This book is also held in esteem by Jews who fall under the category of Jews-by-choice, as is evidenced by the considerable presence of Boaz in rabbinic literature.

Examining Jewish history and rabbinic literature through the lens of academic criticism, Conservative Judaism believes that halakha has always evolved to meet the changing realities of Jewish life, and that it must continue to do so in the modern age.

Siegel believed such change could occur when halakhah and aggadah, the wealth of non-legalistic rabbinic literature that included lessons on Jewish morals, values, and ethics, came into conflict.

Much is written about these topics in rabbinic literature.

Classical rabbinic literature in the Mishnah Avot 3: 14 has this teaching:

He appears in numerous stories and references in the Haggadah and rabbinic literature, including the Babylonian Talmud.

Some statements found in rabbinic literature ( Radak – R. David Kimkhi – in his commentary on Ezekiel 1: 3, based on Targum Yerushalmi ) posits that Ezekiel was the son of Jeremiah, who was ( also ) called " Buzi " because he was despised by the Jews.

Halakha constitutes the practical application of the 613 mitzvot (" commandments ", singular: mitzvah ) in the Torah, ( the five books of Moses, the " Written Law ") as developed through discussion and debate in the classical rabbinic literature, especially the Mishnah and the Talmud ( the " Oral law "), and as codified in the Mishneh Torah or Shulchan Aruch ( the Jewish " Code of Law ".

Controversies lend rabbinic literature much of its creative and intellectual appeal.

Broadly, the Halakha comprises the practical application of the commandments ( each one known as a mitzvah ) in the Torah, as developed in subsequent rabbinic literature ; see The Mitzvot and Jewish Law.

* Works of the Talmudic Era ( classic rabbinic literature )

In rabbinic Jewish literature Joshua is regarded as a faithful, humble, deserving, wise man.

Category: Biblical characters in rabbinic literature

In rabbinic literature, the Rabbis elaborated and explained the prophecies that were found in the Hebrew Bible along with the oral law and Rabbinic traditions about its meaning.

* Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania

Legends of the Jews is an original synthesis of a vast amount of aggadah from all of classical rabbinic literature, as well as apocryphal, pseudopigraphical and even early Christian literature, with legends ranging from the creation of the world and the fall of Adam, through a huge collection of legends on Moses, and ending with the story of Esther and the Jews in Persia.

Ginzberg had an encyclopedic knowledge of all rabbinic literature, and his masterwork included a massive array of aggadot.

These midrashim are sometimes referred to as aggadah or haggadah, a loosely defined term that may refer to all non-legal discourse in classical rabbinic literature.

Orthodox Judaism, as it exists today, is an outgrowth that claims to extend from the time of Moses, to the time of the Mishnah and Talmud, through the development of oral law and rabbinic literature, until the present time.

According to Orthodox Judaism, Jewish law today is based on the commandments in the Torah, as viewed through the discussions and debates contained in classical rabbinic literature, especially the Mishnah and the Talmud.

In rabbinic literature, the souls of all humanity are described as being created during the six days of creation ( Book of Genesis ).

The role of women in Judaism is determined by the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law ( the corpus of rabbinic literature ), by custom, and by non-religious cultural factors.

Although the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature mention various female role models, religious law treats women differently in various circumstances.

While few women are mentioned by name in rabbinic literature, and none are known to have authored a rabbinic work, those who are mentioned are portrayed as having a strong influence on their husbands, and occasionally having a public persona.

The three volumes of this work are a study of classical rabbinic theology and aggadah, as opposed to halakha ( Jewish law.

In the rabbinic literatures of the Talmud and the Jewish Kabbalah, the scholars agree that there are two types of spiritual places called Garden in Eden.

Originally, the two ideas of immortality and resurrection were different but in rabbinic thought they are combined: the soul departs from the body at death but is returned to it at the resurrection.

This idea is linked to another rabbinic teaching, that men's good and bad actions are rewarded and punished not in this life but after death, whether immediately or at the subsequent resurrection.

Under contemporary Israeli law, however, certain areas of Israeli family and personal status law are under the authority of the rabbinic courts and are therefore treated according to Halakha.

The Birkat Ha-Mitzwot evokes the consciousness of holiness at a rabbinic rite, but the objects employed in the majority of these rites are non-holy and of general character, while the several holy objects are non-theurgic.

According to rabbinic tradition there are 613 commandments in the Torah.

Many of these groups have developed differences in their prayers, traditions and accepted canons ; however these distinctions are mainly the result of their being formed at some cultural distance from normative ( rabbinic ) Judaism, rather than based on any doctrinal dispute.

These terms are generally used to describe the rabbinic fasts, although tzom is used liturgically to refer to Yom Kippur as well.

The language of the prayers, while clearly being from the Second Temple period, often employs Biblical idiom, and according to some authorities it should not contain rabbinic or Mishnaic idiom apart from in the sections of Mishnah that are featured ( see Baer ).

These four are all roshei yeshiva ( i. e., rabbinic leaders ) at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, the largest and most influential Modern Orthodox rabbinic program in America.

As such, most Conservative rabbis outside the USA are exercising their authority as local rabbinic authorities ( mara d ' atra ) to reject the more liberal responsa.

There is no single rabbinic body to which all rabbis are expected to belong, or any one organization representing member congregations.

Abba Arikka ( 175 – 247 ) ( Talmudic Aramaic: ; born: Abba bar Aybo, Hebrew: רבי אבא בר איבו ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Sassanid Babylonia, known as an amora ( commentator on the Oral Law ) of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud.

The combined book Ezra-Nehemiah of the earliest Christian and Jewish period was known as Ezra and was probably attributed to him ; according to a rabbinic tradition, however, Nehemiah was the real author but was forbidden to claim authorship because of his bad habit of disparaging others.

* Conservative Judaism, known as Masorti outside the United States and Canada, is characterized by a commitment to traditional Jewish laws and customs, including observance of Shabbat and kashrut, a deliberately non-fundamentalist teaching of Jewish principles of faith, a positive attitude toward modern culture, and an acceptance of both traditional rabbinic and modern scholarship when considering Jewish religious texts.

The Medieval rabbinic figure Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ), also known as the Rambam, wrote a commentary to tractate Sanhedrin stressing a relatively naturalistic interpretation of the Messiah and de-emphasizing miraculous elements.

The Mishnah reflects debates between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE by the group of rabbinic sages known as the Tannaim.

The Jews who did not accept any fundamental changes in rabbinic Judaism became known as Orthodox.

A second historical argument has been presented to the effect that the two instances of a Jubilee mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud ( tractates Arakin 12a and Megillah 14b ) appear to be proper historical remembrances, because the known calculation methods of rabbinic scholarship were incapable of correctly calculating the dates of the Jubilees mentioned.

The best known rabbinic text associated with ethics is the non-legal Mishnah tractate of Avot, popularly translated as Ethics of the Fathers.

Generally, ethics is a key aspect of non-legal rabbinic literature, known as aggadah, and ethical teachings are found throughout the more legal ( halakahic ) portions of the Mishnah, Talmud and other rabbinic literature.

The tradition of rabbinic religious law ( known as halakhah ) addresses numerous problems often associated with ethics, including its semi-permeable relation with duties that are usually not punished under law.

The best known rabbinic text associated with ethics is the non-legal Mishnah tractate of Avot (“ forefathers ”), popularly translated as “ Ethics of the Fathers ”.

Generally, ethics is a key aspect of non-legal rabbinic literature, known as aggadah.

* Shraga Feivel Hager, also known as the Kosover Rebbe ; rebbe of the Kosov Hasidic dynasty, Dayan (" rabbinic judge "), and orator

He is best known for his translations of Jewish rabbinic literature from Arabic to Hebrew.

: Best known for his translations of Jewish rabbinic literature from Arabic to Hebrew, he was an adherent of Maimonides and his interpretation of the Bible, and is famous for his translations and writings on the philosophy of Maimonides.

The rabbinic commentator, Meir Loeb ben Jehiel Michael ( 1809 – 1879 ) known as the Malbim, basing himself on the commentary of Rabbi David ben Joseph Kimhi ( the Radak, 13th century ) says:

The " Brisk dynasty " and their followers ( known as " Briskers ") are known for a tendency towards strictness in the Halakha ( Jewish law ); if there is ever a doubt between two rabbinic opinions, the " Brisk way " is more likely to follow the more stringent one.

There were four types of capital punishment, known as mitath beth din ( execution by the rabbinic court ).

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, ( b. Mir, Russia, 1816-d. Warsaw, Poland, August 10, 1893 ), also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, and commonly known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodox rabbi, dean of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania.