10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUDAH HA-NASI»
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In the time of Judah Ha-Nasi, the Sanhedrin attained its highest status,
comprising 70 members, but the Nasi could declare, "The Sanhedrin — that is all
!" because the entire activity of the legislative body was directed according to his
wish.
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Torah Centers and Rabbinic Activity in Palestine, 70-400 CE: ...
From the time of the destruction of the Second Temple until the generation of R.
Judah ha-Nasi, hardly any sages were known to have resided in Caesarea. This
was related to Caesarea's halakhic status. Until R. Judah ha-Nasi's generation, ...
Ben Tsiyon Rozenfeld, 2010
3
The Ways that Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late ...
26 See n. 18 above. Sextus Empiricus' list concludes with his disciple just as the
genealogy in Avot terminates with R. Judah ha-Nasi's son (assuming the Hillel of
Avot 2:4 is Hillel the Elder). If R. Judah ha-Nasi edited Avot, then in both cases ...
Adam H. Becker, Annette Yoshiko Reed, 2003
4
Hermeneutic Biography in Rabbinic Midrash: The Body of this ...
(BT HuUin 7b) When confronted, concerning this behaviour, by R. Judah ha-Nasi
, R. Phinehas explained his ways by saying: There are those who want (to share
their food with others) but do not have (what to share); and there are those who ...
Aharon Ronald Ellis Agus, 1996
5
The Nonverbal Language of Prayer: A New Approach to Jewish ...
The link between this moderating tendency and Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi is
significant. Above I noted how, in his opinion, the need for kavvanah outweighs
the requirement to stand for the Amidah.5 Proceeding with caution, we can state
that ...
6
A Bride Without a Blessing: A Study in the Redaction and ...
For the author of this statement in MK (which is attributed R. Judah ha-Nasi), I
would suggest, concern for one's place in the world to come may be the
distinguishing mark between human and animal much like the deliberative
element is for ...
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Encyclopaedia Judaica Volume 2:
Avdan lived in Erez Israel during the transition from the tannaitic to the amoraic
period (late second and early third centuries C.E.), and his duty was to convey to
the student as- sembly the teachings which Judah ha-Nasi whispered to him (TJ,
...
Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum, 2007
8
Private Households and Public Politics in 3rd-5th Century ...
conflict between R. Judah ha-Nasi and R. Hiyya the Elder33 whose relevant part
runs as follows: Rabbi was very modest. He used to say: "I will do anything that a
man tells me to do, except for what the elders of Batera (zikne batera) did for my ...
9
Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature: A Legend Reinvented
It appears that the underlying cause for the swapped conclusions is the influence
of the Babylonian sugya about R. Judah ha—Nasi's last will and testament. In
clarifying and embellishing the Palestinian accounts of the founding of the temple
...
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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions
JUDAH HA-NASI document of medieval JUDAISM and a major work of Jewish
literature. The Hasidic movement of Judah's time is not directly related to the 18th
-century Hasidic movement founded by the BA'AL SHEM TOV. Judah was the
son ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUDAH HA-NASI»
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Judah ha-Nasi is used in the context of the following news items.
FAITH MATTERS: No interest in right-wing, self-destructive …
A little more than a century after the supposed cataclysmic destruction of the Temple, another rabbi, Judah Ha-Nasi, edited the first great text of ... «New Haven Register, Jun 15»
Weekly Story: A Child of Tarsus
'Excellent,' said R. Gamaliel, the son of R. Judah ha-Nasi, 'is the study of the Law together with worldly business, for the practice of them both ... «The Moral Liberal, Jun 14»
The proper response to Auschwitz is a silent one
One can see evidence of this practice in the semi-circular benches hewn into the rock-face above Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi's tomb in Bet She'arim, ... «Jewish Chronicle, Feb 14»
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Jewish law, and the principle …
... until political instability prompted Rabbi Judah Ha-Nasi and his rabbinic colleagues to redact the Mishnah, the older portion of the “oral law” ... «Tablet Magazine, Aug 10»
What are you doing for Assarah B'Av?
Judah Ha-Nasi only decided to compile the Mishnah when it became clear that the Temple would never be rebuilt. So had the Temple survived, ... «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., Jul 10»
SOVEREIGN STATE IN THEIR HISTORIC HOMELAND
Jewish law was then codified in the Mishnah by Judah Ha-Nasi. Despite the catastrophic losses in Jewish lives during the wars against the ... «Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Nov 03»
