Jewish Texts

In order to make his code categorical and prescriptive, Maimonides deliberately omitted sources and did not reference his predecessors.

Jewish communities in the West gain independence of the geonim, and inherit a rich tapestry of legal texts.

Major books of halakhot from the geonic period.

The first halakhic code.

Messianism in Chabad-Lubavitch challenges Jews of all denominations to consider the limits of Jewish theology.

Legal midrash on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

A companion volume to Pirkei Avot.

Rabbi Hayim of Brisk revolutionized Talmud study--and his method remains dominant today.

A Hasidic spiritual leader believed to maintain a channel to God.

Founder of the Chabad school of Hasidism.

The grandson of Rashi and leader of medieval French Jewry.

The problem of divine withdrawal inspires an alternate view of the universe.