• In Jewish law and history, Acharonim (Hebrew: [ʔaχ(a)ʁoˈnim] or Hebrew: [ʔaħ(a)roˈnim]; Hebrew: אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing. אחרון‎, Aḥaron; lit. "last ones")...
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    prayer, synagogue, Shabbat and holidays, summarizing the opinions of the Acharonim (post-Medieval rabbinic authorities) on that work. The title comes from...
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    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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    Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen...
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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...
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    the hands before reciting birkat hamazon. This practice is called mayim acharonim (final waters). While the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch rule this practice...
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    – 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Jewish commentaries on the Bible are biblical commentaries of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) from a Jewish perspective. Translations into Aramaic and English...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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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...
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  • late medieval period (c. 1038–1563), preceding the Shulchan Aruch. The Acharonim ("lasts") are the rabbis from c. 1500 to the present. The development...
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  • views of other Rishonim (early, pre-1550 authorities), and especially Acharonim (later authorities), occasionally disagreeing with the latter. The work...
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    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...
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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...
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  • 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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    Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen...
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  • Tamid (section Acharonim)
    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...
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  • Talmudic sugyas, together with their development in the Rishonim and Acharonim, especially the Tur; see Yeshiva § Jewish law. The Talmud lists three...
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  • 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...
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  • 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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    Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen...
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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...
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    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...
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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...
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