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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad today

Chabad-Lubavitch - Emissaries. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, after becoming Rebbe, and following an initiative of the previous Rebbe, spurred the movement on to what has become known as shlichus (outreach work). As a result, Chabad shluchim (emissaries, sing. shaliach) have moved all over the world with a mission of helping all Jews, regardless of denomination or affiliation, with all their needs, physical assistance and spiritual, to learn more about their Jew ...

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Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch - The Leaders of Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Origin of name, Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch - History of the movement, Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad today, Chabad-Lubavitch - Emissaries, Chabad-Lubavitch - The Chabad House, Chabad-Lubavitch - Mitzvot campaigns, Chabad-Lubavitch - Outreach activities, Chabad-Lubavitch - Customs of Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Influence on the Jewish world, Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversies, Chabad-Lubavitch - History of controversy, Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversy during the seventh Rebbe's life, Chabad-Lubavitch - Relationship between God the Rebbe and his followers, Chabad-Lubavitch - Various forms of messianism, Chabad-Lubavitch - References and further reading

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Proselytism

The English language word proselytism is derived ultimately from the Greek language verb προσέρχομαι 'to approach, to come toward'. It generally describes attempts to convert a person from one point of view to another, usually in a religious context. Religious conversion - History. In the Bible, the word proselyte denotes a person who has converted to Judaism, without overtly negative overtones. In our day, however, the connotations of the word proselytism are almost exclusively negative. ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults

Conversion to new religious movements (NRM's) is riddled with controversies. The anti-cult movement sometimes uses the term thought reform or even brainwashing, though the latter term has now become discredited. Often they will call certain NRM's cults. However, the definition of a cult has become so broad in many instances it is almost meaningless and is used to define anything outside Orthodoxy. NRMs are very diverse and it is not clear whether conversion to NRMs differs from conversi ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity

Telling non-Christians about Christianity has been seen as a duty of Christians since the time of Jesus. According to the New Testament, Jesus commanded his disciples to "go into the world and make disciples of all nations". Evangelism, or 'spreading the Good News' has been a central part of the life of Christians since that time. In Christianity conversion is properly seen as the work of God. Humans may preach and tea ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam

One becomes a Muslim by believing Allah (Allah is the unique name of God in Islam) is the only God and Muhammad is Allah 's messenger. A person is considered a Muslim from the moment he sincerely makes this witness, the shahada. Of course a new Muslim has to familiarize himself/herself with the practices of Islam, but there is no formal requirement for that. It is a personal process; acceptance of all of that is taken to follow from the original statement, since all of Islam is considered to derive from either ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Chabad-Lubavitch - Customs of Chabad

Chabad has specific minhagim (customs) that distinguish it from other Hasidic groups. For example, in contrast with other Hasidic sects, most Chabad hassidim since moving it's headquarters to America do not wear shtreimels (fur hats worn) on special days and occasions. However, some Lubavitcher Hasidim in Jerusalem continue to wear a shtreimel, as is the old custom of Jerusalem. Many Chabadniks from Russia continued to wear the Kasket, a Russian cap, ev ...

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Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch - The Leaders of Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Origin of name, Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch - History of the movement, Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad today, Chabad-Lubavitch - Emissaries, Chabad-Lubavitch - The Chabad House, Chabad-Lubavitch - Mitzvot campaigns, Chabad-Lubavitch - Outreach activities, Chabad-Lubavitch - Customs of Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Influence on the Jewish world, Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversies, Chabad-Lubavitch - History of controversy, Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversy during the seventh Rebbe's life, Chabad-Lubavitch - Relationship between God the Rebbe and his followers, Chabad-Lubavitch - Various forms of messianism, Chabad-Lubavitch - References and further reading

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Chabad-Lubavitch - Influence on the Jewish world

Chabad has had a notable influence on Haredi entertainment. Singing rabbi Shlomo Carlebach who was once affiliated with Chabad, and popular singers such as Avraham Fried and children's entertainer Uncle Moshie attract sizable crowds on their tours and have popularized many melodies for various Jewish occasions. Chabad pioneered the post-War kiruv rechokim ("outreach") movement which spread the message of authentic Judaism to many assimilated Jews worldwide, leading to a substantial number of baalei teshuva ("returnees" t ...

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Chabad-Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch - The Leaders of Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Origin of name, Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Lubavitch, Chabad-Lubavitch - History of the movement, Chabad-Lubavitch - Chabad today, Chabad-Lubavitch - Emissaries, Chabad-Lubavitch - The Chabad House, Chabad-Lubavitch - Mitzvot campaigns, Chabad-Lubavitch - Outreach activities, Chabad-Lubavitch - Customs of Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch - Influence on the Jewish world, Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversies, Chabad-Lubavitch - History of controversy, Chabad-Lubavitch - Controversy during the seventh Rebbe's life, Chabad-Lubavitch - Relationship between God the Rebbe and his followers, Chabad-Lubavitch - Various forms of messianism, Chabad-Lubavitch - References and further reading

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Vilna Gaon: 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 Jewish continuity extending back to the giving of the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai. It believes that two guides to Jewish law were given to the Israelites at that time: the first, known as Torah she-bi-khtav, or the "Written Law" is the Tanakh (Jewish Bible) as we know it today; the second, known as Torah she-ba'al peh ("Oral Law"), is the exposition as relayed ...

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Haredi Judaism, Haredi Judaism - Practices and beliefs, Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha, Haredi Judaism - Lifestyle and family, Haredi Judaism - Dress, Haredi Judaism - History, Haredi Judaism - Modern origins, Haredi Judaism - Effects of the Holocaust, Haredi Judaism - Present day, Haredi Judaism - Israel, Haredi Judaism - United States, Haredi Judaism - United Kingdom, Haredi Judaism - Organizations, Haredi Judaism - Rabbinical leaders, Haredi Judaism - Surname, Haredi Judaism - External link

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Vilna Gaon: 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 live in closed communities, where their culture and religious observances persevered, no less because of internal pressure within their own community as because of the refusal of the outside world to accept them. In a predominantly Christian society, the only way for Jews to gain social acceptance was to convert, thereby abandoning all ties with one's own family and community. There was very little middle ground, especially in the ghetto, for people to negotiate betwe ...

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Haredi Judaism, Haredi Judaism - Practices and beliefs, Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha, Haredi Judaism - Lifestyle and family, Haredi Judaism - Dress, Haredi Judaism - History, Haredi Judaism - Modern origins, Haredi Judaism - Effects of the Holocaust, Haredi Judaism - Present day, Haredi Judaism - Israel, Haredi Judaism - United States, Haredi Judaism - United Kingdom, Haredi Judaism - Organizations, Haredi Judaism - Rabbinical leaders, Haredi Judaism - Surname, Haredi Judaism - External link

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin - Views and influence

Rabbi Berlin had a traditionalist approach to Torah study that was at odds with the highly analytical style of lomdus ("learned intellectual analysis") that was poineered by Soloveitchik. Politically, he favored Jewish settlement of Palestine, then under the control of the Ottoman Empire; he was initially a member of the Chovevei Tzion movement (founded by his contemporary Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher), but later distanced himself from them. ...

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Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin - Biography, Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin - Views and influence, Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin - Bibliography, Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin - Sources

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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 by Orthodox and Conservative congregations. A fifth prayer (ne'ilah), is only recited on Yom Kippur. According to the Talmud (tractate Taanit 2a), prayer is a Biblical command: "You shall serve God with your whole heart (Deuteronomy 11:13) - What service is perf ...

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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

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Jonathan Eybeschutz - Controversy

Eybeschutz was not without controversy. In Prague, he had many contacts with priests and the intelligentsia, debating religious topics and matters of faith. He became friendly with Cardinal Hassebauer and also discussed religious questions with him. Through the help of the cardinal, Eybeschutz received permission to print the Talmud - but with the omission of all passages contradicting the principles of Christianity. This angered the rabbi ...

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Jonathan Eybeschutz, Jonathan Eybeschutz - Biography, Jonathan Eybeschutz - Controversy, Jonathan Eybeschutz - Works

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte

See also the main article proselyte A person who has undergone conversion is called a convert or proselyte. A proselyte (from the Latin word proselytus which in turn comes from the Greek word προσήλυτος, proselytos meaning "someone who has found his/her place") is in general a title given to a person who has fully embraced a certain religion, world view, ideology, metaphysics, ontology et cetera. On the historical meaning of the Greek word, Acts of Pilate, roughly dated from 150 to 4 ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines religious conversion as a human right: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, ...." (Article 18). Based on the declaration the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) drafted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a legally binding treaty. It states that "Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Talmud - The two Talmuds

There is only one Mishnah but there are two distinct Gemaras: the Yerushalmi and the Bavli, and two corresponding Talmuds. (Today the word "Talmud", when used without qualification, refers to the Babylonian Talmud.) Talmud - Talmud Yerushalmi Jerusalem Talmud. The Gemara here is a synopsis of almost 200 years of analysis of the Mishna in the Academies in Israel. Due to the location of the Academies, the agricultural laws of the Land of Israel are discussed in great detail. It was redacted in the yea ...

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Talmud, Talmud - Structure and function, Talmud - Mishna and Gemara, Talmud - Orders and tractates, Talmud - Form and style, Talmud - Halakha and Aggadah, Talmud - The two Talmuds, Talmud - Talmud Yerushalmi Jerusalem Talmud, Talmud - Talmud Bavli Babylonian Talmud, Talmud - Comparison of style and subject matter, Talmud - Attitude to the Talmud within Judaism, Talmud - Karaism, Talmud - Talmudic Study and Kabbalah, Talmud - The Enlightenment, Talmud - Jews in Western culture, Talmud - The Talmud in modern-day 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, Talmud - The Daf Yomi Daily Page, Talmud - Translations, Talmud - Translations of Talmud Bavli, Talmud - Translations of Talmud Yerushalmi

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Shulkhan Arukh - Shulkhan Arukh

Karo wrote the Shulkhan Arukh in his old age, for the benefit of those who did not possess the education necessary to understand the Beth Yosef. The arrangement of this work is the same as that adopted by Jacob ben Asher in his Arba'ah Turim, but more concise; nor are any authorities given. This book, which for centuries was, and essentially still is, "the code" of rabbinical Judaism for all ritual and legal questions that obtained after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, has a remarkable history. The author him ...

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Shulkhan Arukh, Shulkhan Arukh - Structure, Shulkhan Arukh - Beth Yosef, Shulkhan Arukh - Its premise and style, Shulkhan Arukh - The standard authorities, Shulkhan Arukh - Shulkhan Arukh, Shulkhan Arukh - Isserles and other criticism, Shulkhan Arukh - Page layout, Shulkhan Arukh - Commentaries, Shulkhan Arukh - Later collations

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Vilna Gaon: 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 the Baal Shem Tov, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal), the Vilna Gaon and Sar Shalom Sharabi (the Rashash) offered their interpretation of Luria’s teaching. Ashlag’s system focused on the transformation of human consciousness from a state of desiring to receive, to desiring to give. This path of transf ...

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Yehuda Ashlag, Yehuda Ashlag - Biography, Yehuda Ashlag - Poland, Yehuda Ashlag - Israel, Yehuda Ashlag - Books, Yehuda Ashlag - Teachings, Yehuda Ashlag - Music, Yehuda Ashlag - Philip Berg, Yehuda Ashlag - Baruch Ashlag, Yehuda Ashlag - Michael Laitman, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's sons, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's students direct and indirect, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's books, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's articles, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's followers today

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Vilna Gaon: 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 the seminal works of 16th century great Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria (the ARI). This is a comprehensive exposition of the system of the Upper Worlds, Partzufim and Sefirot, in the scientific language of Kabbalah which was developed by the ARI. As a core Kabbalistic text, it is especially unique in its utmost precision to detail to the structural organization and processes ...

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Yehuda Ashlag, Yehuda Ashlag - Biography, Yehuda Ashlag - Poland, Yehuda Ashlag - Israel, Yehuda Ashlag - Books, Yehuda Ashlag - Teachings, Yehuda Ashlag - Music, Yehuda Ashlag - Philip Berg, Yehuda Ashlag - Baruch Ashlag, Yehuda Ashlag - Michael Laitman, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's sons, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's students direct and indirect, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's books, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's articles, Yehuda Ashlag - Ashlag's followers today

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Pale of Settlement - History

For more information about life in the Pale, see: History of the Jews in Poland and History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union The Pale was first created by Catherine the Great in 1791, after several failed attempts by her predecessors, notably the Empress Elizabeth, to remove Jews from Russia entirely unless they converted to Russian Orthodoxy. The reasons for its creation were primarily economic and nationalist. While Russian society had traditionally been divided mainly into nobles, serfs and clergy, industrial progr ...

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Pale of Settlement, Pale of Settlement - History, Pale of Settlement - Life in the Pale, Pale of Settlement - Territories of the Pale, Pale of Settlement - 1791, Pale of Settlement - 1794, Pale of Settlement - 1795, Pale of Settlement - 1805-1835, Pale of Settlement - Final

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Pale of Settlement - Territories of the Pale

The Pale of Settlement included the following areas. Pale of Settlement - 1791. Ukase of Catherine II, December 23, 1791 Belarus: Mogilev guberniya Polotsk guberniya (was later reorganized into Vitebsk guberniya) Novorossiya: Yekaterinoslav namestnichestvo (viceroyalty) Tavrida oblast (Crimea) < ...

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Pale of Settlement, Pale of Settlement - History, Pale of Settlement - Life in the Pale, Pale of Settlement - Territories of the Pale, Pale of Settlement - 1791, Pale of Settlement - 1794, Pale of Settlement - 1795, Pale of Settlement - 1805-1835, Pale of Settlement - Final

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Shulkhan Arukh - Isserles and other criticism

Immediately upon the appearance of Karo's Beth Yosef, Rabbi Moses Isserles (the Rema) wrote his Darkei Mosheh, a moderately expressed but severe criticism of Karo's great work. In place of Karo's three standard authorities, Isserles brings forward "the later authorities" (chiefly based on the works of Yaakov Moelin, Israel Isserlein and Israel Bruna, together with the Franco-German Tosafists) as criteria of opinion (Darkei Mosheh to Yoreh De'ah, 35). While the Rosh on many occasions based his decision on these sources, I ...

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Shulkhan Arukh, Shulkhan Arukh - Structure, Shulkhan Arukh - Beth Yosef, Shulkhan Arukh - Its premise and style, Shulkhan Arukh - The standard authorities, Shulkhan Arukh - Shulkhan Arukh, Shulkhan Arukh - Isserles and other criticism, Shulkhan Arukh - Page layout, Shulkhan Arukh - Commentaries, Shulkhan Arukh - Later collations

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Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia II - Shulkhan Arukh - Page layout

Since the 17th century, the Shulkhan Arukh has been printed with Isserles' annotations in small print interspersed with Karo's text. As the commentaries on the work proliferated, more sophisticated printing styles were required, similar to those of the Talmud. References are given in two ways; those to the Shulkhan Arukh are found in the later work Be'er ha-Golah, and those to Isserles' work are in brackets after the latter's comments. There is disagreement on the authorship of the references to Isserles ...

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Shulkhan Arukh, Shulkhan Arukh - Structure, Shulkhan Arukh - Beth Yosef, Shulkhan Arukh - Its premise and style, Shulkhan Arukh - The standard authorities, Shulkhan Arukh - Shulkhan Arukh, Shulkhan Arukh - Isserles and other criticism, Shulkhan Arukh - Page layout, Shulkhan Arukh - Commentaries, Shulkhan Arukh - Later collations

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