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The Amsterdam Rabbinic Coin: Sketching Some of the Halachos of Drawing and Sculpture [Yisro]

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: January 20 2022

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Series: Five Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Avoda Zara, Rosh Hashana

Halacha:

Chinuch, Minchas Chinuch, Yoreh Deah

History:

18th Century CE, Bayit Sheni, Roman Period

Machshava:

Politics, Rabbinic Authority

Mishna:

Rosh Hashana

Parsha:

Yitro

Collections: After Har Sinai

References: Rosh Hashana: 24A , Rosh Hashana: 24B , Avoda Zara: 43A , Avoda Zara: 43B

Description

Includes the historically interesting, politically bizarre and halachically relevant story of the rabbinic coin of Amsterdam, as quoted by Pischei Teshuva (141:10).

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The Amsterdam Rabbinic Coin: Sketching Some of the Halachos of Drawing and Sculpture [Yisro]

Series: Five Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Avoda Zara, Rosh Hashana

Halacha:

Chinuch, Minchas Chinuch, Yoreh Deah

History:

18th Century CE, Bayit Sheni, Roman Period

Machshava:

Politics, Rabbinic Authority

Mishna:

Rosh Hashana

Parsha:

Yitro

Collections: After Har Sinai

References: Rosh Hashana: 24A , Rosh Hashana: 24B , Avoda Zara: 43A , Avoda Zara: 43B

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The Amsterdam Rabbinic Coin: Sketching Some of the Halachos of Drawing and Sculpture [Yisro]

Series: Five Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara: Avoda Zara, Rosh Hashana Halacha: Chinuch, Minchas Chinuch, Yoreh Deah History: 18th Century CE, Bayit Sheni, Roman Period Machshava: Politics, Rabbinic Authority Mishna: Rosh Hashana Parsha: Yitro

Collections: After Har Sinai

References: Rosh Hashana: 24A , Rosh Hashana: 24B , Avoda Zara: 43A , Avoda Zara: 43B

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Gemara:

Avoda Zara, Rosh Hashana

Halacha:

Chinuch, Minchas Chinuch, Yoreh Deah

History:

18th Century CE, Bayit Sheni, Roman Period

Machshava:

Politics, Rabbinic Authority

Mishna:

Rosh Hashana

Parsha:

Yitro