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In Jewish law and history, Acharonim (Hebrew:[(ʔ)aχ(a)ʁoˈnim]; Hebrew: אחרוניםAḥaronim; sing. אחרון, Aḥaron; lit. "last ones") are the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifically since the writing of the Shulchan Aruch (Hebrew: שׁוּלחָן עָרוּך, "Set Table", a code of Jewish law) in 1563 CE.
The Acharonim follow the Rishonim, the "first ones"—the rabbinic scholars between the 11th and the 16th century following the Geonim and preceding the Shulchan Aruch. The publication of the Shulchan Aruch thus marks the transition from the era of Rishonim to that of Acharonim.
The Acharonim are thus contemporary with the Early Modern Period, the foundation of Hasidic Judaism, Jewish emancipation in Europe, the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), Zionism, the Holocaust, the foundation of the State of Israel and the Jewish exodus from the Muslim world.
In Jewish law and history, Acharonim (Hebrew: [(ʔ)aχ(a)ʁoˈnim]; Hebrew: אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing. אחרון, Aḥaron; lit. "last ones") are the leading rabbis...
meal, before reciting Birkat Hamazon. This practice is known as mayim acharonim ("after-waters"). According to the Talmud, the washing is motivated by...
prayer, synagogue, Shabbat and holidays, summarizing the opinions of the Acharonim (post-Medieval rabbinic authorities) on that work. The title comes from...
Gersonides, Nahmanides) Ethical works (Bahya ibn Paquda, Jonah of Gerona) The Acharonim are the rabbis from 1550 to the present day. Important Torah commentaries...
Early Middle Ages, the Rishonim of the High and Late Middle Ages, and the Acharonim of modern times — wrote more conclusive works. Many of these works are...
the hands before reciting birkat hamazon. This practice is called mayim acharonim (final waters). While the Talmud and Shulchan Aruch rule this practice...
The Three Oaths is the popular name for a midrash found in the Talmud, which relates that God adjured three oaths upon the world. Two of the oaths pertain...
Jewish commentaries on the Bible are biblical commentaries of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) from a Jewish perspective. Translations into Aramaic and English...
Yeshu (Hebrew: יֵשׁוּ Yēšū) is the name of an individual or individuals mentioned in rabbinic literature, thought by some to refer to Jesus when used...
– 1558) was a rabbi and Talmudist, and Rosh yeshiva of several great Acharonim including Moses Isserles, who was also his son-in-law. Shachna was a pupil...
method of treatment, and in the arrangement of subject-matter. Since the Acharonim saw themselves as no longer having the independence of the Rishonim, they...
Tamid (Hebrew: תָמִיד, romanized: tāmiḏ, lit. 'daily offerings') is the ninth tractate in Kodashim, which is the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah...
(Shabbat 103a) There is extensive literature and discussion amongst the Acharonim in this matter, especially in the Brisker school of Torah-study. "ש"ס...
views of other Rishonim (early, pre-1550 authorities), and especially Acharonim (later authorities), occasionally disagreeing with the latter. The work...
printed code of Jewish law, 1563 CE) and following the Geonim (589–1038 CE) Acharonim, the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly...
Rabbinic scholars subsequent to the Shulchan Aruch are generally known as acharonim ("the latter ones"). The distinction between the Rishonim and the Geonim...
late medieval period (c. 1038–1563), preceding the Shulchan Aruch. The Acharonim ("lasts") are the rabbis from c. 1500 to the present. The development...
Talmudic sugyas, together with their development in the Rishonim and Acharonim, especially the Tur; see Yeshiva § Jewish law. The Talmud lists three...
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