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Since only "he" (a non-Jewish father) is mentioned and not "she" (a non-Jewish mother), the Talmud concludes that "your (grand)son who comes from an Israelite woman is called 'your son' (and warned about in the verse), while your (grand)son who comes from a foreign woman is not called 'your son'". Thus, Jewish descent is through the mother. [29]
The scholar Judith Hauptman suggests that Yalta was also the daughter of the Jewish exilarch in Babylon and considers her depiction in rabbinic literature as a strong-willed, free-spirited woman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Yalta is the second most-mentioned woman in the Talmud, after the daughter of Rav Chisda , [ 4 ] and appears to have been ...
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Accordingly, Conservative Judaism holds itself bound by the Jewish legal tradition, but asserts the right of its rabbinical body, acting as a whole, to reinterpret and to apply Jewish law." [ 4 ] A major difference between Conservative and Orthodox methodology is the former's frequent use of Takkanot (rabbinic decrees), which is far more ...
A number of formulations of Jewish beliefs have appeared, and there is some dispute over the number of basic principles. Rabbi Joseph Albo , for instance, in Sefer Ha-Ikkarim ( c. 1425 CE ) counts three principles of faith, while Maimonides (1138–1204) lists thirteen.
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Following the expulsion the Spanish exiles took a leading role in the Jewish communities of Western Asia (the Middle East) and North Africa, who modified their rites to bring them still nearer to the Spanish rite, which by then was regarded as the standard. The Shulchan Aruch, a universal code of Jewish law, reflects Sephardic laws and customs.
The main difference between a Maamar and a Sicha, the informal talks which were given by various Rebbes more frequently, which explains all the other differences, is that a Maamar is believed to be divinely inspired, whereas a Sicha (lit. "speech") consisted of the Rebbe's original thoughts on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the weekly reading of the Torah to current important events.