Concepts Archives - Dr. Tamar R. Marvin

Responsa

Sheelot u-teshuvot – shu”t – שאלות ותשובות – שו”ת – A major genre of halakhic literature recording questions (sheelot) and answers (teshuvot) that give pesak halakhah (practical halakhic rulings). There is a voluminous literature of responsa beginning in the period of the Geonim and continuing till today. Earlier collections of responsa may have details removed…

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Gemara After finishing up the story (and its variants) about Rabban Yochanan and the sages of Yavneh (not all sources say Yavneh), we started learning the story of Titus and the mosquito within the cycle of churban aggadot in Gittin. ×0
Practical rabbinics We started a new kind of unit: responses from Jewish institutions to Covid closures and what they might look like going forward. ×0
Hilkhot niddah – harchakot We’ve started the topic of harchakot, and already I am learning so much from going back to the sources. Some challenges, but also affirming surprises. ×0