In Jewish law and history, Acharonim (Hebrew: [ʔaχ(a)ʁoˈnim] or Hebrew: [ʔaħ(a)roˈnim]; Hebrew: אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing. אחרון‎, Aḥaron; lit. "last ones")...

prayer, synagogue, Shabbat and holidays, summarizing the opinions of the Acharonim (post-Medieval rabbinic authorities) on that work. The title comes from...

meal, before reciting Birkat Hamazon. This practice is known as mayim acharonim ("after-waters"). According to the Talmud, the washing is motivated by...

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Gersonides, Nahmanides) Ethical works (Bahya ibn Paquda, Jonah of Gerona) The Acharonim are the rabbis from 1550 to the present day. Important Torah commentaries...

the hands before reciting birkat hamazon. This practice is called mayim acharonim (final waters). While the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch rule this practice...

– 1558) was a rabbi and Talmudist, and Rosh yeshiva of several great Acharonim including Moses Isserles, who was also his son-in-law. Shachna was a pupil...

The Three Oaths is the popular name for a midrash found in the Talmud, which relates that God adjured three oaths upon the world. Two of the oaths pertain...

Early Middle Ages, the Rishonim of the High and Late Middle Ages, and the Acharonim of modern times — wrote more conclusive works. Many of these works are...

Jewish commentaries on the Bible are biblical commentaries of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) from a Jewish perspective. Translations into Aramaic and English...

Yeshu (Hebrew: יֵשׁוּ‎ Yēšū) is the name of an individual or individuals mentioned in rabbinic literature, thought by some to refer to Jesus when used...

of the earlier Baalei ha'Tosafot. There are many commentaries by the Acharonim ("later scholars") on tractate Shabbat. Some of the classic works include...

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Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen...

late medieval period (c. 1038–1563), preceding the Shulchan Aruch. The Acharonim ("lasts") are the rabbis from c. 1500 to the present. The development...

views of other Rishonim (early, pre-1550 authorities), and especially Acharonim (later authorities), occasionally disagreeing with the latter. The work...

study since the Middle Ages. Although he is chronologically one of the Acharonim, some have considered him one of the Rishonim. Large groups of people...

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Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen...

Rabbinic scholars subsequent to the Shulchan Aruch are generally known as acharonim ("the latter ones"). The distinction between the Rishonim and the Geonim...

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Tamid (Hebrew: תָמִיד, romanized: tāmiḏ, lit. 'daily offerings') is the ninth tractate in Kodashim, which is the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah...

Talmudic sugyas, together with their development in the Rishonim and Acharonim, especially the Tur; see Yeshiva § Jewish law. The Talmud lists three...

method of treatment, and in the arrangement of subject-matter. Since the Acharonim saw themselves as no longer having the independence of the Rishonim, they...

printed code of Jewish law, 1563 CE) and following the Geonim (589–1038 CE) Acharonim, the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly...

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Tannaim and Amoraim of the Talmud, to the subsequent Gaonim, Rishonim and Acharonim. Additionally, it has an extra metaphysical explanation in Kabbalah, regarding...

studied: other rishonim, from the 11th to 14th centuries, as well as acharonim, from later generations. There are two main schools of rishonim, from...

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Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen...