Responsa
Responsa Responsa (Latin: plural of responsum, "answers"; Hebrew: She ... response to questions addressed to them. The Responsa constitute a special class of rabbinic literature ... rules for ordinary incidents of life. The responsa literature covers a period of 1,700 ... literature, particularly the codes. See History of Responsa. The responsa play a particularly important ...
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Conservative responsa
Conservative responsa The Conservative responsa is the body of responsa literature of Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism). Most Conservative responsa have been written by the Committee on ... apply Jewish law to our conditions today. Responsa In 1997 Rabbi David Golinkin wrote " ...
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Talk:Responsa
Talk:Responsa Link quality Several of these links are ...
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History of Responsa
History of Responsa Responsa constitute a special class of rabbinic literature ... rules for ordinary incidents of life. The responsa literature covers all these topics and more. The responsa literature covers a period of 1,700 ... codes. Talmudic era Main article: Talmud The responsa of the first five centuries are ...
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Geonim
... academies recalled the ancient sanhedrin. In many responsa of the Geonim, members of the schools ... Gaon Amram calls them in a responsum ("Responsa der Geonim," ed. Lyck, No. 65) the ... sat behind the seven rows of sanhedrists. Responsa See: History of Responsa: Geonim Early in the Geonic era, the ... questions and answers developed, known as the responsa literature. The questions were usually limited ...
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Torah database
... Digital Text Software Packages The Bar-Ilan Responsa Project The very first such database was the Bar-Ilan Responsa Project , which began in 1963 at the ... called the Talmudic Encyclopedia ). [1] [2] The Responsa Project tries to base its electronic texts ... index for the Shulhan Arukh and selected responsa. Since its early years it has employed ... Hebrew language texts. In recent years, the Responsa Project has made updates available once ...
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David Golinkin
... author of eighteen books, and over 150 responsa, articles, sermons and books. He is a ... has been the author of many Conservative responsa, rulings on Jewish law and practices. He ... for uncovering and re-publishing dozens of responsa of the Committee on Jewish Law and ... indices, monographs and complete volumes of Conservative responsa. Proceedings of the CJLS of the Conservative ... Rabbinical Assembly made most of its recent responsa available on its official website. He ...
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Talk:Jesus/Archive 38
... something, the closest I saw was the responsa, in which the responses of rabbi's ... say I have never heard the word "responsa" before in relation to Judaism, why should ... perhaps many responses to questions in the responsa using every-day knowladge? I'm not ... day interpretations of Judaism using the Talmud/responsa/whatever, deny....."? We have to do almost ... changed every time people added to the responsa or other things as time went ...
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Lithuanian Jews
... apparent from numerous decisions cited in the responsa. They were always the champions of justice ... the sixteenth century by R. Meïr Lublin (Responsa, § 138). Another instance, cited by Katz from the same responsa, likewise shows that Jewish criminals invoked the ... will be written "Brisk." Items from the Responsa The responsa throw an interesting light also on ...
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Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
... standard codes of Jewish law, and the responsa literature. The Hebrew term for the responsa is '"Sheelot U-Teshuvot"', literally "Questions and ... position he or she considers most compelling. Responsa are generally not enforceable on rabbis, except ... a Mikvah for both males and females. Responsa A separate article exists on Conservative responsa, the body of responsa created by ...
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