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Medieval Judaism

Medieval Judaism. Geographic Diversity Sephardim & Ashkenazim Yiddish Falashas India & China Khazars. Medieval Jewish Though. Saadia (882-942) Maimonides (1135-1204) (Rambam: Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) - Mishneh Torah Rashi (1040-1105) (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak). Jewish Mysticism.

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Medieval Judaism

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  1. Medieval Judaism Geographic Diversity • Sephardim & Ashkenazim • Yiddish • Falashas • India & China • Khazars

  2. Medieval Jewish Though • Saadia (882-942) • Maimonides (1135-1204) • (Rambam: Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) • -Mishneh Torah • Rashi (1040-1105) (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak)

  3. Jewish Mysticism • Merkabah (“chariot”) • Kabbalah (“received teaching”): Zohar • en-Sof (“the infinite“) • Sefirot (“spheres”) • Shekhinah (“divine presence”) • Isaac Luria (1534-72) • Sabbatai Zvi (1626-76)

  4. Keter, the Divine Crown • Hokhmah, Wisdom • Binah, Understanding • Hesed, Mercy • Din, Justice • Tif'eret, Beauty • Nezah, Eternity • Hod, Glory • Yesod, Foundation • Shekhinah

  5. Hasidism • Israel ben Eliezer (ca. 1700-60) • “The Besht” Baal Shem Tov • (“master of the good name”) • tsaddik / Rebbe • Lubavitcher—Habad • Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1904-92)

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