Mishnah

Susana Pinkhasova Religious studies 103 May 19, 2016 Why is the compilation of the Mishna an important moment, and how does it mark the origin of rabbinic Judaism? In your answer refer to the following verse and explain its relevance to the moment in question: “It is a time to act for the Lord, they have violated Your teaching” (Psalms 119:126). The compilation of the Mishnah is an important moment because it would ensure that the chain of transmission would never be broken. The oral torah was passed down from generation to generation without ever being physically recorded onto paper due to the idea that the principles, while rigid in their origin must be fluid enough to adapt to various unknown circumstances. This ideology functioned well up until the destruction of the temple where educators…

“Whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world”, Mishnah Sanhedrin Rescue in Albania Introduction The Holocaust was the biggest disaster in modern Jewish history, and the largest genocide in the 20th century; the Nazi regime and their allies brutally killed close to six millions innocent Jews (more than two thirds of Jewish population in Europe at that time). With Adolf Hitler’s appointment as a chancellor of Germany, life of Jews changed very significantly. Starting in…

Jewish philosopher, theologian and scholar, Moses Maimonides, is considered “the most influential Jewish thinker of the middle ages, and quite possibly of all time.” In contemporary society, he continues to influence Jewish adherents’ practices and way of life. Despite being the chief Rabbi of Cairo and physician to the Egyptian sultan in his time, it is his prolific rabbinic writings that have posthumously acknowledged him as the Moses of his time, “From Moses until Moses, there was none like…

A man by the name of Antiochus tries to conquer the Jews by destroying the Temple, and sacrificing an unclean animal on the altar in the Holy of Holies. He also outlaws circumcision and possession of Jewish scriptures of death and pain and many other Jewish cultural religions. A man by the name of Matthias asks the people if they are loyal to the traditions of Israel and ask them to upraise against Antiochus. Then a man by the name of Simon leads the Jews into a peaceful and prosperous life…

The Jewish museum follows a model of three major themes that run throughout Jewish history. One of the themes is tradition and the reinterpretation of traditions. We have seen this in our class when it came to the Rabbinate's & Karaites, the Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes, and the different Rabbi interpretations or the Torah, Talmud, or Mishnah such as Rabbi Rashi or Rabbi Akiva. Throughout the museum, there were copies of the Torah in different structures such as the scroll made of parchment…

In time, the rabbis created the Midrash, which became a line-by-line interpretation of the religious texts from God. Through this line-by-line scrutiny, it allowed the rabbis to closely examine each word and as the rabbis begin to interpret, it would allow them to not sway much from God’s original meaning of the text. The rabbinic writers were clear that it was not their task to “write the Bible… [Rabbis] considered its text unalterable— but rather to understand the significance of what the text…

The Torah was the law of God and there was no debate about it, as any other view would be sacrilegious. The first sages arose between 1st and 3rd century and were known as the Tannaim. The Tannaim wrote their “most authoritative and influential literary product, the Mishnah” (Segal, p. 43) during the early 3rd century. In a section called, Pirkei Avot (Sayings of the Founders), they quote wise men on the authority of God and Torah, “Simeon the Righteous was one of the last survivors of the great…

explanation of them, which is now called the Torah Shebichtav and the Torah SheBal Peh. The regular rules were given on Har Sinai. When Moshe was about to die, he told the Jewish people that if anyone forgot anything or needed help with anything they should go to him. Yehoshua talked about all what Moshe taught. The teachings were taught by the 13 principles. When Yehoshua died, he taught the elders everything Moshe taught him. When there was an argument, the people would go to the elders. After…

does. Wierzbicka and Goddard (2015, p. 57) suggest that although Aboriginal artworks have some parallels with the concept of God in the non-Aboriginal culture, the Dreaming concept is not theistic. This explains why although the creation process is sacred, every Aborigine is also part of this eternal process. Therefore, the site of Ngarlu represents connectedness, not ownership. 4. This extract is from the first chapter of The Fathers, also known as Pirke Avot (Herbert, 1933). The Fathers is…

tells the story of creation up to the call of Abraham.Included are parables of Noah, and The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the settlement of Jacob's sons in Egypt. The second book, Exodus (Shemot) Jacob's descendants become slaves in Egypt, and their departure from bondage in Egypt.The Revelation on Mount Sinai and the receiving of the Torah. A sanctuary and portable Temple is constructed. The third book, Leviticus (Vayikra) is’ a compendium of laws’ and compared to the other books…