Examples of 'responsa' in a sentence

Meaning of "responsa"

Responsa: Plural of 'responsum'. In Jewish tradition, it refers to a written answer by a rabbi to a legal question, especially one that provides interpretations or resolutions of religious law
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  • A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

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A few of his responsa have survived in citations.
Many of the books he has authored are responsa.
His responsa are held in high esteem.
The language of their responsa reflect this clearly.
Part of the collection of responsa.
These responsa are distinguished by his encyclopedic knowledge and methodical analysis of sources.
This period is the richest in the responsa literature.
Earlier responsa had been so lucid that the reader could easily follow them.
Almost all of these responsa fragments.
The halakhic answer to this conflict may be seen in two responsa.
Two traditionalist responsa were adopted.
Responsa play a particularly important role in Jewish law.
Piskei din are generally recorded in the responsa literature.
Very few responsa by Nahmanides have been preserved.
A wide array of topics on ethics are also discussed in medieval responsa literature.

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Many of his responsa are to be found in the collection of Isserles.
History of responsa.
Two manuscript responsa were published in recent years in two Talmudic journals.
Conservative authorities produced a voluminous Responsa literature.
Who ascribed both responsa mentioned here to Naá¹­ronai b.
This is the view of them taken in the rabbinic Responsa of the period.
One of his responsa concerns the use of wine in the Jewish community during Prohibition.
Thus in one of his responsa Asher b.
Older responsa are also important for readings and emendations of the Mishnah and the Talmud.
Lau was the first rabbi in Israel to teach responsa over the internet.
Responsa in two parts The book.
He is eulogistically mentioned in the responsa of Meïr Boton.
It contains responsa and Talmudic interpretations.
Jacob Berab writes about this problem in his Responsa.
See also the responsa of Hatam Sofer quoted below.
He is best known as author of the work of responsa Seridei Eish.
Many of the responsa are still being studied today in the Cairo Genizah.
HaRav Rosen authored tens of thousands of responsa on the Talmud and Jewish law.
The responsa of the Chatam Sofer.
However, his major legacy was his responsa.
History of responsa in Judaism.
Responsa of the Rashba.
Two volumes of his responsa were published before World War II.
Responsa in a Moment.
His stance is defended in his grandson 's responsa.
Responsa of Maharshal.
When the odds are lower, the second responsa applies.
Responsa prudentum, which were the sentences and opinions of.
A literature of questions and answers developed, known as the responsa literature.
Colon 's responsa are marked by tremendous deference to authorities of the past.
The literature of questions to rabbis, and their considered answers, are referred to as responsa.
A responsa is deemed approved when at least 6 member of the committee vote to approve it.
A, and this topic is the focus of many religious books and rabbinic responsa.
Only half of these responsa have been published, as they number three thousand.
And he says that she 's always standing there and responsa writing can begin, saying.

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