A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim. Continued from here: link The Tannaim of Yavne R. Yochanan Ben Zakkai and R. Gamliel of Yavne The Rabbinic community during and after the Churban was led by Raban Yochanan Ben Zakkai, who succeeded the martyred R. Shimon b. Gamliel HaZaken as the Nasi of the Sanhedrin. R. Yochanan ben ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim. Continued from here: link Part III: The Destruction of the Second Beis HaMikdash The tenure of Hillel began around one-hundred years before the destruction of the second Beis HaMikdash (Shabbos 15a). Leadership of the Beis Din HaGadol after Hillel was passed on to his son, Shimon, and then his grandson, Raban Gamliel HaZaken. ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim. Continued from here: link Part II: The Early Tannaim Part 2   The Zugos During Galus Yavan, we find a new position introduced into the Beis Din HaGadol. In addition to the head of the Beis Din HaGadol, now called the Nasi, a position was introduced for an assistant-head, called ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim Part I: Introduction and The Early Tannaim The period of the Tannaim can be broken up into two distinct periods. The first is the period of the second Beis HaMikdash. This period begins after the successful tenure of the Anshei Keneses HaGedola and extends until the destruction of the Beis ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim, excerpted from a book available for purchase: here by R. Aryeh Leibowitz The Later Poskim of Germany and E. Europe By the end of the period of the Rishonim, there was a very rich and highly developed tradition of normative German halachic practice. The rulings of the Maharam, his contemporaries ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim, excerpted from a book available for purchase: here by R. Aryeh Leibowitz A few years after the death of R. Peretz, in the year 1306, the Jews of France were stripped of their property and expelled from the entire French kingdom. Although they were allowed to return less than ten ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim, excerpted from a book available for purchase: here by R. Aryeh Leibowitz The Jewish community in Italy is the oldest of the European communities.[1]Tradition records a small community in Rome after the destruction of the second Beis HaMikdash. In terms of Jewish scholarship, we have records of piyutim written in ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim, excerpted from a book available for purchase: here by R. Aryeh Leibowitz R. Meir of Rothenburg (מהר”ם מרוטנברג) R. Meir b. Baruch, the Maharam of Rothenburg (d. 1293), was considered the leading Halachic authority of his day in Germany. He studied in Germany under the Or Zarua, but he also ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim, excerpted from a book available for purchase: here by R. Aryeh Leibowitz During the later period of the rishonim, the French teachings of the Ri’s academy began to make major inroads in German intellectual circles. Until now, the German Talmudists – Rabbeinu Simcha, R. Yoel and his son the Ravyah, ...

A new series by R. Aryeh Leibowitz of Yeshivat Sha’alvim, excerpted from a book available for purchase: here by R. Aryeh Leibowitz The Later Rishonim of England The Jewish community of early medieval England was strongly associated with the community of northern France.[1]In 1066, the Norman (French) King, William I captured England in the battle of Hastings. This united France ...