In Rabbinic literature the term Epikoros is used, without a specific reference to the Greek philosopher Epicurus, yet it seems apparent that the term was derived from his name.

Some identify two forms of gematria: the " revealed " form, which is prevalent in many hermeneutic methods found throughout Rabbinic literature, and the " mystical " form, a largely Kabbalistic practice.

In classic Rabbinic literature it differs from " Tzadik "-" righteous ", by instead denoting one who goes beyond the legal requirements of ritual and ethical Jewish observance in daily life.

According to the Rabbinic literature, Isaiah was a descendant of the royal house of Judah and Tamar ( Sotah 10b ).

Rabbinic literature also linked Isaac's blindness in old age, as stated in the Bible, to the sacrificial binding: Isaac's eyes went blind because the tears of angels present at the time of his sacrifice fell on Isaac's eyes.

* Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ) and 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.

Neusner has aimed to make Rabbinic literature useful to specialists in a variety of fields within the academic study of religion, as well as in ancient history, culture and Near and Middle Eastern Studies.

These teachings are thus held by followers in Judaism to define the inner meaning of both the Hebrew Bible and traditional Rabbinic literature, their formerly concealed transmitted dimension, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances.

Kabbalah is considered by its followers as a necessary part of the study of Torah – the study of Torah ( the Tanakh and Rabbinic literature ) being an inherent duty of observant Jews .< ref >

In Talmudic literature, there is evidence that this is the first book of the Tanakh taught in the Rabbinic system of education in Talmudic times.

In Rabbinic Judaism, an entire body of literature, collectively known as Kabbalah has been dedicated to the content eventually defined by some as occult science.

* the validity of secular knowledge including critical Jewish scholarship of Rabbinic literature and modern philosophical ideas

* Rabbinic literature

Rabbinic literature traditionally maintains that the institution of employing parchment made of animal hides for the writing of ritual objects such as the Torah, mezuzah, and tefillin is Sinaitic in origin, with special designations for different types of parchment such as gevil and klaf.

According to Rabbinic literature, God via the Torah commands Jews to observe ( refrain from forbidden activity ) and remember ( with words, thoughts, and actions ) the Shabbat, and these two actions are symbolized by the two Shabbat candles which are lit 18 to 40 minutes (" Tosefet Shabbat ") before the onset of Shabbat by Jewish women, usually the mother / wife, though men who live alone are required to do so themselves.

The three-part division reflected in the acronym " Tanakh " is well attested to in documents from the Second Temple period and in Rabbinic literature.

* Rabbinic literature

Etz Chaim is also a common name for yeshivas and synagogues as well as for works of Rabbinic literature.

Its scriptural exegesis can be considered an esoteric form of the Rabbinic literature known as Midrash, which elaborates on the Torah.

* Rabbinic literature

Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum of rabbinic writings throughout Jewish history.

This more specific sense of " Rabbinic literature "— referring to the Talmudim, Midrash ( Hebrew: מדרש ‎);, and related writings, but hardly ever to later texts — is how the term is generally intended when used in contemporary academic writing.

It includes a wide variety of variants from the Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, early Rabbinic literature and selected early mediaeval manuscripts.

Karaites use the lunar month and the solar year, but the Karaite calendar differs from the Rabbinic calendar in a number of ways.

The responsum cited several examples of how, in Spitz's view, the Rabbinic Sages declined to enforce punishments explicitly mandated by Torah law.

Neusner ’ s method of studying documents individually without contextualizing them with other Rabbinic documents of the same era or genre, led to a series of studies on the way Judaism creates categories of understanding and how those categories relate to one another, even as they emerge diversely in discrete rabbinic documents.

The commentary of Rashi cites a Rabbinic interpretation of how Leah's eyes became weak.

In the legal dimension of Orthodox Rabbinic literature, the issue of Tzniut is discussed in more technical terms: how much skin may a person expose, and so on.

Tzitzit are tassels composed of 4 strings for which Rabbinic Judaism offers three opinions as to how many are to be blue: 2 strings ; 1 string ; 1 half string.

There is a major dispute in the 17-18th century as to how to figure Rabbinic hours of the day.

He saw their roots in ancient Aggadic mystical articulation, by saying that this concealed form was how Kabbalah was taught orally before Shimon bar Yochai explained it, though the Tales are unique in Rabbinic literature.

Halakhic authorities may disagree on which laws fall into which categories or the circumstances ( if any ) under which prior Rabbinic rulings can be re-examined by contemporary rabbis, but all halakhic Jews hold that both categories exist and that the first category is immutable, with exceptions only for life-saving and similar emergency circumstances.

While mainstream Rabbinic Judaism is classically monotheistic and follows in the footsteps of the Aristotelian theologian Maimonides, the panentheistic conception of God can be found in certain Jewish mystical currents.

Complimentary or initially contradictory explanations of Jewish thought from Rabbinic Judaism, Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah can become synthesised into one unity.

* 2010: The International Rabbinic Fellowship, a fellowship of about 150 Orthodox rabbis, adopted a resolution stating that properly trained Orthodox Jewish women should have the opportunity to serve as " teachers of Torah ", " persons who can answer questions and provide guidance to both men and women in all areas of Jewish law in which they are well-versed ", " clergy who function as pastoral counselors ", " spiritual preachers and guides who teach classes and deliver divrei Torah and derashot, in the synagogue and out, both during the week and on Shabbatot and holidays ", " spiritual guides and mentors helping arrange and managing life-cycle events such as weddings, bar-and bat-mitzvah celebrations and funerals, while refraining from engaging in those aspects of these events that Halakha does not allow for women to take part in " and " presidents and full members of the boards of synagogues and other Torah institutions "; the resolution does not, however, mention whether these women should or can be ordained or what titles they can hold.

The dialects can be further sub-divided into Mishnaic Hebrew ( also called Tannaitic Hebrew, Early Rabbinic Hebrew, or Mishnaic Hebrew I ), which was a spoken language, and Amoraic Hebrew ( also called Late Rabbinic Hebrew or Mishnaic Hebrew II ), which was a literary language only.

The traditions of Rabbinic Judaism used in the knotting of the tzitzit are not followed, so the appearance of Karaite tzitzit can be quite different from that of Rabbanite tzitzit.

Every law of Kashruth, according to all Jewish Rabbinic authorities of the ages in a rare agreement, makes the assertion that the laws can be broken when any life is at stake.

Some modern scholars question whether the Great Assembly ever existed as an institution as such ; Rabbi Louis Jacobs, while not endorsing this view, remarks that " references in the Rabbinic literature to the Men of the Great Synagogue can be taken to mean that ideas, rules, and prayers, seen to be pre-Rabbinic but post-biblical, were often fathered upon them ".

Although his name does not appear in any other part of the Jewish Bible, Rabbinic tradition holds Habakkuk to be the Shunammite woman's son, who was restored to life by Elisha in 2 Kings 4: 16.

Established in 1996, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies became the first independent Jewish seminary to be established on the west coast.

Although worship of a trinity is considered to be not different from any other form of idolatry for Jews, it may be an acceptable belief for non-Jews ( according to the ruling of some Rabbinic authorities ).

Since about the 3rd century CE, the Jewish calendar has used the Anno Mundi epoch ( Latin for “ in the year of the world ,” abbreviated AM or A. M .; Hebrew ), sometimes referred to as the “ Hebrew era .” According to Rabbinic reckoning, the beginning of " year 1 " is not Creation, but about one year before Creation, with the new moon of its first month ( Tishrei ) to be called molad tohu ( the mean new moon of chaos or nothing ).

It is during this period that Rabbinic discourse began to be recorded in writing.

Originally she was believed to be either Rabbi Meir's wife mentioned above, or Rabbi Chaninyah's daughter mentioned above, however over the past 3-4 centuries Rabbinic scholars have realized that these generations do not correspond to Beruryah's law decisions, and life, therefore she today is just ' Beruryah ' and of heretofore unknown lineage.

The Rabbinic and modern Hebrew name for Christians, notzrim, is also thought to derive from Nazareth, and be connected with Tertullus ' charge against Paul of being a member of the sect of the Nazarenes, Nazoraioi, " men of Nazareth " in Acts.

There is a Rabbinic requirement that four cups of wine are to be drunk during the seder meal.

Some of Messianic Judaism considers its Sabbath to be kept according to Jewish doctrinal tradition, while most of Rabbinic Judaism disagrees.

It is during this period that Rabbinic discourse began to be recorded in writing.

On the other hand, some retort that Rabbinic Judaism is the heir of the Pharisees and that the verse should still be considered an attack on Judaism as a whole.

Rabbinic chronologists place the date of the destruction of the First Temple-considered the onset of the captivity-to be 3338 HC i. e. 423 BCE or 3358 HC i. e. 403 BCE while modern secular dating for it is 587 – 538 BCE.

The work further pointed out the discrepancies between biblical Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism ; he declared the latter to be an accumulation of mechanical ceremonies and practices.

The sages of the Talmud see a direct link between themselves and the Pharisees, and historians generally consider Pharisaic Judaism to be the progenitor of Rabbinic Judaism, that is normative, mainstream Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple.

According to the Torah and Rabbinic law lashes may be given for offenses that do not merit capital punishment, and may not exceed 40.

In the case of Talit however, this is a Rabbinic prohibition, because biblically, the mixture might be allowed for a Talit during the daytime ( however at nighttime there would be a transgression on behalf of the wearer ).

It is the Talmud, the authoritative oral tradition for Rabbinic Judaism, which explains what are to be bound to the body and the form of tefillin.

; Shabbat and Brit Milah ; Rabbinic supervision of Jewish owned businesses operating on Shabbat ; Should bakeries which are open on Shabbat be supervised?

According to Rabbinic tradition, the victorious Maccabees could only find a small jug of oil that had remained uncontaminated by virtue of a seal, and although it only contained enough oil to sustain the Menorah for one day, it miraculously lasted for eight days, by which time further oil could be procured.