His research illustrates a unique usage of pilpulistic and Talmudic investigation.

Abba Mari possessed considerable Talmudic knowledge and some poetical talent ; but his zeal for the Law made him an agitator and a persecutor of all the advocates of liberal thought.

In 1965, he founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications and began his monumental work on the Talmud, including translation into Hebrew, English, Russian, and various other languages.

Within Talmudic literature, Jewish law is divided into the six orders of the Mishnah, which are categories by proximate subject matter: Zeraim (" Seeds ") for agricultural laws and prayer, Moed (" Festival "), for the Sabbath and the Festivals, Nashim (" Women "), dealing primarily with marriage and divorce, Nezikin (" Damages "), for civil and criminal law, Kodashim (" Holy things "), for sacrifices and the dietary laws, and Tohorot (" Purities ") for ritual purity.

For instance, he does not hesitate to reproach the rabbis of his day for their general neglect not only of the thorough study, but even of the obligatory perusal, of the Bible, charging them with a preference for Talmudic dialectics.

In the Talmudic era the title mashiach or מלך המשיח, ( in the Tiberian vocalization pronounced ), literally meaning " the anointed King ", is referred to the human Jewish leader and king who will redeem Israel in the end of days and who will usher in a messianic era of peace and prosperity for both the living and the deceased.

* Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the Maharal, important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher who served as a leading rabbi in Prague ( now in the Czech Republic ) for most of his life

The responsum invoked the Talmudic principle of kavod habriyot, which the authors translated as " human dignity ", as authority for this approach.

His translation technique utilizes a " Harvard-outline " format which attempts to make the argument flow of Rabbinic texts easier to understand for those unfamiliar with Talmudic reasoning.

* Resources > Second Temple and Talmudic Era > Flavius Josephus The Jewish History Resource Center — Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Orthodox Jewish authorities had little difficulty with the issue, because based on Talmudic sources virtually all agreed that grape juice was an acceptable substitute,, though some questioned whether it was acceptable for the Passover seder.

In some words in Hebrew there is a choice of whether to use a mater lectionis or not, and in modern printed texts matres lectionis are sometimes used even for short vowels, which is considered to be grammatically incorrect, though instances are found as far back as Talmudic times.

This center houses the Schocken Center for Jewish Research, and the Saul Lieberman Institute for Talmudic Research.

* Saul Lieberman Institute for Talmudic Research

Menachem Begin was born to Zeev Dov and Hassia Biegun in Brest-Litovsk ( Brest ), a town then part of the Russian Empire which was known for its Talmudic scholars.

However, other Talmudic commentaries ( Tosafot ) say that such liquids only produce a leavening reaction within flour if they themselves have had water added to them and otherwise the dough they produce is completely permissible for consumption during Passover, whether or not made according to the laws applying to matzot.

Perhaps in our generation the counsel of our Talmudic sages may seem superfluous, for today the story of our enslavement in Egypt is kept alive not only by ritualistic symbolism, but even more so by tragic realism.

Emden argued that the Zohar misquotes passages of Scripture ; misunderstands the Talmud ; contains some ritual observances which were ordained by later rabbinical authorities ; mentions The Crusades against Muslims ( who did not exist in the 2nd century ); uses the expression " esnoga ," a Portuguese term for " synagogue "; and gives a mystical explanation of the Hebrew vowel-points, which were not introduced until long after the Talmudic period.

The word for a heretic in the Talmudic literature is " Apiqoros " ( אפיקורוס ), and Epicurus is titled in Modern Greek idiom as the " Dark Philosopher ".

The entrance requirements for an Orthodox yeshiva include a strong background within Jewish law, liturgy, Talmudic study, and attendant languages ( e. g., Hebrew, Aramaic and in some cases Yiddish ).

Although developed from the Biblical ban, excommunication, as employed by the Rabbis during Talmudic times and during the Middle Ages, it became a rabbinic institution, the object of which was to preserve Jewish solidarity.

In Hebrew, the word Shabbat () can also mean "( Talmudic ) week ", so that in ritual liturgy a phrase like " Yom Reviʻi bəShabbat " means " the fourth day in the week ".

Yet, sketchy biographies of the Mishnaic sages can often be constructed with historical detail from Talmudic and Midrashic sources.

From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the fingerbreadth ( Etzba ) — can be calculated to be either 22 or 21 mm ; Jewish rabbinical sources approximate at either 20 mm, or according to Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish, 25 mm.

In ancient Jewish Talmudic law there can be found recognition of the moral rights of the author and the economic or property rights of an author.

That being said, Sephardic and Mizrachi Rabbis tend to hold different, and generally more lenient, positions on halacha than their Ashkenazi counterparts, but since these positions are based on rulings of Talmudic scholars as well as well documented traditions that can be linked back to well known codifiers of Jewish law, Ashkenazi and Hasidic Rabbis do not believe that these positions are incorrect, but rather that they are the appropriate interpretation of halacha for Jews of Sephardic and Mizrachi descent.

Based on the Talmudic passage in Berachot, Rabbeinu Tam states that a minor can act as the tenth person and according to the Baal Ha-Maor, up to four minors would be permitted.

As the protagonist of a series of novels, Rabbi Small has wisdom, an unerring sense of Jewish tradition ( which can at times put him at odds with the Jewish community when he believes that they are seriously deviating from Judaism ) and all the good qualities of a detective sharpened by his Talmudic training, which enables him to see the third side of a problem.

All laws in Judaism can be temporarily broken, to save a life ( excluding 3: Idolatry, Murder and Sexual Immorality ) the exceptions, where you must be willing to die, are learned by the Talmudic Rabbis from various locations in the Torah ( see Daniel Chapter 1 for instance ).

Talmudic authorities agree that any virtuous gentile will be given a share in the world-to-come.

In practice, it has been abolished by various Talmudic decisions, making the situations in which a death sentence could be passed effectively impossible and hypothetical.

In Talmudic and classical halakhic literature, this authority refers to the authority to prohibit some things that would otherwise be biblically sanctioned ( shev v ' al ta ' aseh ).

In this world view, the Mishnaic and Talmudic rabbis are closer to the Divine revelation ; by corollary, one must be extremely conservative in changing or adapting Jewish law.

Conversely, Elijah Delmedigo ( c. 1458 – c. 1493 ), in his Bechinat ha-Dat endeavored to show that the Zohar could not be attributed to Shimon bar Yochai, arguing that if it were his work, the Zohar would have been mentioned by the Talmud, as has been the case with other works of the Talmudic period, that had bar Yochai known by divine revelation the hidden meaning of the precepts, his decisions on Jewish law from the Talmudic period would have been adopted by the Talmud, that it would not contain the names of rabbis who lived at a later period than that of Simeon ; and that if the Kabbalah was a revealed doctrine, there would have been no divergence of opinion among the Kabbalists concerning the mystic interpretation of the precepts.

This relates to a Talmudic discussion that concerns the number of cups that are supposed to be drunk.

Conservative Judaism, consistent with its view that sacrifices in the Temple will not be restored and in light of many congregations ' commitment to gender ( but not tribal ) egalitarianism, interprets the Talmudic relevant passages to permit elimination of most distinctions between male and female kohanim in congregations that retain traditional tribal roles while modifying traditional gender roles.

Chavruta-style learning tends to be loud and animated, as the study partners read the Talmudic text and the commentaries aloud to each other and then analyze, question, debate, and even argue their points of view to arrive at an understanding of the text.

* A number of Talmudic rabbis consider Torah study as being greater than the rescue of human life, than the building of the Temple in Jerusalem, and than the honor of father and mother ( Megilah 16b ), provided that the individual's life will be saved by someone else.

Based on the Talmudic principle of tadir v ' she ' ayno tadir, tadir kodem ( תדיר ושאינו תדיר, תדיר קודם: lit., frequent and infrequent, frequent first ), when one performs more than one mitzva at a time, those that are performed more frequently should be performed first.

Additionally, the Talmudic discussion of annulment of vows spoke of negating vows to be made in the future.

Without Talmudic study, he argued, the mind could never be elevated — and if the mind is not elevated, the soul will starve.

In one Talmudic story, Joseph was buried in the Nile river, as there was some dispute as to which province should be honored by having his tomb within its boundaries.

In the Mishnah Torah, intended to be a complete compilation of Talmudic law, the theme of proclaiming the Unity of the Creator and eradication of idolatry is not limited to the sections specified for these topics.

Some Jews among the Dor Daim and Talmidhe haRambam understand both the Mishneh Torah and the Talmudic source texts concerning bowing in the Shemoneh Esreh to be teaching that one must always bow down upon his knees, not only during the High Holy Days, but throughout the year.

Rashi explains that the missing letter vav is to indicate that only a single palm is to be taken, based on the Talmudic discussion on the matter.

The methodology employed by this Yeshiva places emphasis on the notion that the initial assumptions of the Talmud must be highly rigorous, and that the movement between the initial thought process ( known as the hava aminah ) of the Talmudic sugya to the final thought process must be fully unfolded and understood.