Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
HIGGER, MICHAEL — (1898–1952), U.S. talmudic scholar. Higger, born in Rogovo, near Kovno, Lithuania, received a traditional education in Lithuania, and after immigrating to the United States in 1915, studied at New York and Columbia universities and the Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Midrash HaGadol — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… … Wikipedia
CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM — (also known as Masorti Judaism), one of the three principal modern Jewish religious denominations, emerging, along with Reform and Orthodoxy, in the 19th century era of emancipation. After the denial of emancipation to Central European Jewry by… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DEREKH EREẒ — (Heb. דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ; lit. way of the world ; proper deportment ), one of the minor tractates of the Talmud, published in current editions of the Talmud at the conclusion of the fourth order, Nezikin. Derekh Ereẓ, as its name suggests, deals… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MINOR TRACTATES — In addition to the 63 regular tractates of the Mishnah and Talmud, there are appended at the end of the fourth order, nezikin , 14 smaller or minor tractates which were first published together in their present format in the Romm Vilna edition… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Midrash ha-Gadol — or The Great Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש הגדול) is an anonymous late (14th century) compilation of aggadic midrashim on the Pentateuch taken from the two Talmuds and earlier Midrashim. In addition, it borrows quotations from the Targums and Kabbalistic … Wikipedia
PROSELYTES — There is ample evidence of a widespread conversion to Judaism during the period of the Second Temple, especially the latter part of the period, and the word ger, which in biblical times meant a stranger, or an alien, became synonymous with a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hathersage — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.33 longitude= 1.658 official name= Hathersage map type= Derbyshire population = shire district= Derbyshire Dales shire county = Derbyshire region= East Midlands constituency westminster= High Peak… … Wikipedia
ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
