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Pilpul (Hebrew: פלפול,
loosely meaning 'sharp analysis'; from פִּלְפֵּל (pilpel) 'pepper') is a
method of
studying the
Talmud through intense textual analysis...
- of
contradiction within the Talmud. The term
pilpul was
applied to this type of study.
Usage of
pilpul in this
sense (that of "sharp analysis") harks...
- from Bohemia,
particularly from the
school of
Jacob Pollak, the
creator of
Pilpul ("sharp reasoning").
Shalom Shachna (c. 1500–1558), a
pupil of Pollak, is...
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their movement.
Maskilim valued and
adapted his
emphasis on
peshat over
pilpul, his
engagement with and
mastery of
Hebrew grammar and Bible, and his interest...
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wealthy man, he
supported his pupils. In his teaching, he was
opposed to
pilpul and
emphasized simple interpretation of the Talmud. In 1553 he was appointed...
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founder of the
Polish method of
halakhic and
Talmudic study known as the
Pilpul. He was born
about 1460 or 1470 in Poland, and died at
Lublin in 1541. He...
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whether the
emphasis would be
placed on beki'ut (breadth) or
iyyun (depth).
Pilpul, a type of in-depth
analytical and
casuistic argumentation po****r from...
- Iraqi-born
Israeli Jewish writer who
wrote in
Arabic even
after moving to
Israel Pilpul, a
method of
studying the
Talmud This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
- such a response—often with
lightning speed—is a
modest reproduction of the
pilpul process. The May Laws
introduced by Tsar
Alexander III of
Russia in 1882...
- many Ashke**** schools,
which relies on deep
analysis of
gemara employing pilpul,
without reaching to the
halakhic conclusions. This
preference is based...
