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 >

Rabbinic literature differs as to how this love can be developed, e. g., by contemplating divine deeds or witnessing the marvels of nature.

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.

* The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, at the non-denominational American Jewish University in Los Angeles ;

By contrast, Rabbinic Judaism subsequently took the opposite view, espoused by Hillel, the leader of the other major Pharisee school of thought at the time ; in Hillel's view, men were allowed to divorce their wives for any reason.

According to Rabbinic Judaism the Torah was revealed by God to Moses ; within it, Jews find 613 Mitzvot ( commandments ).

In antiquity, the Sanhedrin functioned essentially as the Supreme Court and legislature for Judaism, and had the power to administer binding law, including both received law and its own Rabbinic decrees, on all Jews — rulings of the Sanhedrin became Halakha ; see Oral law.

Christianity survived, but by breaking with Judaism and becoming a separate religion ; the Pharisees survived but in the form of Rabbinic Judaism ( today, known simply as " Judaism ").

Some of the statement's more notable supporters are Rabbi Marc Angel, co-founder of The Rabbinic Fellowship ; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, founder of Lincoln Square Synagogue, Efrat, and Ohr Torah Stone Institutions ; and Rabbi Avi Weiss, head of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat, and co-founder of The Rabbinic Fellowship.

The intensity of debate spurred Catholic Church interventions against " heresy " and even a general confiscation of Rabbinic texts and in reaction, the defeat of the more radical interpretations of Maimonides and at least amongst Ashkenazi Jews, a tendency not so much to repudiate as simply to ignore the specifically philosophical writings and to stress instead the Rabbinic and halachic writings ; even these writings often included considerable philosophical chapters or discussions in support of halachic observance, as David Hartman observes Maimonides made clear " the traditional support for a philosophical understanding of God both in the Aggadah of Talmud and in the behavior of the hasid pious Jew " and so Maimonidean thought continues to influence traditionally observant Jews.

Rabbinic tradition holds that the people cited in both Talmuds did not have a hand in its writings ; rather, their teachings were edited into a rough form around 450 CE ( Talmud Yerushalmi ) and 550 CE ( Talmud Bavli.

The traditional Rabbinic view is that most of the Zohar and the parts included in it ( i. e. those parts mentioned above ) were written and compiled by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, but some parts preceded Rashbi and he used them ( such as Sifra deTzni ` uta ; see above ), and some parts were written or arranged in generations after Rashbi's passing ( for example, Tannaim after Rashbi's time are occasionally mentioned ).

Rabbinic Accolades ; the Importance of Studying Tikunei haZohar

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.

Most of the authorities quoted in the Mishnah lived after the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE ; it thus marks the beginning of the transition from Pharisaic to Rabbinic ( i. e. modern normative ) Judaism.

No single tractate of the key Rabbinic texts, the Mishnah and the Talmud, is devoted to theological issues ; these texts are concerned primarily with interpretations of Jewish law, and anecdotes about the sages and their values.

This shift by no means resolved conflicts over the interpretation of the Torah ; rather, it relocated debates between sects to debates within Rabbinic Judaism.

Learning at an Orthodox yeshiva includes Torah study ; the study of Rabbinic literature, especially the Talmud ( Rabbinic Judaism's central work ); and the study of Responsa for Jewish observance, and alternatively ethical ( Musar ) or mystical ( Hasidic philosophy ) texts.

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

Until modern Haskalah ( Jewish Enlightenment ) and Jewish Emancipation, Jewish philosophy was preoccupied with attempts to reconcile coherent new ideas into the tradition of Rabbinic Judaism ; thus organizing emergent ideas that are not necessarily Jewish into a uniquely Jewish scholastic framework and world-view.

: Adonai — often translated as " LORD ", it is read in place of YHWH ; Samaritans say Shema, which is Aramaic for " the Name " and is the exact equivalent of the Hebrew " ha-Shem ", which Rabbinic Jews substitute for " Adonai " in a non-liturgical context such as everyday speech.