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81ḤABIBA, JOSEPH — (beginning of the 15th century), Spanish talmudic scholar. Virtually no biographical details are known of Ḥabiba. His teachers were nissim b. reuben (the Ran) and Ḥasdai crescas . Author of novellae to the Talmud and a commentary on Isaac alfasi… …
82ITALIA, SHALOM — (c. 1619–c. 1655), engraver, etcher, and draftsman. Probably born in Mantua, Shalom Italia lived in Amsterdam from at least 1641, and was active there for eight and possibly 15 years. Of the ten signed works by him, only two are dated – 1642 and… …
83MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …
84MIDRASHIM, SMALLER — This entry covers those aggadic and midrashic works which are not treated in separate articles. (1) MIDRASH AGUR, also known as Mishnat R. Eliezer, or Midrash Sheloshim u Shetayim Middot. Belonging to some extent to the category of aggadic works …
85MO'ED — (Heb. מוֹעֵד), the second of the six orders of the Mishnah according to the accepted order established by simeon b. lakish . He interpreted the verse (Isa. 33:6), and the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge …
86NISSIM BEN REUBEN GERONDI° — (known from the acronym of Rabbenu Nissim as the RaN; ?1310–?1375), one of the most important Spanish talmudists. Nissim s family originated in Cordova and settled first in Gerona, where he is thought to have been born, and then in Barcelona,… …
87QUMRAN — QUMRAN, region on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, which has become famous since 1947 as the site of the discovery of the dead sea scrolls . The name belongs more particularly to Wadi Qumran, a precipitous watercourse which runs down to the… …
88RISHONIM — (Heb. רִאשׁוֹנִים; lit. the early authorities ), a term with many connotations–chronological, literary, ethical, and halakhic–serving to indicate the standing and authority of preceding scholars in relation to the scholars of the time in the… …
89SYNAGOGUE — This article is arranged according to the following outline. origins and history until the first century first century c.e. middle ages modern period …
90WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …
