Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “…we find that the authors of the major codices and their commentators were not providing practical religious practice, but rather were…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 February 2015 In general, we find that the authors of the major codices and their commentators...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “The efforts of the early Tosafists yielded independent commentaries that contained the teachings of individual Tosafist masters” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 February 2015 The efforts of the early Tosafists yielded independent commentaries that contained the teachings of...
Talmud “…Rashi’s method highlighted key phrases in the talmudic discussion…instead of the paraphrasing commentary style of [previous] scholars” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 February 2015 Unlike the commentaries of R. Hananel, R. Gershom, or the other various commentaries that...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “After identifying contradictions and relevant discussions, the early Tosafists turned to resolution of the contradictions and application to the relevant discussions” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 February 2015 After identifying contradictions and relevant discussions, the early Tosafists turned to resolution of the...
Talmud “Incredibly, since World War II talmudists have scarcely paid attention to the rich Iranian milieu in which the Babylonian Talmud was composed” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 February 2015 Incredibly, since World War II talmudists have scarcely paid attention to the rich Iranian...
Talmud “Boyarin’s book was largely responsible for the “modernization” of talmudic studies in North America, and it played a signal role in updating the concerns and methods of talmudists to match broader trends in the humanities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2015 In 1993, Daniel Boyarin published a relatively compact book entitled Carnal Israel: Reading Sex...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy Diminishing Numbers of Modern Orthodox Jews in America Contrasted with Haredim in America Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 February 2015 As compared with the 3 percent of American Jews who (according to Pew) identify...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “Before engaging in any dialectic analysis, the Tosafists engaged in a close reading of the local passage,…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 February 2015 Before engaging in any dialectic analysis, the Tosafists engaged in a close reading of...
Philanthropy “…how could one sector possibly take market share away from another sector if it isn’t really allowed to market?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 February 2015 …we tell the for-profit sector, “Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…in haredi communities in America and especially in Israel, “learning,” regardless of aptitude, has replaced working as a male adult norm” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 February 2015 In traditionally religious European communities, for example, most men worked for a living; the...