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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Vilna Gaon | | | |  Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Jewish culture in LithuaniaThe founding of the yeshivot in Lithuania was due to the Lithuanian-Polish Jews who studied in the west, and to the German Jews who migrated about that time to Lithuania and Poland. Very little is known of these early yeshibot. No mention is made of them or of prominent Lithuanian rabbis in Jewish writings until the sixteenth century. The first known rabbinical authority and head of a yeshibah was Isaac Bezaleel of Vladimir, Volhynia, who was already an old man when Luria went to Ostrog in the fourth decade of the sixteenth century. Another ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: 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 of Acha'i [Gaon]
Halachoth Gedoloth
Emunoth ve-Deoth (Saadia Gaon)
The Siddur by Amram Gaon
Responsa
Rabbinic literature - Works of the Rishonim the early rabbinical commentators.
The Rishonim are the rabbis of the early medieval period (1250 - 1550)
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversies
Chabad-Lubavitch - History of controversy.
Since its inception, Hasidism was the center of much controversy within the Jewish community. The founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov was a populist preacher and Kabbalist virtually unknown to the accepted Rabbinate at the time. His quickly growing popularity and novel interpretations of the Torah and halakha (Jewish law) quickly caused a growing backlash by established Rabbis who called themselves mitnagdim (lit. opposers). Hasidim were accused ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Services on Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot The services for the three festivals of Pesach ("Passover"), Shavuot ("Feast of Weeks" or "Pentecost"), and Sukkot ("Feast of Tabenacles") are alike, except for interpolated references and readings for each individual festival. The preliminaries and conclusions of the prayers are the same as on Sabbath. The Amidah on these festivals only contains seven benedictions, with Attah Bechartanu as the main one. Hallel (communal recitation of Psalms 113-118) follows.
The Musaf service includes Mi-Pene Hata'enu, with reference to the sp ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish leadership - Modern religious leadership after 1800s
Jewish leadership - Decline of rabbinical influence.
With the growth of the Renaissance and the development of the secular modern world, and as Jews were welcomed into non-Jewish society particularly during the times of Napoleon in the 1700s and 1800s, Jews began to leave the Jewish ghettos in Europe, and simultaneously rejected the traditional roles of the rabbis as communal and religious leaders. The resulting fractures in Jewish society has translated into a situation whereby there is no single religious governing body for the entire Jewish community at the present time.< ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Early history As early as the eighth century Jews lived in parts of the Lithuanian territory. Beginning with that period they conducted the trade between South Russia, i.e., Lithuania, and the Baltic, especially with Danzig, Julin (Vineta or Wollin, in Pomerania), and other cities on the Vistula, Oder, and Elbe.
The origin of the Lithuanian Jews has been the subject of much speculation. It is now almost certain that they were made up of two distinct streams of Jewish immigration. The older of the two entered Lithuania by way of South Russia, where ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish leadership - Secular leadership Following the Renaissance and the Enlightenment in Europe (with its Jewish "extension" the Haskalah movement, which led to much modern-day assimilation into the cultures of their native countries), the variety of Jewish practice grew, with a widespread adoption of secular values and life-styles. Many modern Jewish communities are served by a variety of secular organizations at the local, national, and international levels. These organizations have no official role in religious life, but often play an important part in the Jewish community. M ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Effect of the Cossacks' Uprising in Lithuania The fury of this uprising destroyed the organization of the Lithuanian Jewish communities. The survivors who returned to their old homes in the latter half of the seventeenth century were practically destitute. The wars which raged constantly in the Lithuanian territory brought ruin to the entire country and deprived the Jews of the opportunity to earn more than a bare livelihood. The intensity of their struggle for existence left them no time to reestablish the conditions which had existed up to 1648. John Casimir (1648-68) sought to amelio ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Identified with Vilna Gaon Religious observances owe greatly to Elijah ben Solomon Kramer, the Vilna Gaon who lived in Lithuania's greatest city Vilna. His style of Torah and Talmud study shaped the analytical "Lithuanian-style" form of learning still practiced is most yeshivas. The yeshiva movement itself is a typical Lithuanian development, initiated by Kramer's main disciple, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin.
Litvish and mitnagdish are used almost interchangeably. The Mitnagdim were the early opponents of Hasidic Judaism, led by the Vi ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Lithuanian Jews today By the end of the nineteenth century, many of Lithuania's Jews were part of the general flight of Jews from Eastern Europe to the New World due to conflicts and pogroms engulfing the Russian Empire and the anti-Semitism of the Russian Czars.
Millions of Jews, including tens of thousands of Lithuanian Jews emigrated to the United States of America. Many Lithuanian Jews emigrated to South Africa which became famous as a haven for its 120,000 Jews who were spared the Holocaust. A small number also emigrated to the British Mandate of Pale ...
See also:Lithuanian Jews, Lithuanian Jews - Etymology of term, Lithuanian Jews - Ethnicity religious customs and heritage, Lithuanian Jews - Early history, Lithuanian Jews - Increasing prosperity and the great charter 1320-1432, Lithuanian Jews - The Charter of 1388, Lithuanian Jews - The union with Poland, Lithuanian Jews - Expulsion of the Jews in 1495 and return in 1503, Lithuanian Jews - The Act of 1566, Lithuanian Jews - Effect of the Cossacks' Uprising in Lithuania, Lithuanian Jews - Jewish culture in Lithuania, Lithuanian Jews - Items from the Responsa, Lithuanian Jews - Identified with Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian Jews - Lithuanian Jews today, Lithuanian Jews - Famous Jews with Lithuanian parentage Read more here: » Lithuanian Jews: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Lithuanian Jews today |
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot The services for the three festivals of Pesach ("Passover"), Shavuot ("Feast of Weeks" or "Pentecost"), and Sukkot ("Feast of Tabenacles") are alike, except for interpolated references and readings for each individual festival. The preliminaries and conclusions of the prayers are the same as on Sabbath. The Amidah on these festivals only contains seven benedictions, with Attah Bechartanu as the main one. Hallel (communal recitation of Psalms 113-118) follows.
The Musaf service includes Mi-Pene Hata'enu, with reference to the sp ...
See also:Jewish services, Jewish services - The prayers and their origins, Jewish services - Backgrounds, Jewish services - Text and language, Jewish services - Quorum, Jewish services - Concentration, Jewish services - Weekday prayer services, Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers, Jewish services - Mincha: afternoon prayers, Jewish services - Ma'ariv or Arvit: evening prayers, Jewish services - Shabbat services, Jewish services - Friday night services, Jewish services - Saturday morning: Shacharit, Jewish services - Saturday morning additional service: Musaf, Jewish services - Saturday afternoon: Mincha, Jewish services - Saturday evening: Maariv, Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot, Jewish services - Related customs, Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors Read more here: » Jewish services: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot |
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Related customs Many Jews sway their body back and forth during prayer. This practice (referred to as shokeling in Yiddish) is not mandatory, and in fact the kabbalist Isaac Luria felt that it should not be done. In contrast, the German Medieval authority Maharil (Rabbi Jacob Molin) linked the practice to a statement in the Talmud that the Mishnaic sage Rabbi Akiva would sway so forcefully that he ended up at the other side of the room when praying (Talmud tractate Berachot).
Money for tzedakah (charity) is given during the weekday ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors In most synagogues or temples, it is considered a sign of respect for all male attendees to wear a head covering, usually a dress hat or yarmulke (kipa); the latter are usually provided near the front door. The yarmulkes may be provided by the families of the celebrants of special occasions; however, this is not always the case.
Orthodox and Conservative (also called Masorti) synagogues encourage all male attendees to cover their heads out of respect for God. Many Reform (or Progressive) temples do not require pe ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Increasing prosperity and the great charter 1320-1432 With the campaign of Gedimin and his subjection of Kiev and Volhynia (1320-21) the Jewish inhabitants of these territories were induced to spread throughout the northern provinces of the grand duchy. The probable importance of the southern Jews in the development of Lithuania is indicated by their numerical prominence in Volhynia in the thirteenth century. According to an annalist who describes the funeral of the grand duke Vladimir Vasilkovich in the city of Vladimir (Volhynia), "the Jews wept at his funeral as at the fall of Jerusalem, or ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - The union with Poland For the next 500 years, Poland and Lithuania were united. It was generally a time of prosperity and relative safety for the Jews of both countries (with the exception of the Chmielnicki Uprising in the 17th century). However, a few events, such as the expulsion of the Jews from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1495 to 1503 occured just within Lithuania. This section will cover those events that occured only within Lithuania.
Lithuanian Jews - ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - The prayers and their origins
Jewish services - Backgrounds.
There are three prayer services each day on weekdays. A fourth additional prayer service (called mussaf, "additional"), is added on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath) and on major holidays. A fifth prayer (ne'ilah), is only recited on Yom Kippur.
According to the Talmud (tractate Taanit 2a), prayer is a Biblical command: "Your shall serve God with your whole heart (Deuteronomy 11:13) - What service is performed with the heart? This is prayer". The prayers are t ...
See also:Jewish services, Jewish services - The prayers and their origins, Jewish services - Backgrounds, Jewish services - Text and language, Jewish services - Quorum, Jewish services - Concentration, Jewish services - Weekday prayer services, Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers, Jewish services - Mincha: afternoon prayers, Jewish services - Ma'ariv or Arvit: evening prayers, Jewish services - Shabbat services, Jewish services - Friday night services, Jewish services - Saturday morning: Shacharit, Jewish services - Saturday morning additional service: Musaf, Jewish services - Saturday afternoon: Mincha, Jewish services - Saturday evening: Maariv, Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot, Jewish services - Related customs, Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors Read more here: » Jewish services: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - The prayers and their origins |
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Kabalistic Laws - Prayer There are many prayers that are from kabalistic sources. When the Torah scroll is taken out from the ark, there are those that recite the kabalistic prayer of Berich Shemei ("blessed is his name"). This prayer, first mentioned in the Zohar, is written in Aramaic, not Hebrew like most prayers. There are those that say this prayer only on the Sabbath, while other say it every day that the Torah Scroll is removed from the ark.
During the priestly blessing on holidays, there are those that recite quietly a small kabalistic prayer for good dreams, and a good life. These small prayers are said while the pri ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Lithuanian Jews - Ethnicity religious customs and heritage Lithuanian Jews are almost all Ashkenazi Jews and many are Mitnagdim who were opposed to the new inroads of Hasidism. A sizable minority are Hasidim of Chabad and Karlin (Pinsk). Religiously, they were adherents of Haredi Judaism, but with the spread of the Enlightenment, many became devotees of the Haskala movement in Eastern Europe.
In Israel, those whose roots are from Lithuania, or choose to be strongly associated with it, are called Litaim in Hebrew, or Litvish (in Yiddish, in English: "Lithuanians").
Some ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Weekday prayer services
Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers.
Various prayers are said upon arising; tzitzit (small garment with fringes) are donned at this time. The tallit (large prayer shawl) is donned before or during the actual prayer service, as are the tefillin (phylacteries); both are accompanied by blessings.
The service starts with the "morning blessings" (birkot ha-shachar), including blessings for the Torah (considered the most important ones). In Orthodox services this is followed by a series of readin ...
See also:Jewish services, Jewish services - The prayers and their origins, Jewish services - Backgrounds, Jewish services - Text and language, Jewish services - Quorum, Jewish services - Concentration, Jewish services - Weekday prayer services, Jewish services - Shacharit: morning prayers, Jewish services - Mincha: afternoon prayers, Jewish services - Ma'ariv or Arvit: evening prayers, Jewish services - Shabbat services, Jewish services - Friday night services, Jewish services - Saturday morning: Shacharit, Jewish services - Saturday morning additional service: Musaf, Jewish services - Saturday afternoon: Mincha, Jewish services - Saturday evening: Maariv, Jewish services - Services on Passover Shavuot and Sukkot, Jewish services - Related customs, Jewish services - Guide on etiquette for visitors Read more here: » Jewish services: Encyclopedia II - Jewish services - Weekday prayer services |
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Kabalistic Laws - Dietary law There is a custom not to eat fist and meat together. This law is stated in the Talmud as a sakanah, meaning danger, usually referring to a health risk. Nevertheless, since there is no known medical reason nowadays, some (most notably the Vilna Gaon) interpret the reason for this law kabalisticly.
There is a custom to have salt on the table while eating, especially on the Sabbath, because the table is kabalisticly compared to the altar in the Temple, and salt was brought with every sacrifice (Leviticus 2:13).
Some refrain from drinking wine or water that was uncovered, even for a short pe ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: 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 directly from the spiritual worlds, and has a deep emotional connection with the rises and falls a Kabbalist experiences in his coming in contact with the upper worlds. Many of his melodies are composed to Kabbalistic text fragments, such as Bnei Heichala (words by the ARI), Ki Hilatzta Nafshi (words by King David), Tzadik Ke Tamar Ifrach, Hasal Seder Pesach, Leag ...
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| | | | | Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Chabad-Lubavitch - Origin of name
Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad.
The names Chabad and Lubavitch each have a history. Chabad is a Hebrew acronym for Chochma ("wisdom"), Bina ("understanding"), and Da'as ("knowledge"), that was chosen early on by its founder, the first Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liadi. The name Chabad reflects the intellectual accessibility of the mystical teachings of the Kabbalah. In the seminal Hasidic work, Tanya, Rabbi Shneur Zalman defines "Chabad Hasidism" as "מוח שולט על הלב" (the mind rules ...
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