- Rabbenu Gershom
- רבנו גרשום ("מאור הגולה", מנהיג יהדות צפון-אירופה ומרכזה בראשית המאה ה-11)* * *◙ (11-ה האמה תישארב הזכרמו הפוריא-ןופצ תודהי גיהנמ ,"הלוגה רואמ") םושרג ונבר◄
English-Hebrew dictionary. Academic. 2013.
Rabbenu Gershom
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GERSHOM BEN JUDAH ME'OR HA-GOLAH — (c. 960–1028), one of the first great German talmudic scholars and a spiritual molder of German Jewry. Few biographical details are known of Gershom, most of the stories about him being of a legendary nature. He was apparently born in Metz, but… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gershom ben Judah — Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 1040? 1028?) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, Our teacher Gershom ) and also commonly known to scholars of Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me Or Hagolah ( Our teacher Gershom the light of the… … Wikipedia
GERSHOM DE METZ — (960 env. 1028) Un des maîtres majeurs du judaïsme allemand médiéval. Né probablement à Metz mais ayant vécu surtout à Mayence, Rabbénu Gershom ben Juda fut le disciple de Juda ben Meir ha Cohen Léontin. Il eut pour élèves Eliézer le Grand, Jacob … Encyclopédie Universelle
Gershom ben Judah — ▪ German Jewish scholar born c. 960, Metz, Lorraine [now in France] died 1028/40, Mainz, Franconia [Germany] eminent rabbinical scholar who proposed a far reaching series of legal enactments (taqqanot) that profoundly molded the social… … Universalium
Rabbi Gershom — n. Rabbenu Gershom (960 1040), was head of a Yeshiva in Mainz who is well known for his bans (that include the prohibition of polygamy, prohibition of divorcing a woman against her will and prohibition of reading private mail) … English contemporary dictionary
TAKKANOT — (Heb. תַּקָּנוֹת pl.; sing. תַּקָּנָה). This article is arranged according to the following outline: definition and substance legislation in the halakhah nature of halakhic legislation rules of legislation role of the public annulment of takkanot … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIGAMY AND POLYGAMY — In Jewish law the concept of bigamy (or polygamy) can involve either (1) a married woman (eshet ish) purporting to contract a second marriage to another man (or to other men) during the subsistence of her first marriage; or (2) a married man… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DIVORCE — (Heb. גֵּרוּשִׁין), the formal dissolution of the marriage bond. IN THE BIBLE Divorce was accepted as an established custom in ancient Israel (cf. Lev. 21:7, 14; 22:13; Num. 30:10; Deut. 22:19, 29). In keeping with the other cultures of the Near… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
APOSTASY — APOSTASY, term applied by members of the deserted faith for the change of one faith, set of loyalties, and worship for another. The conception of apostasy could not arise in the atmosphere of polytheism practiced in antiquity before the advent of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PUNISHMENT — While there is no modern theory of punishment that cannot, in some form or other, be traced back to biblical concepts, the original and foremost purpose of punishment in biblical law was the appeasement of God. God abhors the criminal ways of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RIGHTS, HUMAN — The following article deals with the subject of human rights, their essence and the contents of various fundamental rights as reflected in the sources of Jewish Law. The interpretation of Israel s Basic Laws concerning human rights in accordance… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
