Rabbi Louis Jacobs Articles By Rabbi Louis Jacobs
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Gershom of Mayyence
German legal authority created famous ban against divorcing a wife against her will.
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Rav and Samuel
Early Amoraim engaged in respectful debate.
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Kedushah
Sanctifying God's name, like the angels.
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Rabbi Yose
Early teacher of Jewish law and theology.
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Slander
Jewish law's response to slander over the ages moved from strong disapproval to imposing real communal consequences.
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Respect in the Synagogue
Rabbinic restrictions on behavior in the synagogue reveal continuing tension between ordinary Jews' sense of being at home and at ease there, and the desire of rabbis to set it apart as a sacred place.
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The Editing of the Talmud
How the sages' debates across many generations became the monumental works known as the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds
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Amen
Word found at the end of prayers has a long, complex history.
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Noah's Flood
Story, whether factual or not, finds similarities in Babylonian myth.
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Jewish Attitudes to Pride
Judaism frowns on excessive pride--but how much is too much?
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Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs (1920-2006) was a Masorti rabbi, the first leader of Masorti Judaism (also known as Conservative Judaism) in the United Kingdom, and a leading writer and thinker on Judaism.
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