- In
Jewish law, a
posek (Hebrew: פוסק [poˈsek], pl. poskim, פוסקים [posˈkim]) is a
legal scholar who
determines the
application of halakha, the Jewish...
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according to the
lenient opinions among the
early decisors. Some of the
early decisors believed that at the time when the P****over
sacrifice is...
- a
Torah scholar whose lectures and
halachic responsa influence poskim (
decisors of
points of
Jewish law) internationally.
Weiss is
posek for
Shaarei Tzedek...
- ones'; sing. אחרון, Aḥaron) are the
leading rabbis and
poskim (Jewish
legal decisors)
living from
roughly the 16th
century to the present, and more specifically...
- the most
revered Jewish religious scholars of the
Talmud and
halachic decisors of the 18th century. Eiger's
daughter Baila was Rosanes' mother. Rosanes...
-
voluntarily adopt kabbalistic strictures, was
always controversial.
Leading decisors openly applied criteria from
Kabbalah in
their rulings,
while others did...
- 7, 1573) (Hebrew: שלמה לוריא) was one of the
great Ashke****c
poskim (
decisors of
Jewish law) and
teachers of his time. He is
known for his work of Halakha...
-
International Date Line in
Jewish law is
first mentioned by 12th-century
decisors. But it was not
until the
introduction of
improved transportation and communications...
- site. He was
posthumously acknowledged as one of the
foremost rabbinic decisors and
philosophers in
Jewish history, and his
copious work
comprises a cornerstone...
- in the
Rishonim or
before them, as far back as the Talmud.
Conservative decisors frequently resort to less
canonical sources,
isolated responsa or minority...
