Movements Archives - Dr. Tamar R. Marvin

Wissenschaft

Wissenschaft des Judentums – “The science of Judaism” – was a 19th-century movement in Central Europe towards the scientific, critical study of Jewish texts and subjects, which coalesced into academic Jewish studies taking place in secular Western universities alongside the study of other languages and cultures. Editions of texts as well as research produced by…

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Hilkhot niddah – chatzitzot 2 Chatzitzot, things which create a separation between one and the mikveh water, thereby nullifying the immersion, are a big topic and this week we covered such questions as medical stitches and dreadlocks. ×0
Chassidut Another stirring Esh Kodesh (Mishpatim 1942) in which we see a theology of Divine suffering and even Divine vulnerability. ×0
Hilkhot niddah – chatzitzah We started the subject of chatzitzah, crucially interrelated to our last topic, chafifah. For the first part of our study, we are focusing on two primary determinants – רוב and הקפדה. ×0