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Rabbinical Conferences
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From antiquity to the present day, rabbinical conferences have been a means of further developing Jewish law (Halakhah), often in reaction to cultural crises and challenges, as well as a prelude to the successful establishment of lasting institutions. Fundamental decisions of significant importance were made at rabbinical conferences, especially in cases in which the usual route toward the con…

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Wilke, Carsten L., “Rabbinical Conferences”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0716>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116



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