Pilpul (Hebrew: פלפול, loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'; from פִּלְפֵּל (pilpel) 'pepper') is a method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis...

of contradiction within the Talmud. The term pilpul was applied to this type of study. Usage of pilpul in this sense (that of "sharp analysis") harks...

such a response—often with lightning speed—is a modest reproduction of the pilpul process. The May Laws introduced by Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1882...

from Bohemia, particularly from the school of Jacob Pollak, the creator of Pilpul ("sharp reasoning"). Shalom Shachna (c. 1500–1558), a pupil of Pollak, is...

their movement. Maskilim valued and adapted his emphasis on peshat over pilpul, his engagement with and mastery of Hebrew grammar and Bible, and his interest...

founder of the Polish method of halakhic and Talmudic study known as the Pilpul. He was born about 1460 or 1470 in Poland, and died at Lublin in 1541. He...

wealthy man, he supported his pupils. In his teaching, he was opposed to pilpul and emphasized simple interpretation of the Talmud. In 1553 he was appointed...

requisite knowledge. One of the four roshei yeshiva (deans) listens to a Pilpul, or talmudic discourse, from the applicant. This part of the exam is to...

Pilpulist and the author of a number of rabbinical works. Aaron carried the Pilpul method to its extreme limits, and was the author of "Minḥat Aharon" (Aaron's...

whether the emphasis would be placed on beki'ut (breadth) or iyyun (depth). Pilpul, a type of in-depth analytical and casuistic argumentation popular from...

marble", Esther 1:6), sermons (Prague, 1617). Known for its criticism of pilpul. Siftei Da'at ("words of wisdom", also Proverbs 20:15), a continuation of...

guide to thoughtPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Pilpul – Method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis Qiyas –...

Iraqi-born Israeli Jewish writer who wrote in Arabic even after moving to Israel Pilpul, a method of studying the Talmud This disambiguation page lists articles...

many Ashkenazi schools, which relies on deep analysis of gemara employing pilpul, without reaching to the halakhic conclusions. This preference is based...

straightforwardness. Among other things, this led him to criticize the pilpul methodology common in yeshivas of his time. He even suggested to avoid learning...

kabbalistic emphasis on Mishnah study and as a reaction against the methods of pilpul; it was aided by the spread of Bertinoro's accessible Hebrew Mishnah commentary...

be rekindled" (ch. xxi.). In ch. xxvii. the author bitterly attacks the pilpul method of study, reproves his countrymen who engage in this method of Talmud...

tractate in sequence, using pilpul (incisive analysis) to connect the ideas in the two places. A special literature of hadran pilpul began appearing at the...

were of little interest to Heilprin's generation, which was absorbed in pilpul, and Seder HaDorot, which was completed in 1725, was first published in...

from Bohemia, particularly from the school of Jacob Pollak, the creator of Pilpul ("sharp reasoning"). Shalom Shachna (c. 1500 – 1558), a pupil of Pollak...

campaign directed by Wessely against the delivery of casuistic lectures (pilpul) in the synagogues. Riccardo Calimani Venetian Ghetto  This article incorporates...

Kabbalah in philosophical forms Sholom Dovber Schneersohn advocated the use of pilpul in expounding Hasidic thought Dovber Schneuri differentiated between general...

playfulness (cf. midrashic tradition of homiletic commentary, cf. the Jewish pilpul) Apollonianism (the wish to create order/meaningfulness, cf. folk etymology...

pupil of Jacob Pollak, founder of the method of Talmudic study known as Pilpul. In 1515 Shachna established the yeshiva in Lublin, which had the third...

mathematician Jacob Pollak (c. 1460–1541), Polish rabbi, founder of the Pilpul method of halakic study Joachim Pollak (1798–1879), Austrian rabbi Joel...

the Tosafists whose tradition is based on analytical thinking (related to pilpul), a methodology that was developed in the yeshivot of France and Germany...

instruction in religious literature and expressed strong criticism of the pilpul method. He edited the Sefer ha-ḥinnukh (Brünn, 1799), a work attributed...

Batra, Sanhedrin, and Zebahim, have been preserved. Schiff, being averse to pilpul, attacked not only contemporaries, like Solomon Luria (Ket. 94), Meïr of...

history of Chelm, a parody on the Book of Genesis and the tradition of pilpul in the arguments about the origin of Chelm. Eventually The Chelmers learn...

clearness of exposition, which never degenerated into the subtleties of the pilpul, and his absolute disregard for the influence of money. He would suffer...