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Definition of Pilpul

Pilpul
Pilpul Pil"pul, n. [Aramaic pilp[=u]l; cf. Heb. pilpel to spice, to season, dispute violently.] Among the Jews, penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study. -- Pil"pul*ist, n. -- Pil`pul*is"tic, a.

Meaning of Pilpul from wikipedia

- Pilpul (Hebrew: פלפול, loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'; from פִּלְפֵּל (pilpel) 'pepper') is a method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis...
- of contradiction within the Talmud. The term pilpul was applied to this type of study. Usage of pilpul in this sense (that of "sharp analysis") harks...
- from Bohemia, particularly from the school of Jacob Pollak, the creator of Pilpul ("sharp reasoning"). Shalom Shachna (c. 1500–1558), a pupil of Pollak, is...
- founder of the Polish method of halakhic and Talmudic study known as the Pilpul. He was born about 1460 or 1470 in Poland, and died at Lublin in 1541. He...
- kabbalistic emphasis on Mishnah study and as a reaction against the methods of pilpul; it was aided by the spread of Bertinoro's accessible Hebrew Mishnah commentary...
- pupil of Jacob Pollak, founder of the method of Talmudic study known as Pilpul. In 1515 Shachna established the yeshiva in Lublin, which had the third...
- such a response—often with lightning speed—is a modest reproduction of the pilpul process. The May Laws introduced by Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1882...
- whether the emphasis would be placed on beki'ut (breadth) or iyyun (depth). Pilpul, a type of in-depth analytical and casuistic argumentation po****r from...
- tractate in sequence, using pilpul (incisive analysis) to connect the ideas in the two places. A special literature of hadran pilpul began appearing at the...
- guide to thoughtPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Pilpul – Method of studying the Talmud through intense textual analysis Qiyas –...