ethics and moral instruction, still studied today, include: Hovot ha-Levavot (Duties of the Heart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Mysticism And Syncretism
Mystics of different traditions report similar experiences of a world usually outside conventional perception, although not all forms of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Self-transcending Self-discovery
The term Perennial Philosophy, coined by Leibniz and popularized by Aldous Huxley, relates to what some take to be the mystic's primary c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Subjectivity And Mysticism
Theistic, pantheistic, and panentheistic classical pantheist/cosmotheist metaphysical systems most often understand mystical experience a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Debate About Kabbalah In Judaism
Although it was criticized by a small number of rabbis, Kabbalah has nevertheless been a fundamental part of most Jewish theology for man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Criticisms
Kabbalah - Dualism. One of the most serious and sustained criticisms of Kabbalah is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalistic Understanding Of God
Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit. Rather God is the creator of both, but is himself neither. But...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Failure Of Sabbatian Mysticism
The spiritual and mystical yearnings of many Jews remained frustrated after the death of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples and colleagu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Mystic Doctrines In Talmudic Times
In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Human Soul In Kabbalah
The Zohar posits that the human soul has three elements, the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Foretelling The Future
A small number of Kabbalists have attempted to foretell events by the Kabbalah. The term has come to be used to refer to secret science i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Gnosticism And Kabbalah
Gnostic literature testifies to the antiquity of the Kabbalah. Gnosticism - systems of secret spiritual knowledge, or some sources say - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Textual Antiquity Of Esoteric Mysticism
Early forms of esoteric mysticism existed over 2,000 years ago. Ben Sira warns against it, saying: "You shall have no business with secre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Practical Applications
The Midrash and Talmud are replete with the use of Divine names and incantations that are claimed to effect supernatural or metaphysical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - On The Difficulty Of Defining Mysticism
Readers frequently encounter seemingly open-ended statements among studies of mysticism, throughout its history, for example in Taoist th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - Types Of Yeshivot
There are four types of yeshivoth: Yeshiva Ketana ("small yeshiva") - Also called Cheder, for elementary school students. Many Yeshivot ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia Ii - Yitzchok Hutner - Methodology
His methodology and style was controversial, although intellectually he placed great emphasis on penetrating Talmudic study and analysis,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia Ii - Yitzchok Hutner - Travels And Marriage
Rabbi Hutner spent some years as a wandering scholar. He spent time in university in Berlin, studying philosophy, but not for the purpose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia Ii - Yitzchok Hutner - Early Years
Having obtained a deep grounding in Talmud, Hutner was sent to join an extension of the Slabodka yeshiva in Hebron. He studied there unti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia Ii - Yitzchok Hutner - Publications
He published what is considered his magnum opus which he named Pachad Yitzchok, ("Fear [of] Isaac", meaning the God whom Isaac feared). H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yitzchok Hutner: Encyclopedia Ii - Yitzchok Hutner - Mentor To Others
He was the mentor of some controversial figures in modern Jewish outreach to non-Orthodox Jews. Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach who became the "Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Prophetic Ethics
The Biblical prophets exhort all people to lead a righteous life. The ritual elements and sacerdotal institutions incidental to Israel's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Altruistic Virtues
Honesty and truthfulness are absolutely prerequisite. Stealing, flattery, falsehood, perjury and false swearing, oppression, even if only...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Jewish Family Ethics
Great stress is laid on reverence for parents. Central to society is the nuclear family. Its head is the father; yet the mother as his eq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Will: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Will - The Science Of Free Will
Throughout the history of science, attempts have been made to answer the question of free will using scientific principles. Early scienti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Will: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Will - Compatibilist Theories And The Could-have-done-otherwise Principle
Many claim that, in order for a choice to be free in any sense that matters, it must be true that the agent could have done otherwise. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - Typical Schedule
They following is a typical daily schedule for Beis Medrash students 7:00 am- Optional seder (study session) 7:30 am- Morning prayers 8:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - Academic Year
The year is divided into three periods called zmanim ("times" or "semesters"). Elul zman starts from the beginning of the Hebrew month of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshiva: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeshiva - Prominent Yeshivot
The largest yeshivot currently include: Yeshiva - In the United States. Beth Medrash Govoha, also known as "Lakewood yeshiva" (Lakewoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aggadah: Encyclopedia Ii - Aggadah - Development Of The Aggadah
The Aggadah has been preserved in a series of different works, which, like all works of traditional literature, have come to their presen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nosson Zvi Finkel: Encyclopedia Ii - Nosson Zvi Finkel - Opposition
His main opponents in the "yeshiva world" were the members and alumni of the Brisk yeshiva of Lithuania headed by the Soloveitchik family...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Will: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Will - Determinism Versus Indeterminism
Determinism holds that each state of affairs is necessitated (determined) by the states of affairs that preceded it, an extension of caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nosson Zvi Finkel: Encyclopedia Ii - Nosson Zvi Finkel - Land Of Israel
Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel staged one of the most dramatic moves in the history of yeshivot. In the 1920s he decided to create a branch of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Justice
Social ethics is defined by Rabbi Simeon ben Gamaliel's words: "The world rests on three things: justice, truth, and peace" (Avot 1:18). ...   » Read the article