Pilpul (Hebrew: פלפול, loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'; from פִּלְפֵּל (pilpel) 'pepper') is a method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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many Ashkenazi schools, which relies on deep analysis of gemara employing pilpul, without reaching to the halakhic conclusions. This preference is based...
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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...
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straightforwardness. Among other things, this led him to criticize the pilpul methodology common in yeshivas of his time. He even suggested to avoid learning...
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mathematician Jacob Pollak (c. 1460–1541), Polish rabbi, founder of the Pilpul method of halakic study Joachim Pollak (1798–1879), Austrian rabbi Joel...
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guide to thoughtPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Pilpul – Method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis Qiyas –...
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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...
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campaign directed by Wessely against the delivery of casuistic lectures (pilpul) in the synagogues. Riccardo Calimani Venetian Ghetto This article incorporates...
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playfulness (cf. midrashic tradition of homiletic commentary, cf. the Jewish pilpul) Apollonianism (the wish to create order/meaningfulness, cf. folk etymology...
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from Bohemia, particularly from the school of Jacob Pollak, the creator of Pilpul ("sharp reasoning"). Shalom Shachna (c. 1500 – 1558), a pupil of Pollak...
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Kabbalah in philosophical forms Sholom Dovber Schneersohn advocated the use of pilpul in expounding Hasidic thought Dovber Schneuri differentiated between general...
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Batra, Sanhedrin, and Zebahim, have been preserved. Schiff, being averse to pilpul, attacked not only contemporaries, like Solomon Luria (Ket. 94), Meïr of...
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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...
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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...
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instruction in religious literature and expressed strong criticism of the pilpul method. He edited the Sefer ha-ḥinnukh (Brünn, 1799), a work attributed...
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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...
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the Tosafists whose tradition is based on analytical thinking (related to pilpul), a methodology that was developed in the yeshivot of France and Germany...
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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...
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he opposed the method of pilpul (casuistry) that arose during the era of the Acharonim (post-1500 CE scholars), saying pilpul is "as far from the path...
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