Although there is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition.

Rabbi Trugman explains that it is through oral tradition that the meanings of the Torah, its commandments and stories, are known and understood.

In To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks states that social justice has a central place in Judaism.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz writes that " If the Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, then the Talmud is the central pillar ... No other work has had a comparable influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life, shaping influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life " and states:

A classical rabbinic work, Avoth de-Rabbi Natan, states: " One time, when Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai was walking in Jerusalem with Rabbi Yehosua, they arrived at where the Temple in Jerusalem now stood in ruins.

One account, by Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela dating from 1163 CE, states that after passing through an iron door, and descending, the caves would be encountered.

Rabbi Obadiah of Bertinoro writing in 1488, states " the Westen Wall, part of which is still standing, is made of great, thick stones, larger than any I have seen in buildings of antiquity in Rome or in other lands.

Chayey Moharan # 266 states Rabbi Nachman said " All the benefits Messiah can do for Israel, I can do ; the only difference is Messiah will decree and it will happen, but I -- ( and he stopped and did not say more ) version: I cannot finish yet "

Rabbi, states " Whatever you hate to have done unto you, do not do to your neighbor ; wherefore do not hurt him ; do not speak ill of him ; do not reveal his secrets to others ; let his honor and his property be as dear to thee as thine own " ( Midrash Avot deRabbi Natan.

As the Mishna in Tractate Peah ( 1: 1 ) states: " The study of Torah is equal to all of the mitzvos ", the Gaon encouraged his chief pupil, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin, to found a yeshiva ( college ) in which rabbinic literature should be taught.

Therefore, Rabbi Bigman states, " There is no prohibition whatsoever of innocent singing ; rather, only singing intended for sexual stimulation, or flirtatious singing, is forbidden.

The organisation also states the following have been released as a result of their campaigning: Mallam Turi, Zeenah Ibrahim from Nigeria ; Sheikh Al-Jamri, Bahrain ; Huda Kaya, Bekir Yildiz, Recep Tayyep Erdogan, Nurilhak Saatcioglu, Nurcihan Saatioglu, Turkey ; Sheikh Ahmed Yassine, Abdul Aziz Rantissi, Rabbi Biton, Sheikh Abdulkareem Obeid, Mustafa Dirani from Israeli detention ; Mohammed Mahdi Akef, Egypt ; Dr. Muhammad Osman Elamin, Sudan ; Cehl Meeah, Mauritius ; Abbasi Madani and Ali Behadj, Algeria.

However, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn states that the status of ger toshav will continue to exist, even in the Messianic era.

The film is mentioned when Rabbi Krustofski states, " Oh, if you were a musician or a jazz singer, this I could forgive!

( Above it states that he left commerce and became a Rabbi in 1830.

While the date of the first settlement of Jews in the regions the Romans called Germania Superior, Germania Inferior, and Germania Magna is not known, the first authentic document relating to a large and well-organized Jewish community in these regions dates from 321 and refers to Cologne on the Rhine .— have been renovated and opened, and Berlin's annual week of Jewish culture and the Jewish Cultural Festival in Berlin, held for the 21st time, featuring concerts, exhibitions, public readings and discussions can only partially explain why Rabbi Yitzhak Ehrenberg of the orthodox Jewish community in Berlin states: " Orthodox Jewish life is alive in Berlin again.

The Midrash Rabbah states that Rabbi Bar Kappera was of the opinion that mourning should peak on the third day.

In Aruch HaShulchan, Rabbi Epstein cites the source of each law as found in the Talmud and Maimonides, and states the halakhic decision as found in the Shulchan Aruch with the glosses of Rema.

The Talmud states that during the time of Rabbi Akiva, 24, 000 of his students died from a divinely sent plague during the counting of the Omer.

Rabbi David Feldman states that the Talmud discusses the time of ensoulment, but considers the question unanswerable and irrelevant to the abortion question.

In the Midrash on Psalms 118 it states that Bruriah taught her husband, Rabbi Meir, to pray for the repentance of the wicked, rather than for their destruction.

Some claim the tradition that Rabbi Shimon wrote that the concealment of the Zohar would last for exactly 1200 years from the time of destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

An important alteration in the wording of the Kol Nidre was made by Rashi's son-in-law, Rabbi Meir ben Samuel ( early 12th century ), who changed the original phrase " from the last Day of Atonement until this one " to " from this Day of Atonement until the next.

It was one of the last boats to cross the Atlantic before the U-boat blockade began, and joined his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York.

His father, Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik ( note different spelling of last name ), preceded him as head of the RIETS rabbinical school at Yeshiva University.

After the passing of Rabbi Moshe Sherer, its last significant " lay " leader, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow who is also the Novominsker rebbe and a member of the Moetzet, was appointed as the Rosh Agudat Yisrael (" Head of Agudath Israel ").

Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, tended by his yeshiva students, in the British Mandate of Palestine in his last years.

A top follower of Rabbi Shneur Zalman, Rabbi Aharon HaLevi Horowitz, established a rival Chabad school in Strashelye, which did not last after his death.

His five main, last remaining students were Judah bar Ilai, Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua, Jose ben Halafta and Shimon bar Yochai.

Rabbi Ephraim Greenblatt approvingly cites the Rashba, who holds that the last set of Blessings are on the Shema, based on the rulings of Maimonides.

As much as he would have liked to put these last two Jubilees fourteen years earlier in order to be consistent with his idée fixe, Rabbi Yose could not do it because he knew these were historical dates, not dates that came from his own calculation.

In 1921 the last rabbi was appointed, Rabbi Shmaiya HaLevi Steinberg.

* Rabbi Meir Weingarten, last rabbi of Konskie, appointed in 1922 and murdered in Treblinka,

Despite a delay after the death of Rabbi Moshe Hebroni, the last of the previous generation, the yeshiva moved into a new and larger campus in the south-central Givat Mordechai neighbourhood in 1975.

It could not have been written earlier than the time of Rabbi Yehudah bar Elaay ( circa 170 CE ) who is the last tanna to be quoted therein.

He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Boruch Mordechai Perlow ( 1818 – 1870 ), grandson, Rabbi Aharon Perlow ( 1839 – 1897 ), and great-grandson, Rabbi Yosef Perlow of Koidanov-Minsk ( 1854-1915 ), who was the last Koidanover Rebbe to live in the town.

Well-known institutions within Flatbush include Erasmus Hall High School, Parade Grounds, the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn College, and Ebbets Field ( demolished in 1960 ), the last Brooklyn home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, as well as Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and the Mirrer Yeshiva.

The first was his uncle Titus, who was blamed for the destruction of the Second Temple ; the second was the seer Balaam, hired by Balak king of Moab to curse Israel ; and the last was Yeshu, a name used for those who sought to lead Jews astray to idolatry, in particular an idolatrous former student of Rabbi Joshua ben Perachiah in the Hasmonean period as well as king Manasseh of Judah.

Among the longer are “ A Roman Lawyer in Jerusalem ” ( a rehabilitation of Judas Iscariot ), “ A Jewish Rabbi in Rome ,” “ The Tragedy of Nero ” and “ Ginevra di Siena .” The last named, with “ Cleopatra ,” was included in his Graffiti d ' Italia, a collection published in 1868.

Jacobs became Moral Tutor at Jews ' College, London, where he taught Talmud and homiletics during the last years of Rabbi Dr. Isidore Epstein's tenure as principal.

In analyzing, there are five different Hebrew names used to describe five different groups of people involved in the transaction of selling Joseph, according to Rabbi Judah and Rav Huna.

Rabbi Eliashiv wanted the five MKs to have a three-month " waiting period " before accepting jobs in the government.

The line of succession was saved by Rabbi Yehuda ben Bava's martyrdom: he took no other rabbis with him, and five students of the recently martyred Rabbi Akiva, to a mountain pass far from any settlement or farm, and this one Rabbi ordained all five students.

Hence, semikhah is also granted from one Rabbi to a new Rabbi, without the need of two witnesses, and the above five Rabbis carried on this tradition.

This attempt was intended to be an improvement on Rabbi Jacob Berab's attempt by contacting seven hundred rabbis across Israel, as opposed to Jacob Berab's election by twenty five rabbis of Safed.

* Teachers are subdivided into five " degrees :" Rabboni, Rabbi, Doctor, Ruler, and Teacher.

* ( five NPR clips, including: " History of the USAT Dorchester "; " Audio Clip of Rabbi Wife "; " Audio Clip of Survivors "; and " Speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu " excerpted from his speech at The Immortal Chaplains Foundation's 1999 Prize for Humanity ceremony )

After the death of Rabbi Akiva's 24, 000 students, Rabbi Akiva taught five students, among them Rabbi Shimon.

The works on the Mishneh Torah and first five books of the Hebrew Bible which Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik authored were titled Beis HaLevi ( Hebrew for " House of the Levites ").

Rabbi Melchior and his wife Hanna, an occupational therapist, have five children and eleven grandchildren.

While the normal service might be two or three hours long, Rabbi Aharon frequently drew the service out for five or more hours.

Rabbi Hanina ben Gamaliel said that each tablet contained five commandments, " but the Sages say ten on one tablet and ten on the other ".

After the death of Rabbi Akiva's 24, 000 students, he taught just five students, among them Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.