Jews and Judaism sidebar religion Minhag lang he custom , pl. minhagim is an accepted tradition ... minhag appears twice in the Hebrew Bible , both times in the verse quote And the watchman told, saying He came even unto them, and cometh not back and the driving minhag is like the driving minhag ..., one could argue that the use of the word minhag in Jewish law reflects its Biblical Hebrew origins ... or road set for the journey, minhag custom , from the word for driving, means the manner people have developed themselves to travel down that path more quickly. The present use of minhag for custom ... rather than for the customs of a local or ethnic community. Minhag and Jewish law Orthodox Jews ... and earlier. Today they are generally regarded as universally binding. The oldest recorded minhag ... , by location e.g. minhag Jerusalem Yerushalayim or by branch e.g. Skver Hasidic dynasty Skverrer ... tradition, culminating in the statement the minhag of our fathers is equivalent to Torah e.g. Tosafot ... code of law . Despite the above, a minhag does not override clear biblical or talmudic enactments, and one may not transgress the latter for the sake of the former. In fact, any minhag that intrinsically ... Pesachim 50 rules that a valid minhag accepted by previous generations of a family or community ... 7 . In most cases, personal acceptance of a new minhag is tantamount to vow ing performance of that minhag . Consequently, abandonment of such a minhag typically requires hatarat nedarim or sh eilat ..., including the musical rendition. It is narrower than minhag , which can refer to custom in any field, not necessarily that of communal prayer. Both nusach and minhag can thus be used for liturgic rite or liturgic tradition , though sometimes a nusach appears to be a subdivision of a minhag ... one has formally joined a different community and accepted its minhag . Joshua Falk Works Perisha ... be subdivided into Minhag Ashkenaz German rite Minhag Polin Lita Polish Lithuanian Prague rite Nusach ... more details
The Palestinian minhag as opposed to the Babylonian minhag , or Palestinian liturgy , refers to Minhag rite and ritual of medieval Palestinian Jews Palestinian Jewry in relation to the traditional order and form of the prayers. A complete collection has not been preserved from antiquity, but several passages of it are scattered in both the Babylonian Talmud and Jerusalem Talmud , in the Midrashim , in the Pesiktot , in Soferim Talmud Soferim , and in some responsa of the Palestinian Gaonate Palestinian Geonim . Some excerpts have been preserved in the Siddur of Saadia Gaon and the Cairo geniza yielded some important texts, such as the Eighteen Benedictions . ref name SchechterFund1930 cite book ... minhag which evolved into three distinct groupings the German ritual, itself divided into two rituals, the western or Nusach Ashkenaz Minhag Ashkenaz and the eastern, or Minhag Polin. Minhag ... 1976 publisher Pennsylvania State University Press isbn 9780271011677 page 5 ref The Italian minhag, perhaps the oldest branch of the Palestinian ritual and lastly the Romanic Minhag, more accurately ... minhag. ref name Landman1943 cite book author Isaac Landman title The Universal Jewish ..., the Palestinian Minhag and the Babylonian Minhag. 1. The Palestinian group includes a the German ritual this is itself divided into two rituals, the Western or Minhag Ashkenaz, and the eastern, or Minhag Polin. The Elbe River forms the boundary between these two. b the Italian Minhag, perhaps the oldest branch of the Palestinian ritual, c the Romanic Minhag, or, more accurately, the Rumelic ... Minhag. ref ref name inc2003 cite book author Encyclop dia Britannica, inc title The New Encyclop dia ... Jews of many elements of the Palestinian minhag and by the Sephardic Jews of many elements of the Babylonian minhag resulted in distinctive rites, which are also referred to as minhagim. ref Saadya Gaon s Siddur of Saadia Gaon siddur reflects the Palestinian minhag, which was in cooperated in to liturgy ... more details
Image Isaac Mayer Wise.jpg right thumb 200px Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, from The Cosmic God , 1876 Minhag America is a siddur created in 1857 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise that was intended to address conflict between sides supporting and opposing traditionalism in early Reform Judaism in the United States . The prayer book was accepted by the majority of Reform congregations in the western and southern United States. ref name Centenary The roots of the prayer book date back to a program he laid out in The Occident and American Jewish Advocate The Occident vol. 5, p. 109 in which Wise described how the strength of Israel is divided, because the emigrant brings his own Minhag from his home , a problem that could be addressed by a uniquely American Minhag that would provide a synthesis that all could use. ref name JVL In the May 1847 issue of The Occident , Wise described how American Jews had come from different countries, and, brought with them diverse Minhagim and this circumstance must always prove a source of confusion and disagreement in the various Synagogues and that the need to create a new Minhag was to bring unity among... all the American Synagogues and to uphold the Word of the Living God... in the free country of America , without the desire for innovation, nor the thirst for fame, nor a giddy disposition for reform . ref Isaac Mayer Wise Wise, Isaac Mayer . http www.jewish history.com Occident volume5 may1847 liturgy.html American Liturgy Albany , The Occident and American ... Minhag America was deliberately intended to show that his prayer book was superseding the Minhag Ashkenaz , Minhag Sefard and Minhag Polen the German, Spanish and Polish traditions, respectively ... Minhag America, T fillot B nai Yeshurun , both with Hebrew text, and one translated into English and the other ... 2006. Accessed March 4, 2009. ref Minhag America eliminated calls for a return to Israel and the rebuilding ... led many other congregations that had been using Minhag America to accept the switch to the Union Prayer ... more details
Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger is a rabbi and author who is regarded as an expert on the subject of minhag Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenaz , the customs of German and Western European Jews, and their history. Born in Basel , Switzerland , to German parents, he currently lives in Bnei Brak , Israel . ref name Revier cite news url http www.moreshetashkenaz.com Files The New Yekkes, Interview, Mishpacha, 17 Shevat 5766.pdf title The New Yekkes author Revier, Chaim newspaper Mishpacha format PDF date 2006 02 15 pages 26 30 ref Having originally been educated in Eastern European Jewish and Hasidic institutions, he came to explore his family s heritage after learning more about the traditions observed by his ancestor, Moses Sofer 1762 1839 , the rabbinical authority better known as the Chatam Sofer after his writings. ref name Revier He commenced his research in the 1970s, ref name Revier and in the late 1980s founded the research institute Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz , Center of Ashkenaz Heritage to further these studies. ref name Revier ref name Tannenbaum A number of communities affiliated with the Institute, in Israel and the United States, now follow the Ashkenaz custom. ref name Tannenbaum He is best known for a four volume series of books titled Shorshei Minhagei Ashkenaz , The Roots of Ashkenaz Customs and an introductory volume on the importance of adhering to the Ashkenaz custom. ref cite book author Hamburger BS title Rabbinic authorities on the observance of the Ashkenaz custom language Hebrew location Bnei Berak publisher year 1994 ref An English synopsis of the work appeared in 2010. ref cite book author Minhag Ashkenaz Sources and Roots title Shorshei Minhag Ashkenaz. Minhag Ashkenaz Sources and Roots Synopsis of Volumes I IV publisher Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz location Nanuet, NY year 2010 isbn 978 1 58330 329 0 ref He is also the author of the 1989 book ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Siddur prayerbook of Saadia Gaon is the earliest surviving attempt to transcribe the weekly ritual of Judaism Jewish prayers for week days, Sabbaths, and festival s apart from the prayer book of Amram Gaon , of which there is no authoritative text . The text also contains liturgical poetry by Saadia, as well as Arabic language commentary. There is no known extant manuscript of the entire text, though there is a near complete manuscript in Oxford . Fragments have also been found in the Cairo Genizah . The prayerbook apparently served as a basis for later efforts to codify the Jewish prayer ritual and set it down in writing and was imitated by later authors. An edition based on these manuscripts has been published by Davidson, Assaf and Yoel in Jerusalem in 1941. The Arabic portions are accompanied by translations into Hebrew in facing columns. See also Palestinian minhag External links http hebrewbooks.org pdfpager.aspx?req 20685&pgnum 1 Siddur of Rabbenu Saadya Gaon DEFAULTSORT Siddur Of Saadia Gaon Category Jewish prayer books Saadia Gaon Reli book stub Judaism stub ... more details
Eras of the Halakha Shmuel Hakatan literally Shmuel the Small was a Babylonian Judaism Jew considered a great scholar of the Talmud , Jewish law and Minhag custom . He was one of the second generation of Tannaim , who served under the patriarch Gamliel II of Yavneh , during the last two decades of the 1st century CE. He is known for his great work on the Hebrew calendar in exilic times, which brought an end to the practice of witnesses testifying to the new moon, and in establishing some texts of the Jewish prayer book, the Siddur . Particularly, he wrote the Birkat HaMinim benediction, the 19th blessing in the silent prayer said thrice daily, the Amidah . External links http www.findarticles.com p articles mi m0411 is n2 v44 ai 17379710 Jeffrey M. Cohen, Shmuel HaKatan and the political background to Avot 4 19 originally in Judaism , Spring, 1995 DEFAULTSORT Shmuel Ha katan Category Mishnah rabbis Category 1st century rabbis rabbi stub de Samuel der Kleine he ... more details
on the opinions of the Ben Ish Chai and have a strong Kabbalah Kabbalistic flavour. Minhag ... and small changes in other parts as well. There are the Minhag Italiani and Minhag Ben Rom used by some ... nnl dig books bk001163513.html Siddur Tefillot ha Shanah le minhag kehillot Romania , Venice ... melodies are fixed, while in others the reader has freedom of improvisation. See also Minhag Siddur ... more details
Nusach Sefard is the name for various forms of the Jewish siddur , designed to reconcile Ashkenazi Minhag customs Hebrew Custom , pl. minhagim with the Kabbalah kabbalistic customs of the Isaac Luria Ari . ref Wertheim, Aaron, Law and Custom in Hasidism, Ktav Publishing House, Inc. Hoboken, NJ, 1992, p146. ref To this end it has incorporated the wording of Nusach Edut haMizrach, the prayer book of Sefardi Jews , into certain prayers. Nusach Sefard is used nearly universally by Hasidic Judaism Hasidim , as well as by some other Ashkenazi Jews it has not gained significant acceptance by Sephardi Jews . Each Hasidic dynasty uses its own version of the Nusach Sefard siddur, often with great divergence between different versions. Prayers and customs Some versions are nearly identical to Nusach Ashkenaz , while others come far closer to Nusach Sephardi and Mizrachi Nusachim Nusach Edot Mizrach most versions fall somewhere in between. All versions incorporate the customs of the Isaac Luria Ari . Jews who follow Nusach Sefard adopt certain Sephardi customs, such as not wearing tefillin on the middle days of Pesach and Sukkot . However they usually also observe Ashkenazi customs such as avoiding kitniyot on Pesach . The Anshei Sefard synagogues are notable for being non Hasidic synagogues that use the rite, typically the version found in Artscroll Nusach Sefard siddurim. History It is generally held that every Jew is bound to observe the mitzvot commandments of Judaism by following the customs appropriate to his or her family origin see Minhag . For this reason a number of rabbis disapprove of the adoption of Sephardic customs by Ashkenazi Jews. However, it was a common Kabbalah Kabbalistic belief that the Sephardic rite, especially in the form used by Isaac Luria , has more spiritual potency than the Ashkenazi, and that, while in general one should keep to one s minhag of origin, this rite reaches a thirteenth gate in Heaven for those who do not know their own tribe. Many ... more details
Meir Auerbach 1815 1878 was president of the Jewish court at Ko o , and author of Imrei Bina Words of Wisdom . He immigrated to Palestine and was appointed the first Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem . Biography Born in Kowel , Poland, into the Auerbach Jewish family Auerbach family of rabbis, he became rabbi of his hometown at the age of 25. In 1846, Auerbach was appointed president of the Jewish beth din beit din in Ko o , where he served for nine years. Later he moved to Kalisz , where he served as a rabbi and engaged in commerce. In his sermons, he encouraged members of his congregation to immigrate to Palestine , to start the process of redemption. In 1858, Aurbach traveled to the Holy Land and settled in Jerusalem. His position in Poland was filled by Rabbi Chaim Elozor Wax . In Jerusalem, Auerbach found many kollel s, each working for the benefit of their own communities. There was no organization to handle general Jewish affairs, such as paying the salaries of rabbis, paying Turkish military taxes, and dealing with Turkish officials. In 1866, Rabbi Auerbach with Rabbi Shmuel Salant organized a central committee to represent the interests of all the Ashkenazim, while the Sephardi Jews Sephardim managed their affairs under the leadership of the Hakham Bashi of Jerusalem. Rulings Minhag Yerushalayim In his Sefer Hebrew sefer , Imrei Binah , Rabbi Auerbach promulgated the wedding custom known as Minhag Yerushalayim , which does not permit musical instruments to be played at a wedding in Jerusalem proper in deference to the Temple in Jerusalem Holy Temple which lies in ruins in that city. According to this custom, only percussion instrument s are allowed. Rabbi Auerbach s decision was accepted by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld , Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin , and later Rabbanim of Jerusalem. ref cite web url http www.mostlymusic.com achaseneinyerushalayim p 3604.html title A Chasene In Yerushalayim last Cohen first Moshe accessdate 2010 03 14 date pub ... more details
. This sense for detail extends into the strict adherence to minhag im religious customs, especially ... to similar minhag im. A classic example of how exacting and detailed oriented Yekkes can be, is in the following ... more details
upon themselves as a minhag , a legally binding custom. Even where the prohibition of kitniyot was practiced ... 3. 63 . Sephardic and Yemenite Jews generally do not accept the need for this minhag , and thus ..., the Conservative movement in Israel, hold that all Jews living in Israel may safely abandon the minhag ... more details
Infobox Halacha image Image Beskidy Owca.JPG 240px caption small domestic sheep Lambs were used for the Korban Pesach Passover sacrifice . small verse bibleverse Numbers 9 1 14 HE talmud rambam sa Pesach Sheni Hebrew language Hebrew , translation trans. Second Passover , occurs every year exactly one month after Passover . The historical purpose of this day was for those who were unable to bring the Korban Pesach Passover sacrifice on the correct date because they were then impure or too far from Jerusalem to have a second chance to do so. The holiday is ordained in the Torah in bibleverse Numbers 9 1 14 HE . ref cite web url http www.chabad.org library article cdo aid 470865 jewish Pesach Sheni.htm title The Second Passover There s Always a Second Chance ref In modern times, due to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem , Jews are unable to perform the Passover sacrifice, either on Passover or on Pesach Sheni. Some have the minhag custom to eat matzah during Pesach Sheni in memory of the sacrifice. ref name Nishmat cite web url http www.nishmat.net article.php?id 396&heading 0 title Pesach Sheini 5766 The holiday of the second chance last Leshem Blobstein first Rabbi Zvi year 2006 work Torah Online publisher Midereshet Nishmat accessdate 17 May 2011 location Jerusalem, Israel ref The theme of the holiday is second chances. ref cite web url http www.chabad.org dailystudy hayomyom.asp?tDate 5 8 2009 title Chabad.org Hayom yom, May 8, 2009 accessdate 2009 05 12 ref See also Passover External links http www.torah.org learning yomtov omer 5755 vol1no21.html Torah.org Pesach Sheni, the Second Pesach References Reflist Passover Footer Jewish and Israeli holidays Category Hebrew names of Jewish holy days Category Minor Jewish holidays Category Passover Judaism stub Holiday stub es P saj Sheni fr Pessa h sheni he nn Pesah sjen ... more details
Rev. Dr. Hermann Kohlmeyer 1814 &ndash 1883 was the rabbi of Congregation Shangarai Chasset in New Orleans , Louisiana . On January 17, 1847, the synagogue board unanimously elected Kohlmeyer to serve as its leader. In the edition of The Occident and American Jewish Advocate that noted the appointment, Isaac Leeser praised Kohlmeyer as a worthy individual for the position, and expressed hope that Kohlmeyer would be successful. Noted as a brilliant scholar and linguist, Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise recommended Kohlmeyer to served on the rabbinical committee that was to examine Wise s Minhag America Reform Judaism Reform prayer book. But Kohlmeyer gave up his ministry for a career in education, becoming professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature at the University of Louisiana now Tulane University . Although his service to the Jewish community seems to have been relatively short in length, it appears that his descendants remained in New Orleans, and have been prominent members of the New Orleans community since then. References Kahn, Catherine C. and Lachoff, Irwin. The Jewish Community of New Orleans . Arcadia Publishing 2005 ISBN 0738518352. Adams, Herbert Baxter Contributions to American Educational History Government Printing Office 1898 The Occident and American Jewish Advocate Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kohlmeyer, Hermann ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1814 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1883 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kohlmeyer, Hermann Category American rabbis Category 19th century rabbis Category People from New Orleans, Louisiana Category 1814 births Category 1883 deaths Category Place of birth unknown Category Place of death unknown US rabbi stub ... more details
The term Motzei Shabbat literally, the going out of the Sabbath in Judaism refers to the time in the evening immediately following Shabbat , that is Saturday night. It is a time when, following one s declaration of the intention to end Shabbat, it is permissible to resume Activities prohibited on Shabbat weekday activities that are prohibited on Shabbat . This may occur no earlier than when three star s appear in the sky , or at a fixed time that is predetermined, which varies, depending on one s geographic location and the time of year. There are three ways one can declare the end of Shabbat in order to be allowed to resume these forbidden activities Reciting Ata Chonantanu This special paragraph is added to the Amidah during Maariv on Saturday evening, and is generally recited by men to end Shabbat Reciting Baruch Hamavdil The verse Baruch Hamavdil Bain Kodesh L Chol is generally recited by women, who traditionally do not recite the Maariv prayer Havdallah Havdallah is a required ritual on Motzei Shabbat. Listening to Havdallah defines the end of Shabbat. But one who lights the Havdallah candle or else wishes to perform any activity otherwise prohibited during Shabbat must declare an end to Shabbat by one of the above two methods. It is questionable if men are permitted to end Shabbat with method 2. Nevertheless, it should only be used by a male if absolutely necessary in order to ignite a havdallah candle. The exact time in which Shabbat ends varies, depending on one s location on earth and the time of year. There are varying minhag opinions as to how much time must elapse following sunset . Regardless of location, the time that Shabbat ends, which is approximately one hour after Shabbat candles candle lighting the day before, fluctuates approximately four hours throughout the calendar year by up to 11 minutes from one week to the next or by more than an hour if the time change time has changed during the previous week . External links http www.chabad.org calenda ... more details
cleanup date September 2008 gallery Image Tikkun megillat hashoah booklet cover.JPG Front cover of the Tikkun Megillat Hashoah gallery A few years ago a new piece of liturgy was created to commemorate the Shoah and give Jews around the world a standard text to use each year on Yom Hashoah . Megillat Hashoah the Holocaust scroll presented a six chapter account of those dark days in a small booklet. Jews throughout the ages have told their stories using parchment and quills and so Sofer STaM Marc Michaels was commissioned by the former Rabbi of Brighton Synagogue to turn this booklet into a kasher scroll that could be read by the community on Yom Hashoah. Drawing on the power of the letters and scribal traditions to create a visual Midrash that adds further depth and meaning to the text, the scroll has been turned into a tikkun a copyists guide explaining the journey of the booklet to scroll and detailing the rules so that scribes over the world may create scrolls. The book describes a fascinating journey on the creation of a the first new tikkun in thousands of years and hopefully the establishment of a new minhag to help ensure that the Shoah is remembered for all generations The Tikkun Megillat Hashoah was written by Marc Michaels, Sofer STaM with the authorisation of the Rabbinic Assembly and the Schecter Institute. It contains the entire unpointed text of the Megillat Hashoah and explanatory articles and notes. References The text of the Megillat Hashoah in booklet form is http www.schechter.edu news media 030425 haaretz shoahscroll.htm available from the Rabbical Assembly Schechter Institute. The authorised tikkun is available at tt www.lulu.com content 871367 tt . http www.sofer.co.uk www.sofer.co.uk gives more information on the tikkun. reflist Category Jewish prayer and ritual texts ... more details
Multiple issues orphan October 2010 cleanup November 2008 unreferenced September 2008 date October 2010 The Islamic Socialist Party is a Sudan ese political party. It was first founded by the late Babiker Karrar in March 1949 under the name of Islamic Liberation Front while a student of law at University of Khartoum the university of khartoum . The party spread amongst University of Khartoum and secondary school students. It was a rivivalist Islamism islamic movement with a tendency of locality and nationality. In 1951 The Islamic Liberation Front candidates won the elections to the leadership of the University of Kartoum Student Union KUSU . It also headed the political leadership of some secondary schools studensts unions. Following the 1953 agreement of the Sudanese political parties for Self determination self determination in Cairo Egypt, the Islamic Liberation Movement& 39 s name was changed to Gama& 39 a Islamyia. The newly formed Gama& 39 a Islamyia published its constitution and manifesto which was expounding the main principles of the former Islamic Liberation Movement. It was essentially anti imperialist, anti capitalist and socialists. The manifesto was titled Al Gama& 39 a Al Islamya Daw& 39 a wa Minhag The Gama& 39 a Islamyia A call a and a program . The Gama& 39 a Islamya directed its efforts and struggle towards the trade union s of workers and farmers, students and intellectuals in Sudan. In 1956 after the tripartide invasion of Egypt by Britain,France and Israel which led to the wide Arab support for President Gamal Abdel Nasir of Egypt the Gama& 39 a Islamyia acquired an extra dimension and emphasis on Arab unity and liberation under the title of the Islamic Socialist Party. References references Category Political parties in Sudan ... more details
Teshuva Judaism Tashlikh lang he , meaning casting off is a long standing Judaism Jewish minhag practice usually performed on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah , the Jew ish New Year , however it can be said up until Hoshana Rabbah . The previous year s sins are symbolically cast off by reciting a section from Micah that makes allusions to the symbolic casting off of sins, into a large, natural body of flowing water such as a river , lake , sea or ocean . The name Tashlikh and the practice itself are derived from the Hebrew Bible Biblical passage bibleverse lb Micah 7 18 20 HE recited at the ceremony You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Origin of the custom Maharil Most Jewish sources trace the custom back to Rabbi Jacob M lin Germany, d. 1425 in his Sefer Maharil . Some clues as to an earlier origin are Josephus Antiquities 14 10, 23 refers to the decree of the Halicarnassians permitting Jews to perform their holy rites according to the Jewish laws and to have their places of prayer by the sea, according to the customs of their forefathers . The Zohar , the most important book of Jewish mysticism, states that whatever falls into the deep is lost forever ... it acts like the scapegoat for the ablution of sins Zohar, Vayikra 101a,b . Some hold that this is referring to tashlikh . The first direct reference to tashlikh is by Rabbi Jacob M lin in Sefer Maharil where he explains the minhag custom as a reminder of the binding of Isaac . He recounts a rabbinic midrash about the binding in which Satan , by throwing himself across Abraham s path in the form of a deep stream, endeavored to prevent him from sacrificing Isaac on Moriah Mount Moriah . Abraham and Isaac nevertheless plunged into the river up to their necks and prayed for divine aid, whereupon the river disappeared. M lin, however, forbids the practise of throwing pieces of bread to the fish in the river, especially on the Shabbat Sabbath on which carrying is forbidden . This shows that in his ... more details
File Szold 001.jpg thumb Benjamin Szold, 1887 Benjamin Szold November 15, 1829, Nemesk rt , Nyitra County , Hungary July 31, 1902, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia was an American rabbi and scholar. Szold studied under Rabbis Jacob Fischer of Shalgaw , Wolf Kollin of Werbau , and Benjamin Wolf at the Pressburg Yeshiva Austria Hungary Pressburg Yeshiva , and received the rabbinical authorization from Judah Assod of Bur and Simon Sidon of Tyrnau . In 1848, he studied in Vienna , but when the revolution of that year broke out he went to Pressburg. From 1849 to 1855 he tutored in private families in Hungary, and in the latter year entered the University of Breslau , where he remained until 1858. While a student he officiated during the holy days at Brzeg Brieg, Silesia 1857 , and at Stockholm , Sweden 1858 . In 1859, he accepted a call from the Temple Oheb Shalom Baltimore, Maryland in whose service he remained until his death, first as rabbi and later after 1892 as rabbi emeritus. He arrived in the United States on September 21, 1859, about a month after his marriage to Sophie Schaar, and immediately took active charge of the congregation. Under his guidance it grew rapidly, and, actuated by his example, it became widely known for its strict observance of Shabbat . Before Szold s arrival the congregation had adopted for use in its Shabbat service the Minhag America , which was the new prayer book authored by Isaac Meyer Wise , a Reform Judaism Reform rabbi on the great fall holy days it reverted to the Minhag Ashkenaz after much discussion with his congregation Szold introduced a new prayer book, Abodat Yisrael , which closely followed traditional lines. The first edition of this prayer book appeared in 1863, with German translation, and was widely adopted by congregations in the United States new editions were published in 1864 and 1865 the latter with English translation , and another, revised edition in 1871, Rabbis Marcus Jastrow of Philadelphia and Henry Hochheimer ... more details
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about the Israeli rabbi the French social and cognitive scientist Dan Sperber Daniel Sperber Hebrew is a professor of Talmud at Bar Ilan University in Israel , and an expert in classical philology , history of minhag Jewish customs , Jewish art history, Jewish education and Talmudic studies. Biography Daniel Sperber was born on November 4, 1940 in Gwrych Castle , Wales . He studied for semicha rabbinical ordination at Yeshivat Kol Torah in Israel, earned a doctorate from University College, London in the departments of Ancient History and Hebrew Studies. He is married to Phyllis Hannah Magnus, a couples therapist, originally of Highland Park, Illinois . ref name autogenerated1 http www.haaretz.com hasen spages 1001004.html To know a woman Haaretz Israel News Bot generated title ref One of their daughters, Abigail, is the founder of Bat Kol, a Jewish religious lesbian group. ref name autogenerated1 Academic and rabbinical career Sperber is the author of Minhagei Yisrael Origins and History on the character and evolution of Minhag Jewish customs . He has written extensively on many issues regarding how Jewish law can and has evolved. This includes a work in which he calls for a greater inclusion of women in certain ritual services. He is currently a professor of Talmud at Bar Ilan University in Israel and serves as rabbi of Menachem Zion Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem . In 2009, Sperber accepted an appointment as Chancellor of the Canadian Yeshiva & Rabbinical School in Toronto. ref http www.youtube.com watch?v NQIrfIDN3rI&feature mfu in order&list UL ref Awards in 1992, Sperber won the Israel Prize , for Jewish studies. ref name prize Cite web title Israel Prize Official Site Recipients in 1992 in Hebrew url http cms.education.gov.il EducationCMS Units PrasIsrael Tashmag Tashnab Tashmag Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey Tashnab ref Published work Minhagei Yisrael Origins and History. Mossad Harav Kook, 1998 2007, 8 vol.. Masekhet Derekh erets zu a u Fere h ... more details
Yair Chayim Bacharach 1639, Lipn k nad Be vou , Moravia &mdash 1702 was a German rabbi , initially in Koblenz and remainder of his life in Worms, Germany Worms and Metz . His grandmother Eva Bacharach was a granddaughter of the Judah Loew ben Bezalel Maharal of Prague , and his father Moses Samson Bacharach , and grandfather had served as rabbis of Metz. He was the author of Havvot Yair Villages of Yair a collection of responsa by the title of which is he commonly referred its title is a reference to his grandmother Chava as well as to a place mentioned in Numbers 32 41 and elsewhere in the Tanakh Jewish Bible . Other work includes his Mekor Chayim , which was intended as a principal commentary to Shulkhan Arukh but was withdrawn by Bacharach when he discovered that other commentaries, notably the Taz and the Magen Avraham, had appeared. It is still regarded a prime source of material concerning minhag im customs of the area and epoch. Besides his Halakha Halakhic expertise he had complete mastery of all the sciences , music , history and wrote poetry . He compiled a 46 volume encyclopedia on many topics. In 1689 the Worms, Germany Worms community was decimated by the French during the Nine Years War . Gradually, it was rebuilt. In 1699 he was appointed rabbi of Worms, Germany Worms where his father and grandfather had served before him. He served for only three years until his death in 1702. The inscription on his tombstone begins with the words, A great and dark horror befalls us from the hiding of the light of Rabbeinu... In 1982 his major work, Mekor Chaim , was finally published posthumously by Mechon Yerushalayim . References Wikisource1911Enc Bacharach, Yair http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 67&letter B Jewish Encyclopedia http www.ou.org about judaism rabbis bacharach.htm Rabbi Yair Chaim Bacharach from the Orthodox Union website http www.loebtree.com opp.html cy Family Tree Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bacharach, Yair ALT ... more details
The Fast of Esther lang he Latn Ta anit Ester , lang he is a Jew ish Fasting fast from dawn until dusk on Purim eve, commemorating the three day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim . It is a common misconception that this fast was accepted by the Jews for all future generations during the time of Esther, as it is stated in the Book of Esther They had established for themselves and their descendants the matters of the fasts and their cry Esther 9 31 . This verse actually refers to the four fasts which relate to mourning for the Temple. Rather, the first mention of this fast is a Minhag that is referenced in the Gaonic period. ref The first who mentions it is R. A a of Shab a 8th cent. in She eltot, iv. The Jewish Encyclopedia, http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 613&letter P&search purim 2297 ref However, the fast itself is considered a law, that developed under the authority of the last legitimate Sanhedrin . The Fast is observed on the 13th day of the Hebrew calendar Hebrew month of Adar . If the date of the Fast of Esther falls on Shabbat Saturday , the fast is instead observed on the preceding Thursday, as is the case in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014. citation needed date March 2012 As the Fast of Esther is not one of the four public fasts ordained by the Nevi im Prophets , the laws concerning its observance are more lenient pregnant women, nursing mothers, and those who are weak are not required to observe it. citation needed date March 2012 Note in certain situations a weak, sick, or pregnant person is not required or even permitted to observe any Jewish fast day a rabbi should be consulted to determine the law for one s specific situation. citation needed date March 2012 Misconceptions It is generally accepted in the rabbinic tradition that the original three day Fast of Esther mentioned in chapter 4 of Book of Esther occurred on the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of Nisan, these being the eve and first two days of Passo ... more details
Refimprove auto yes date December 2009 Infobox rebbe title Shinever Rov image caption term 1857 19 December 1898 full name Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam main work Divrei Yechezkel predecessor founder of dynasty successor Moshe Halberstam of Shinova spouse1 Toube Lipszyc issue1 Naftoli Halberstam spouse2 Brandl Eichenstein issue2 spouse3 ??? Silberstein issue3 Moshe Halberstam of Shinova br wife of Pinchos Thumim Frenkl br Simcha Yisochor Ber Halberstam of Cieszanow br Avrohom Sholom Halberstam br Arye Leybish Halberstam br Beyla Halberstam br ??? Rubin br ??? Bindiger dynasty Shinova Hasidic dynasty Shinova father Chaim Halberstam mother Ruchl Frenkl Thumim birth date 1813 birth place date of death Death date 1898 12 19 df y place of death date of burial place of burial Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam , 1813 1898 , known as the Shinever Rov Rabbi of Sieniawa , was the eldest son of the Divrei Chaim , Chaim Halberstam Rabbi Chaim Halbertam of Sanz . He was famous for his disagreements with his father on matters of halakha Jewish Law . Rabbi Yechezkel was a student of Rabbi Osher Yeshaya Rubin Osher Yeshaya of Ropczyce Ropshitz , Rabbi Hersh of Rymanow and the Shalom Rokeach Sar Shulem of Belz Hasidic dynasty Belz . Yechezkel Shraga was born in Tarnogrod , Poland . At the age of 15 he married Toube, the daughter of Rabbi Arye Leib Lipszyc, author of Arye Devei Ilo o . He served as the rabbi of Rudnik nad Sanem Ridnik until 1849, when he was appointed as the rabbi of Rozdol. At age 42, he became the Rabbi of Sieniawa Shinova where he served until 1868. He then served as the rabbi of Stropkov . He returned to Shinova in 1881. He became known as a rabbi of rabbis, since other famous rabbis wishing to honour him, visited him. His Torah thoughts were collected in Divrei Yechezkel , which contains his commentary on the weekly parsha , responsa and minhag im, as well as a collection of his letters. When he visited Israel , he founded the Sanzer Kloiz in Safed . ref http www. ... more details
No footnotes date November 2009 Expand German Isaak Tyrnau date December 2009 Isaac Tyrnau , aka Isaak Tyrnau was an Archduchy of Austria Austrian or Kingdom of Hungary Hungarian rabbi , active in the late 14th century he is most famous for his Sefer haMinhagim Book of Customs . Biography Little is known about his life. He was born in Vienna and later moved to Tyrnau in Austria , although some suggest Trnava lang de Tyrnau , in modern day Slovakia . He Torah study studied under Abraham Klausner Vienna of Vienna and Sar Shalom of Wiener Neustadt Neustadt Citation needed date December 2009 . It is possible that he later served as rabbi in Pressburg , although this is debated by scholars. His correspondence with Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin Jacob Moellin regarding a divorce 1420 is recorded. Gabriel Polak and Israel B hmer published K nigsberg , 1857 an anonymous story entitled Ezba Elohim, the heroes of which are Isaac Tyrnau and his beautiful daughter. According to legend, a Hungarian prince fell in love with Tyrnau s daughter, converted to Judaism, renounced the throne and married Tyrnau s daughter. Works Sefer haMinhagim Book of Customs is a compendium of halakha halachot Jewish laws and minhag im customs of Ashkenazi Jews , arranged according to the calendar. The work is significantly influenced by those of Tyrnau s teachers. It also contains notes from a Hungarian rabbi, which were already attached with the first printed edition of Tyrnau s work 1566 . It is quoted by Mordecai Yoffe Mordechai Jaffe at the end of his Lebush on Orah Hayyim. Tyrnau s work is noted as the first to discuss in detail the idea of the Jewish bereavement Yahrzeit Yahrzeit the commemoration of the anniversary of a death . It was translated into German language German in 1590, and often reprinted. It also contains a treatise on morals entitled Orhot Hayyim, in 132 sections, which is appended to the Sefer haMinhagim . This work was to some extent superseded by Minhagei Maharil by Rabbi Yaako ... more details
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