- A
takkanah (Hebrew: תקנה, romanized: taqqānā,
plural takkanot)
translated as 'improvement', is a
major legislative enactment within halakha, the normative...
- The
Takkanot Shum (Hebrew: תקנות שו"ם), or
Enactments of SHU"M, were a set of
decrees formulated and
agreed upon over a
period of
decades by the leaders...
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Orthodox peers. The CJLS has p****ed
takkanot which significantly change Jewish law. The
following is a list of such
takkanot; note that the
reasoning behind...
- In
Jewish law, a
posek (Hebrew: פוסק [poˈsek], pl. poskim, פוסקים [posˈkim]) is a
legal scholar who
determines the
application of halakha, the Jewish...
- ****embly has an
official Committee on
Jewish Law and Standards. Note that
takkanot (plural of takkanah) in
general do not
affect or
restrict observance of...
-
enacted takkanot in the
State of Israel, and the
major Jewish movements, such as Reform,
Conservative and Reconstructionist,
enact takkanot for their...
- Worms,
which became the
center of
Jewish life
during medieval times. The
Takkanot Shum (Hebrew: תקנות שו"ם), or
Enactments of ShU"M were a set of decrees...
-
German rabbi and tosafist. He was one of the
leading signatories of the
Takkanot Shum.
Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann (1709–1760),
landscape and historical...
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Orthodox Judaism is that
Conservative Judaism empowers modern rabbis to
issue takkanot (decrees)
modifying Biblical prohibitions, when
perceived to be necessary...
- arbitrators. In practice, they are
given greater powers than this by the
local takkanot ha-kahal (community regulations), and are
generally composed of experienced...
