• The history of responsa in Judaism (Hebrew: שאלות ותשובות, Sephardic: She'elot Utshuvot, Ashkenazic: Sheilos Utshuvos, usually shortened to שו"ת Shu"t)...
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  • notes on the history of Judaism have been introduced into the responsa. Responsa thus contain valuable information about the culture of the Jews and the...
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    Reform Judaism and Mixed Marriage Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine CCAR Responsa (Vol. XC, 1980, pp. 86–102), American Reform Responsa 146....
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    Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jews in the United States: Second article in a series on Responsa of Orthodox Judaism in the United States, 1954 Jack Wertheimer...
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    spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of observing the Mosaic covenant, which was...
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  • Posek (category Authors of books on Jewish law)
    Jews of the Netherlands Gavriel Zinner author of the Nitei Gavriel series on halakha Dayan (rabbinic judge) Gemara History of responsa in Judaism Oral...
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  • decisions of responsa, and other rabbinic literature. While most major Jewish religious movements discourage abortion, except to save the life of a pregnant...
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  • Israel · History of Jerusalem · History of Jewish education in the United States before the 20th century · History of Palestine · History of responsa in Judaism ·...
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    Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the...
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  • Judaism, whereas Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism accept full Jewishness through either parent; Reform responsa, however, requires an exclusively...
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    Shlomo ibn Aderet (category Authors of works on the Talmud)
    responsa attributed to Rashba were actually written by other authors, notably Meir of Rothenburg.: 41    Teachers   Students History of the Jews in Spain...
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  • three distinct responsa reflecting very different approaches to the subject. One responsum substantially liberalized Conservative Judaism's approach including...
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  • Halakha (category Orthodox Judaism)
    of Jewish law include the following; for complementary discussion, see also History of responsa in Judaism. The Mishnah, composed by Judah haNasi, in...
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    were descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes. Rabbis believed that they were probably descendants of the Tribe of Dan; rabbinical responsa discussing issues...
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  • the use of popular will to overturn Biblical or rabbinic laws. Like Orthodoxy, Conservative Judaism requires responsa citing a full range of precedential...
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    Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות מסורתית, romanized: Yahadut Masortit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the...
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    in Judaism (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, romanized: māšīaḥ) is a savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology who is believed to be the future redeemer of the...
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    Women in Judaism have affected the course of Judaism over millennia. Their role is reflected in the Hebrew Bible, the Oral Law (the corpus of rabbinic...
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  • following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Judaism: Origins of Judaism Jewish history Ugaritic mythology – The Levant region was...
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    Marriage in Judaism is the documentation of a contract between a Jewish man and a Jewish woman. In Judaism, a marriage can end either because of a divorce...
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    Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah...
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  • The prohibition of extracting semen in vain (in Hebrew: הוצאת זרע לבטלה) is (according to Orthodox Judaism) a Biblical prohibition derived from (Genesis...
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  • sexuality. Sexuality is the subject of many narratives and laws in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and rabbinic literature. In Judaism, sexuality is viewed as having...
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    Kabbalah (redirect from Kabbalistic Judaism)
    discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. It forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within Judaism. A traditional Kabbalist...
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  • The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer...
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    "commentaries". In Judaism these words refer to commentaries on the Torah (five books of Moses), Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, the responsa literature, or even...
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  • Louis Ginzberg (category American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent)
    of love for Torah". Leading Israeli Conservative posek David Golinkin has written prolifically on Ginzberg and published a collection of his responsa...
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    Judaism has different names given to God, which are considered sacred: יהוה (YHWH), אֲדֹנָי (Adonai transl. my Lord[s]), אֵל (El transl. God), אֱלֹהִים...
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    Modern Orthodox Judaism (also Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and...
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  • used by Reform Judaism in accordance with reform responsa and Halakhah.[clarification needed] Both Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism accept a similar...
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