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Congregation Or Zarua is a Conservative synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.Founded in 1989 by under two dozen congregants and Rabbi Harlan J. Wechsler, it completed construction of its current building in 2002.
Following is a listing of rabbinical schools, organized by denomination.The emphasis of the training will differ correspondingly: Orthodox Semikha centers on the study of Talmud-based halacha (Jewish law), while in other programs, the emphasis may shift to "the other functions of a modern rabbi such as preaching, counselling, and pastoral work.” [1] [2] Conservative Yeshivot occupy a ...
The first collaborative book was 5,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom: Secrets of the Talmud Scriptures, created over a three-day period in 1968 and published in 1971. The book contains actual stories from the Talmud, proverbs, ethics, Jewish legal material, biographies of Talmudic rabbis, and personal stories about Tokayer and his family.
The Queens Jewish Center, also known as Queens Jewish Center and Talmud Torah or QJC, is an Orthodox synagogue in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, United States. The synagogue was established by a dozen families in 1943 to serve the growing central Queens Jewish community. [2] The current spiritual leader is Rabbi Judah Kerbel.
The Rishonim, the leading rabbis of the Middle Ages after the Geonim, have left many written Halakhic works, including the Piskei HaRosh of Rabbi Asher ben Yechiel [30] and the Sefer HaHalakhot of Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi, [31] both of which are often published in the back of the Talmud; and the Arba'ah Turim, also known as the Tur, of Rabbi ...
Temple Israel of Hollywood is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in the United States.Founded in 1926, the congregation initially held services in the Hayakawa Mansion before the first Temple Israel building was established on Ivar Street under the leadership of Rabbi Isadore Isaacson.
Rav (or Rab, Modern Hebrew: רב ) is the Hebrew generic term for a person who teaches Torah or is a Jewish spiritual guide or a rabbi. For example, Pirkei Avot (in the Talmud) states (1:6) that: (..) Joshua ben Perachiah says, "Set up a teacher [RaB] for yourself. And get yourself a friend [HaBeR]. And give everybody the benefit of the ...
Twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were set on fire in the streets of Paris The Disputation of Paris ( Hebrew : משפט פריז , romanized : Mishpat Pariz ; French : disputation de Paris ), also known as the Trial of the Talmud (French: procès du Talmud ), took place in 1240 at the court of King Louis IX of France.