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Noam Yerushalmi is a 19th-century commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud by Lithuanian scholar, Rabbi Joshua Isaac Shapira. It focuses mostly on elucidating difficult or confusing passages in the Talmud. Read the text of Noam Yerushalmi on Pesachim online with commentaries and connections.
Noam Yerushalmi. Seder Zeraim. Berakhot. 19th-century commentary and glosses by Lithuanian scholar, Rabbi Joshua Isaac Shapira. Peah. 19th-century commentary and ...
Noam Yerushalmi is a 19th-century commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud by Lithuanian scholar, Rabbi Joshua Isaac Shapira. It focuses mostly on elucidating difficult or confusing passages in the Talmud. Read the text of Noam Yerushalmi on Orlah online with commentaries and connections.
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- The Absence of The Oil Miracle in Second Temple Literature
- The Rabbinic Period: Chanukah Re-Branded
- Light in The Darkness
- Conclusion
The holiday of Chanukah now commemorates two very different elements: the celebration of the stunning military victory by the Hasmoneans over the Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE, and the miracle of the menorah that was lit upon the Jewish restoration of their Temple, whose light lasted for eight days. Which of these two aspects of Chanukah lies at its cor...
It is clear that the explanation provided for the celebration of Chanukah in the Babylonian Talmud marks a shift in how Jews in antiquity perceived the reason for celebrating this holiday; prior to this passage, there is no known source that places the miracle of the oil at holiday’s center. Why the shift? Here is one suggestion. I believe the rabb...
A careful reading of the Talmudic passage reveals that the military clash between the Jews and the Greeks is acknowledged but marginalized. The Talmud states: Apparently, the writer of this passage felt that mentioning the military victory was unavoidable in order to explain the context of the miracle of the oil. Yet he describes the clash in such ...
Returning to this article’s original question, what lies at the essence of the holiday of Chanukah? From a historical vantage point, there is no doubt that the origin of the holiday lies in the Hasmonean military victory. However, the rabbis effectively rebranded the holiday so that instead of glorifying Hasmonean military prowess, the holiday inst...
Mar 28, 2008 · The Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi), which is more accurately known as the Palestinian Talmud (henceforth, the PT), since this work was not produced in Jerusalem, is the Mishnah commentary produced in the Palestinian rabbinical academies during the third and fourth centuries ce.
Jan 12, 2021 · The Palestinian Talmud (“Talmud Yerushalmi” in Hebrew; henceforth PT), is a rabbinic compendium of Palestinian provenance from Late Antiquity on the Mishnah. PT is far more than a commentary since it contains independent discussions of Jewish law and thought, stories about rabbis and other types of narrative, and biblical ...
