The Great Rabbis
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Women Rabbis
What do you think about women as rabbis? Answer: Thanks for asking the question. First, I just want to say that we just had a weekend retreat in my city and we had one of the greatest women spiritual speakers…
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The Name “Zeira”
I just want to know where the name Zeira comes from I have been reading about a Rab Zeira .Can you give me any information to where the name originated from, the meaning of his name? The most famous Zeira…
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The 36 Righteous
Someone has told me that there are always 36 righteous Rabbis scattered throughout the Earth. Is this statement true. If yes, do they know each other? Are they known as Rabbis? There is a tradition that there are 36 hidden…
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Rabbis
What are Rabbi’s and what do they do? A Rabbi is a person who has devoted their life to serving G-d and being his instrument to serve and teach and lead G-d’s people. In order to become a Rabbi, a…
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Maimonides
Why were the Jewish Scholars concerned about Maimonides’s producing the “Mishna Torah”.? The greatest fear was that studying Mishna Torah might weaken the all-important focus on the study of the Talmud (which is, after all, the source of all observance…
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The Shaarei Teshuvah
Who wrote the Shaarei Teshuvah? R.Chayim Mordechai b. Menachem Manis Margalios, author of the Shaarei Teshuvah, was Rav in Dubno and passed away on 16 Shevat 5583 (1823-4). The Shaarei Teshuvah was first published in an edition of the Shulchan…
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Ema Shalom
Who was Ema Shalom? Ema Shalom was the sister of R.Gamliel (of Yavneh) and the wife of R. Eliezer b.Hyrkanos. Three stories are told about her in the Talmud: In Shab.116a, where she tries to persuade a dishonest magistrate to…
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The Beis Av
Who wrote the Beis Av? The author of the Beis Av (teshuvos) and the Darash Av (derashos) was R. Avraham Aharon Yudelvitz (1850-1930). He served as Rabbi in many European communities, including Manchester, and finally in New York and Bayonne,…
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The SeMaK
Who wrote the SEMAK? R.Yitzchak b.Yosef of Corbeil was a student and son-in-law of R.Yechiel of Paris. His book Amudei Golah, also known as the Sefer Mitzvos Katan (abbreviated "SEMAK"), gave a concise treatment of the mitzvos that are currently…