Amoraim (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אמוראים [ʔamoraˈʔim], singular Amora אמורא [ʔamoˈra]; "those who say" or "those who speak over the people", or "spokesmen")... 9 KB (1,078 words) - 15:48, 10 December 2023 |
 | תנא). The rabbis of the Gemara are referred to as Amoraim (sing. Amora אמורא). The analysis of the Amoraim, recorded as gemara, is thus focused on clarifying... 15 KB (1,591 words) - 23:22, 7 February 2024 |
the Tannaim include Yohanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Akiva, and Judah haNasi. Amoraim ("expounders"): The sages of the Talmud who were active during the end... 5 KB (540 words) - 13:35, 31 March 2024 |
of the Zugot "Pairs" and was immediately followed by the period of the Amoraim "Interpreters". The root tanna (תנא) is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew... 10 KB (1,243 words) - 16:31, 5 January 2024 |
| composition of the Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud, the opinions of early amoraim might be closer to their original form in the Jerusalem Talmud. The influence... 142 KB (17,957 words) - 20:53, 12 May 2024 |
Jasher. Sefer haYashar, a collection of sayings of the sages from the Amoraim period in Rabbi Zerahiah's Sefer Hayasher Sefer haYashar, a commentary... 1 KB (186 words) - 04:50, 4 August 2023 |
continuing as such the educational activity of the Amoraim and Saboraim. For while the Amoraim, through their interpretation of the Mishnah, gave rise... 12 KB (1,728 words) - 20:50, 12 May 2024 |
 | David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 77 KB (9,118 words) - 12:33, 14 May 2024 |
signify one among the leading rabbis living from the end of period of the Amoraim (around 500 CE) to the beginning of the Geonim (around 600 CE). As a group... 5 KB (598 words) - 21:11, 3 January 2024 |
David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 18 KB (2,076 words) - 13:53, 6 May 2024 |
 | the tannaitic era, came the period of the amoraim. The Jerusalem Talmud, the principal work of the amoraim in Palestine, is primarily discussions and... 51 KB (6,391 words) - 14:39, 15 May 2024 |
 | and Sura academies, were established in Mesopotamia, and many important Amoraim were active there. The Babylonian Talmud, a centerpiece of Jewish religious... 199 KB (21,931 words) - 16:23, 12 May 2024 |
 | David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 71 KB (8,604 words) - 13:24, 15 May 2024 |
who codified the Oral Torah in the form of the Mishnah; 0–200 CE. The Amoraim ("sayers") lived in both Eretz Yisrael and Babylonia. Their teachings and... 63 KB (7,838 words) - 02:45, 3 March 2024 |
 | Tannaim (sing. Tanna תנא). The rabbis of the Gemara are referred to as Amoraim (sing. Amora אמורא). The Mishnah does not claim to be the development of... 34 KB (4,609 words) - 01:33, 17 April 2024 |
 | be a means of experiencing God". Reflecting on the contribution of the Amoraim and Tanaim to contemporary Judaism, Professor Jacob Neusner observed: The... 233 KB (26,051 words) - 02:36, 13 May 2024 |
Yeshu (section Tannaim and Amoraim) Tosefta in Shabbat 11:15 and Sanhedrin 10:11 respectively. The Tannaim and Amoraim who recorded the accounts in the Talmud and Tosefta use the term Yeshu... 60 KB (8,079 words) - 18:42, 26 April 2024 |
| following generations; The midrash of several younger Tannaim and of many Amoraim who did not interpret a biblical passage as an actual proof of the halakha... 15 KB (2,275 words) - 20:44, 26 June 2023 |
 | Ashi") (352–427) was a Babylonian Jewish rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim. He reestablished the Academy at Sura and was the first editor of the Babylonian... 9 KB (1,337 words) - 16:20, 9 January 2024 |
David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 33 KB (3,941 words) - 08:31, 15 March 2024 |
at Mount Sinai down to R' Ashi, redactor of the Talmud and last of the Amoraim. This chain of tradition includes the interpretation of unclear statements... 66 KB (8,844 words) - 18:57, 4 May 2024 |
 | that did not follow the words, was recognized by the Tannaim and the Amoraim, although their idea of the literal meaning of a passage may not be allowed... 26 KB (3,331 words) - 19:27, 8 May 2024 |
 | David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 68 KB (7,566 words) - 15:00, 6 May 2024 |
| academies of Sura and Pumbedita and, in that capacity, successors of the Amoraim. The inherited higher standing of Sura endured until the end of the eighth... 24 KB (3,493 words) - 19:17, 11 September 2023 |
| the Mishnah (1948). Epstein has also concluded that the period of the Amoraim was one of further deliberate changes to the text of the Mishnah, which... 53 KB (6,763 words) - 00:51, 1 April 2024 |
David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 71 KB (9,104 words) - 09:53, 4 May 2024 |
are preserved. He occupies a middle position between the Tannaim and the Amoraim, and is accorded the right, rarely conceded to one who is only an amora... 15 KB (1,979 words) - 07:51, 3 September 2023 |
 | David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 42 KB (5,252 words) - 07:34, 25 April 2024 |
 | the closing benediction of the hymn "Birkat ha-Shir," which latter the Amoraim explain differently, but which evidently was similar to the benediction... 38 KB (4,928 words) - 10:24, 28 April 2024 |
David Solomon Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Rabbinic sages Chazal Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan... 130 KB (11,914 words) - 00:16, 13 May 2024 |