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Gemara to Malbim
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12th Grade
01/17/2011

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Term

Gemara in Ta'anis:

All the talmidei chachamim and tzadikim sitting in a circle with Hashem in the middle.

Definition

They will point and say: "zeh H' kavinu lo"

all equidistant to center, so as long as they are authentic, looks don't matter.  Hashem loves all equally

Term
Ba'al Shem Tov
Definition

R' Yisroel ben Eliezer

born: Okup, Poland

lived: 1698/1700--1760

parents had guest who ate a lot 

raised himself

Term
R' Gershon Kitover
Definition

sister married the ba'al shem tov

(r' yisroel ben r' eliezer)

Term
Achiya Hasheloni
Definition
neshama learned with Ba'al Shem Tov for 10 years. 
Term
Ba'al Shem Tov's principles of chassidus
Definition

1) tefillah=primary key in a yid's elevation.

2) simcha=mitzvos must be done b'simcha.

3) hislahavus=must feel enthusiasm          

4) Tzaddik= facilitator of closness to Hashe

 

 

Term
The Chassidic movement was________
Definition

A shift in emphasis.

It went from Torah learning to Tefillah and other things. People were worried b/c it de-emphasized Torah learning

Term
Main Talmid of the Ba'al Shem Tov
Definition
The Maggid M'mezridch
Term

Maggid M'mezritdch

 

Definition

 

  • R' Dov Be'er
  • spread and emphasized chassidus
  • was initially against chassidus but became lame then went to the ba'al shem tov and was healed. 
  • Created chassidus learning center in Mezritdch 
  • watched house burn down with mother, said he'd write another sefer hayuchsin, and become a gadol hador. 

 

Term
R' Elimelech of Lizhensk
Definition

 

  • main talmid of r' dov be'er
  • wrote: Noam Elimelech on torah
  • wrote: tzetel hakatan on avodas Hashem
  • get tremendous yeshuos when daven at his kever. 

 

Term
R' Zusia of Hanipoli
Definition

 

  • brother of R' Elimelech of Lizhensk
  • modeh ani lifanecha 
  • self imposed exiles

 

Term
R' Shneur Zalman on Liadi
Definition
Founder of Chabad
Term

 

R' Shneur Zalman on Liadi

 

Definition
wrote tania=likutei amarim
Term

 

R' Shneur Zalman on Liadi

 

Definition
shulchan orech harav 
Term
nefesh hachayim
Definition
response to tania/likutei amarim
Term
"In nigla, R' Shneur Zalman is greater..."
Definition
vilna gaon
Term
R' Nochum of Tchernobel
Definition
devarim kedushim
Term
R' Nochum of Tchrenoble
Definition
davened for cleaning lady
Term
R' Levi Yitzchak Berditchev 
Definition
wrote: Kedushas halevi
Term
R' Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev
Definition

advocate for bnei yisroel

 

  • wagon driver
  • tobacco vs. chameitz

 

Term

Vilna Gaon

name

Definition
R' Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman Kramer
Term

Vilna Gaon

lived

Definition
1720-1797
Term

Vilna Gaon

mother

and as a child

Definition

Traina, fell off bridge as baby, then almost burned when they tried to warm her up

refused to play on see saw or wrestle on piggy back

Term
Two Titles
Definition

Vilna Gaon

Gaon: ultimate in Limud Hatorah

Chossid: Ultimate in Avodas Hashem

Term
big accomplishment of Vilna Gaon
Definition

returned torah to its previous pedestal of primacy in

 klal yisroel.

Term
Biur Hagra
Definition
on halacha
Term
Haghus Hagra
Definition
on talmud
Term
aderes eliyahu
Definition

by vilna gaon

on Nach

Term
Eil Meshuleim
Definition
on geometry. did not study medicine. 
Term
Dates of Bans
Definition

1772

 

1781

 

1797

 

1818

Term

Tanya written

 

Definition
1796
Term

1st ban

what spurred it?

what complaints? 

Definition

1772

epidemic in vilna

1) minyanim                                

2) nussach                                   

3) Hanhaga during davening           

4) Social behaviors                        

5) disregard for talmedei chachamim

Term
Second Ban
Definition

1781

Toldos Yaakov Yosef of Peloi was published

 

Term
Third Ban
Definition

1797

Vilna Gaon niftar yud tes tishrei

russian gov't got involved. 

r' shneur zalman and r' chaim volozhin tried to make peace. saw chassidus was going to stay. 

Term
Fourth Ban
Definition

1813 

Napoleonic wars. said chassidim supported napoleon 

Term
Caslovitch
Definition
misnagdim hid r' shneur zalman of liadi
Term

Uvshis meah shanin lshetita v'taftchin teri d'chochmsa l'aila u'mivo'i d'chochmsa l'tta" 

"‫ -"ובשית מאה שנין לשתיתא יתפחון תכעי דכחמתא לעילא

Definition

sixth century of 6th millenium will be another flood.

flood of knowledge

Term
Age of Enlightenment
Definition
society governed by reason, emancipation, pursuit of happiness. 
Term
Voltaire
Definition

French philisoph. brotherhood, liberty and tolerance. 

was a hypocrite

used satire. 

france to england to france to germany 

new world of no persecution but set modern antisemitism into action. 

Term
Fredrick the Great
Definition
Leader of Germany, had Voltaire live in his palace until he got sick of him and sent him away 
Term

Moses Mendelssohn

name

Definition

Moshe ben menachem mendle

 

Term

Moses Mendelssohn

born 

and lived

Definition

Dassau, Germany

1729--1786

Term

R' Dovid Frankel

wrote

Definition

Rebbi of Moses Mendelssohn

korban eida

Term

age 14

age 21

Definition

went to berlin

won writing contest

Term
Jewish Plato
Definition
Moses Mendlessohn
Term
Gotthold Lessing 
Definition

dramatist

wrote "Nathan the Wise"

Term
Moses's "frumkeit"
Definition

stormed out, refusing to drink wine

missed audience with emperor b/c of mincha

Term
Moses Mendelssohn believed Jews should act______
Definition
"cosmopolitan in the street, Jew in the home"
Term

Moses Mendelssohn

wrote

Definition

Biur

german translation of chumash

didn't get haskama

Term
nodeh b'yehuda
Definition
said to be dan lecaf zechus that he had good intentions, but saw in letter to friend that he didn't. 
Term
belzer rebbe
Definition
couldn't sleep, cried and asked for his mitzvos not to count. 
Term
Mendelssohn's decendants
Definition

4/6 kids converted

daughter Dorthea said he would be so proud

1/3 of berlin converted

Term
Kushta Ka'i, Shikra lo ka'i
Definition
test of time. Mendelssohn's kids converted
Term
Two options for enlightened Jew
Definition

1) convert--> Henrich Heines, Karl Marx        

2) discard "irrelivencies" of Torah-->reform it 

 

Term
Israel Jacobson
Definition
created first reform temple in Seesan, Germany modeled after the protestant church
Term
R' Menachem Mendle of Kotsk
Definition
"winters w/o cold, summers w/o heat, and rabbi's w/o Torah"
Term
Israel Jacobson's theology
Definition

break into three: 1) biblical 2) Rabbinical3) prophetic

="Jews of Mosaic persuasion"

Term
R' Shimshon Raphael Hirsch said:
Definition
distilled to a drop of perfume, luchos became little ornamental carvings
Term
first attacked by reform
Definition

siddur

no tzion or yerushalayim

berlin=yerushalayim-->yakum purkan

Term

Meshech Chachma

is 

said

Definition

R' Meir Simcha Hakohen

"mi sheamar al berlin sh'hi yerushalayim" will cause a disaster=> predicted halocaust

Term
Founder of Reform in America
Definition

Isaac Meyer Wise

changed siddur to "minhag america" 

Term
Hebrew Union College
Definition

Cincinnati

fist graduating class 1883  

Term
Treife banquet
Definition
1883
Term
Pittsburgh Platform
Definition
1885
Term

Chasam Sofer

who

born 

lived

Definition

R' Moshe Sofer

frankfurt

1762--1839

 

Term

Chasam Sofer 

rav of

protection

Definition

pressburg

1) speech 

2) dress

3) yeshiva--a) very large

b) frequents testing

c) dikduk

d) tanach

e) public speaking

Term

R' Moshe Sofer

motto

mashal

Definition

"chadash assur min hatorah"

shouldn't want to be comfortable b/c that means you'll stay for a long time. 
Term

Malbim

who

lived

 

Definition

R' Meir leib ben yechiel michel

1809--1879

Term

Malbim

fought

scare

Definition

in Romania

very nearly put to death by Romanian Gov't

offered chief rabbi in NY, refused

Term

Malbim

wrote on

Definition
chumash and navi to oppose reform
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