Rabbi Louis Jacobs

Rabbinic conventions can--following specific guidelines--amend Jewish law.

Throughout history Jews have accepted some influences of outside religions and cultures, and rejected others.

Also known as shuckling, this movement is particularly common in Hasidic worship.

Sufi ideas found their way into Jewish mystical literature through Bahya Ibn Pakudah and the Kabbalist Isaac of Acre.

According to the traditional view, this second century sage of the Mishnah also authored the Zohar.

This medieval work describes the ideal life of the pious Jew.

Jews and Christians read their own ideas about authority into this ancient legislative institution.

Since the destruction of the Temples, Jews have struggled with the enduring meaning and legacy of the sacrificial rites.

Medieval Italian scholar pioneered the 'scientific' study of the Jewish past.

Rabbinic responses to questions of Jewish law enrich the body of halachic literature.