Rabbinic Judaism

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Rabbinic Judaism is the mainstream form of Judaism that developed after the Second Temple’s destruction, centered on the authority of the rabbis, the Oral Torah, and the interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Judaism
form of Judaism
religious tradition
centralAuthorityFigure Rabbi
centralInstitution Beit din
Synagogue
Yeshiva
linked to: Beit midrash
codifiedIn Babylonian Talmud completed around 6th century CE
Mishnah around 200 CE
contrastsWith Hellenistic Judaism
linked to: Hellenistic Jews

Karaite Judaism
linked to: Karaite Jews

Sadducean Judaism
linked to: Sadducees
developedAfter Destruction of the Second Temple
End of the Second Temple period
dominantFormOf Contemporary Judaism
Post-Temple Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
emergedFrom Pharisaic Judaism
linked to: Pharisees
emphasizes Community over Temple
Law and ethics
Study over sacrifice
geographicScope Babylonia
Diaspora communities
Global
Land of Israel
linked to: Palestine
hasConcept Aggadah
Beit midrash
Binding nature of Oral Torah
Blessings (berakhot)
Chain of tradition
Codification of law
Community-based law
Daily prayer services
Fence around the Torah
Festival observance
Gezerot
Halakha
Halakhic precedent
Kashrut
Legal pluralism within halakha
Machloket
Majority rule in legal decisions
Masorah
Minhag
Mitzvot
Oral Torah
linked to: Mishnah

Pikuach nefesh
Prayer liturgy
Public Torah reading
Rabbinic authority
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism

Rabbinic courts
Rabbinic decrees
Rabbinic hermeneutics
linked to: Midrash

Rabbinic leadership
Rabbinic ordination
Sanhedrin tradition
linked to: Midrash halakha

Shabbat observance
linked to: Shabbat

Siddur
Synagogue worship
Takanot
Teshuva
Thirteen principles of exegesis
Torah study
Written Torah
linked to: Torah

Yeshiva
linked to: Beit midrash
hasCoreText Halakhic codes
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Midrash
Mishnah
Responsa literature
Shulchan Aruch
Talmud
includesMovement Conservative Judaism
Haredi Judaism
linked to: Haredi Jews

Masorti Judaism
linked to: Masorti movement

Modern Orthodox Judaism
linked to: Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
Religious Zionism
influencedBy Diaspora conditions
Pharisaic legal traditions
Temple-era practices
languageOfScholarship Aramaic
Hebrew
majorSubtradition Ashkenazi Judaism
Italian Judaism
linked to: Italian Jews

Mizrahi Judaism
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Sephardi Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews

Yemenite Judaism
practiceFeature Circumcision
Daily prayer
Dietary laws
Family purity laws
Life-cycle rituals
Observance of 613 commandments as interpreted by rabbis
Sabbath rest
linked to: Shabbat
recognizesAuthorityOf Acharonim
Amoraim
Geonim
Rishonim
Tannaim
recognizesText Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud

Geonic responsa
Halakhic Midrashim
linked to: Midrash halakha

Jerusalem Talmud
linked to: Talmud

Midrash Rabbah
linked to: Midrash

Mishnah
Rishonim commentaries
Shulchan Aruch and commentaries
linked to: Shulchan Aruch
theologyFeature Belief in divine revelation at Sinai
Belief in messianic redemption
Belief in resurrection of the dead
Belief in reward and punishment
Centrality of Torah
Covenant between God and Israel
timePeriod Amoraic period
Geonic period
Late Second Temple period
Medieval period
Modern period
Tannaitic period
viewsOralTorahAs Authoritative interpretation of Written Torah
Transmitted tradition from Sinai

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Ten Commandments veneratedInDenomination Rabbinic Judaism
Talmud tradition Rabbinic Judaism
Hellenistic Jews relatedTo Rabbinic Judaism
Tanakh religiousTradition Rabbinic Judaism
Apostle Paul convertedFrom Pharisaic Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Karaite Jews differsFrom Rabbinic Judaism
Tomb of Maimonides culturalContext Rabbinic Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism hasConcept Rabbinic authority
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism dominantFormOf Post-Temple Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Adar I usedByCommunity Rabbinic Judaism
Romaniote Jews religiousLawTradition Rabbinic Judaism
Saadia Gaon influencedBy Rabbinic Judaism
Second Temple Judaism followedBy Rabbinic Judaism
Second Temple Judaism influenced Rabbinic Judaism
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng followedRite Rabbinic Judaism
Anno Mundi usedBy rabbinic Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Juhurim religiousTradition Rabbinic Judaism
Midrash halakha tradition Rabbinic Judaism
Shimon bar Yochai tradition Rabbinic Judaism
The Twelve Minor Prophets canonicalIn Rabbinic Judaism
Esther includedInCanonOf Rabbinic Judaism
Decalogue hasCanonicalStatusIn Rabbinic Judaism
Hasidism developedFrom Rabbinic Judaism
Musar movement influencedBy Rabbinic Judaism
Palestinian Jews followed Rabbinic Judaism
Hallel tradition Rabbinic Judaism
Ancient Israel foundationalTraditionFor Rabbinic Judaism
Pharisees sourceFor Rabbinic Judaism
Kodashim religiousTradition Rabbinic Judaism
Beit Yosef tradition Rabbinic Judaism
Bnei Mikra distinguishesFrom Rabbinic Judaism
Contemporary Judaism hasHistoricalRoot Rabbinic Judaism
Amidah associatedWithTextualTradition Rabbinic Judaism
Rabbi Akiva movement Rabbinic Judaism
Sura religiousTradition Rabbinic Judaism
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt theologicalOrientation Rabbanite Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Tafsir of the Torah religiousViewpoint Rabbanite Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Sefer ha-Galuy mainSubject Rabbinic Judaism
Sefer ha-Galuy tradition Rabbinic Judaism
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn religiousPerspective rabbinic Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Masorah religiousContext Rabbinic Judaism
Machloket isCentralTo rabbinic Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Tannaitic period culture Rabbinic Judaism
Kingdom of Judah culturalInfluenceOn Rabbinic Judaism
Takanot partOf Rabbinic Judaism
Sifre Devarim tradition Rabbinic Judaism
Mosaic covenant interpretedBy rabbinic Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
Rashbi culture Rabbinic Judaism
Shimon bar Yochai tradition Rabbinic Judaism