Case Western Reserve University: “Jewish Lives: Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud”
Join Gila Silverman, director of Jewish lifelong learning with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, for a three-week online course titled “Jewish Lives: Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud.” Born in the ...
On Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud (Jewish Lives), by Barry W. Holtz. The word biography is in quotes above because no personal effects, letters, or legal documents of Akiva’s remain. There are, ...
The word rabbi means “my master” in Hebrew. A rabbi is a religious leader of Jewish people. Some rabbis lead congregations (synagogues), others are teachers, and yet others lead informally. Rabbinic ordination is known as semichah. In common parlance, a rabbi with advanced training in practical Jewish law (halachah) is known as a rav. The great Talmudic sage and physician Shmuel once ...
A Rabbi, in Judaism, is a religious teacher and, in modern times, the leader of a synagogue. The term was first applied in Jewish sources to the early Talmudic sages of the late first and second centuries C.E. With the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., the Jewish teachers of the Law of Moses known as the Pharisees replaced the temple priests as the primary religious ...
When I ask Barry Holtz about the holes in his research about Rabbi Akiva, he points out that nothing is known about the early life of the great sage of the first and second centuries. Since the time ...
Jewish Journal: The Rabbi Akiva exchange, part 1: The greatest Jewish sage of his time