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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...
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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...
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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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pupil of
Jacob Pollak,
founder of the
method of
Talmudic study known as
Pilpul. In 1515
Shachna established the
yeshiva in Lublin,
which had the third...
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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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types of
rabbinic scholars:
experts in
homiletical aggadah, in
analysis (
pilpul), and in
Talmudic reasoning. 146a: Anosmia, a
disabiility with the sense...
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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...
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tractate in sequence,
using pilpul (incisive analysis) to
connect the
ideas in the two places. A
special literature of
hadran pilpul began appearing at the...
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requisite knowledge. One of the four
roshei yeshiva (deans)
listens to a
Pilpul, or
talmudic discourse, from the applicant. This part of the exam is to...
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applied remain relevant today,
unlike other Aharonim who
tended towards Pilpul. In
addition to his
significant influence on the
study of the
Talmud and...
