• found as early as in the 1531 edition of the Arukh. The word "Maskil" מַשְׂכִּיל‎ or "ha-maskil" indicates a scholar or an "enlightened man", used before...
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    discussed the dual role Zvi Hirsch Chajes as both a traditionalist and maskil (follower of the enlightenment). The list also includes Ahron Soloveichik...
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  • dissertation, titled The Dual Role of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes: Traditionalist and Maskil, deals with Rabbi Chajes's relationships in the traditional world of Orthodox...
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  • published, first in pamphlet form and later in a full series that he would call Maskil Lishlomo. Hutner had always wanted to move to Israel to establish a new...
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    his grandfather, Yitzchak Yedidya Frankel. In 2008, he published his book Maskil LeDavid on issues of genealogy, conversion, military law, and other matters...
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  • Sabbateanism of R' Jonathan Eybeschutz, and even more so with the publication of maskil David Kohn's book Even HaToim. Most rabbis distanced themselves from the...
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  • Brockhaus & Efron. p. 764. Spicehandler, Ezra (1960). "Joshua Heschel Schorr: Maskil and Eastern European Reformist". Hebrew Union College Annual. 31: 181–222...
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    the dean of Jewish members of the Sejm (the Polish parliament) and an old maskil. Pryłucki told him that the only way his students would be exempt from the...
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    BeSefer HaTanya (in its English translation, known as "Lessons in Tanya"), Maskil Le'Eisan, Biurei Ha'Tanya, and "Opening The Tanya", "Learning the Tanya"...
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    Judaism, which was attracting many Jews in the Austrian Empire, and beyond. As Rav of the city of Pressburg, he advocated for strong communal life, first-class...
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  • further similarities are that Chaikl is the son of a Hebrew teacher and maskil, as was Grade, Chaikl's father is named Shlomo-Motte, a Yiddish corruption...
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    Alleged Sexual Abuser Chaim Walder". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 December 2021. "Rav Shmuel Eliyahu Defends his Psak Against Chaim Walder". VINNews. 29 December...
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    of modern Jewry is the maskil, (learned person), a proponent of the Haskalah (Enlightenment). This narrative sees the maskil's pursuit of secular scholarship...
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  • this work and for his fundamental works on Jewish philosophy and mysticism Maskil le-David, by David Pardo (1710–1792) Sefer HaMizrachi, by Elijah Mizrachi...
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  • Simcha Bunim Sofer (known as the Shevet Sofer) assumed both the positions of Rav of Pressburg and rosh yeshiva of the Pressburg Yeshiva which number some...
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    seeks practical Divine "service" from their mystical inspiration, and the "Maskil" whose first aim is deeper understanding of Hasidic thought. The average...
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