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The New Encyclopedia of Judaism[edit]

Articles and subarticles contained in The New Encyclopedia of Judaism by Geoffrey Wigoder, New York: New York University Press, 2002

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Articles with designated subarticles[edit]

  • Academies – Palestinian (Erets Israel) academies; Babylonian academies;
  • Bible – Contents; Canon; Text; Scientific study of the Bible; In Judaism;
  • Covenant (religion) – The Covenant between the Pieces; The Covenant of Circumcision; The Sinaitic Covenant;
  • Creation – The Bible; Middle Eastern parallels; Rabbinic literature; Kabbalah; Philosophy;
  • Eruv – Eruv Hatserot; Eruv Reshuyyot; Eruv Tavshilin; Eruv Tehumin;
  • Ethics – Morality in the Bible; Morality in Rabbinic literature; Sources of moral knowledge; Man's choice; Later thinkers;
  • Faith – Grounds for belief;
  • Festival – Festival liturgy;
  • Gamaliel – Gamaliel I; Simeon ben Gamaliel I; Gamaliel II; Simeon ben Gamaliel II;
  • God – In the Bible; God and morality; Divine attributes; In Talmudic literature; In medieval Jewish philosophy; In Kabbalah; In the modern period;
  • God, Names of or Names of God – El; Elohim; YHWH;
  • Halakhah – The Commandments; The Oral law; Authority of the sages; Ordination; The Sanhedrin; Anti-Halakhah movements; Gezerot; Hierarchy of authority; Takkanot; Minhag; Codification; Responsa; Contemporary issues; The Conservative approach; The Reform approach;
  • Hallel – Hallel ha-Gadol; Hallel (proper); Hatsi Hallel; Religious significance; Origin of Hallel; Prescribed occasioons; Mode of recitation;
  • Holocaust – Religious responses among the victims, and subsequent religious thinking;
  • Kimhi – Joseph Kimhi; Moses Kimhi; David Kimhi;
  • Moses Maimonides – Halakhic writings; Philosophical views;
  • Marriage – The Concept; Eligibility for marriage; Days and periods when weddings are not celebrated; The Marriage process; The Modern wedding ceremony; Preparations and customs;
    • Marriage – The Marriage process – Betrothal; Shiddukhin; Kiddushin or Erusin; Nissu'in;
  • Marriages, prohibited or Prohibited marriages – Permanent prohibitions; Temporary prohibitions; piped to Forbidden relationships in Judaism
  • Medical ethics, Jewish or Jewish medical ethics – Publications; Institutes; Scope; Trends; Some major principles; Gray areas and some summary conclusions; Miscellaneous;
    • Medical ethics, Jewish or Jewish medical ethics – Some major principles – The sanctity of life; The Religious precept to preserve life and health; The Duty to procreate; Sanctity of the marriage bond; The Duty to alleviate pain and suffering; Respect for the dead;
    • Medical ethics, Jewish or Jewish medical ethics – Gray areas and some summary conclusions – The Inception of life; The Terminal stage of life;
  • Messiah – Messianism and the Messianic era;
  • Music and song – In the Bible; In the Second Temple; After 70 CE; In Muslim lands; Ashkenazi liturgical chants; Kabbalah and Hasidism;
  • Mysticism, Jewish or Jewish mysticism – History;
  • Orthodoxy – Trends in Orthodoxy (1800-1939); American Orthodoxy; Other Diaspora communities;
  • Passover – Preparations for Passover; Liturgy; Counting of the Omer; Pesah Sheni; Me'ot Hittim; Some Passover customs;
  • Peace – Peace and war;
  • Pentateuch – Traditional view; Bible criticism;
  • Prayer – Direction of prayer;
  • Psalms, Book of or Book of Psalms – In the liturgy;
  • Punishment – Flogging; Retaliation; Fines and financial compensation; Confiscation of property; Imprisonment;
  • Reform Judaism – Reform in the United States;
  • Revelation – Bible; Talmud; Middle Ages; Modern Jewish thought;
  • Reward and punishment – Rabbinic literature; In medieval Jewish thought; Modern thought;
  • Sabbath – Biblical sources; Work prohibited on the Sabbath; Situations superseding Sabbath prohibitions; Contemporary Jewish attitudes; The Sabbath day; Kabbalat Shabbat; Evening service; Sabbath evening in the home; Sabbath morning; Afternoon service; End of the Sabbath; Ceremonial objects and other Sabbath appurtenances; Innovations;
  • Sabbaths, special or Special sabbaths – Shabbat Mervarekhim; Shabbat Mahar Hodesh; Shabbat Rosh Hodesh; Shabbat Shuvah; Shabbat Hol ha-Mo'ed Sukkot; Shabbat Be-Reshit; Shabbat Hanukkah; Shabbat Shirah; Shabbat Shekalin; Shabbat Zakhor; Shabbat Parah; Shabbat ha-Hodesh; Shabbat ha-Gadol; Shabbat Hol ha-Mo'ed Pesah; Shabbat Hazon; Shabbat Nahamu; redirect already exists from Special sabbath to Special Shabbat
  • Sacrifices and offerings – Olah; Shelamin; Hatat; Asham; Offerings; piped to Korban. Sacrifice exists as a general article on religious sacrifice, and Offering is a disambiguation page.
  • Sex – Sexual offenses;
  • Shabbetai Tsevi – The Shabbatean movement;
  • Soloveichik – Joseph Baer Soloveichik (1820-1892); Hayyim Soloveichik; Moses Soloveichik; Isaac Ze'ev Soloveichik; Joseph Baer Soloveichik (1903-1993); Aaron Soloveichik;
  • Synagogue – Origins; Ancient period; Middle Ages; Modern period;
  • Talmud – Talmudic methodology; Jerusalem (Palestinian) Talmud; Babylonian Talmud; Editions; Translations; Influence of the Talmud on Jewish life;
  • Talmudic commentaries – Babylonian Talmud; Jerusalem Talmud;
  • Temple – First Temple; Second Temple; After the destruction;
  • Torah – Preexistence; Eternity of the Torah;
  • Women – In the Biblical world; Rabbinic attitudes; The Modern period;

Articles with bolded internal text, virtual subarticles[edit]

Major articles[edit]

2 pages or more

Major subarticles[edit]

2 pages or more

Significant articles[edit]

3 paragraphs to 2 pages

Significant subarticles[edit]

3 paragraphs to 2 pages

  • Academies – Palestinian (Erets Israel) academies; Babylonian academies;
  • Bible – Contents; Canon; Text; Scientific study of the Bible; In Judaism;
  • Covenant – The Sinaitic covenant; Creation – Kabbalah;
  • Eruv – Eruv Hatserot; Eruv Tavshilin; Eruv Tehumin;
  • Ethics – Morality in the Bible; Morality in rabbinic literature; Sources of moral knowledge; Man's choice; Later thinkers;
  • Faith – Grounds for belief; Festival – Festival liturgy;
  • Gamaliel – Gamaliel I; Simeon ben Gamaliel I; Gamaliel II; Simeon ben Gamaliel II;
  • God – In the Bible; God and morality; Divine attributes; In Talmudic literature; In medieval Jewish philosophy; In Kabbalah; In the modern period; God, Names of or Names of God – YHWH;
  • Halakhah – The Oral law; Authority of the sages; The Sanhedrin; Anti-Halakhah movements; Contemporary issues; The Conservative approach; The Reform approach;
  • Hallel – Prescribed occasions;
  • Kimhi – David Kimhi;
  • Moses Maimonides – Halakhic writings; Philosophical views;
  • Marriage – The Concept; Eligibility for marriage; Days and periods when weddings are not celebrated; The Marriage process; The Marriage process – Shiddukhin; The Marriage process – Kiddushin or Erusin; The Marriage process – Nissu'in; The Modern wedding ceremony; Preparations and customs;
  • Marriages, prohibited or [[Prohibited marriages – Permanent prohibitions; Temporary prohibitions;
  • Medical ethics, Jewish or Jewish medical ethics – Publications; Trends; Some major principles; Some major principles – Sanctity of the marriage bond; Gray areas and some summary conclusions; Gray areas and some summary conclusions – The Inception of life; Miscellaneous;
  • Music and song – In the Bible; In the Second Temple; After 70 CE; In Muslim lands; Ashkenazi liturgical chants; Kabbalah and Hasidism;
  • Orthodoxy – Trends in Orthodoxy (1800-1939); American Orthodoxy; Other Diaspora communities;
  • Passover – Some Passover customs;
  • Peace – Peace and War;
  • Pentateuch – Bible criticism;
  • Prayer – Direction of prayer;
  • Psalms, Book of or Book of Psalms – In the liturgy;
  • Revelation – Bible; Middle Ages; Modern Jewish thought;
  • Reward and punishment – Rabbinic literature; In medieval Jewish thought;
  • Sabbath – Biblical sources; Work prohibited on the Sabbath; The Sabbath Day; Evening service; Sabbath evening in the home; Sabbath morning;
  • Sabbaths, special or Special Sabbaths - Shabbat Mervarekhim; Shabbat Mahar Hodesh; Shabbat Rosh Hodesh; Shabbat Shuvah; Shabbat Hol ha-Mo'ed Sukkot; Shabbat Be-Reshit; Shabbat Hanukkah; Shabbat Shirah; Shabbat Shekalin; Shabbat Zakhor; Shabbat Parah; Shabbat ha-Hodesh; Shabbat ha-Gadol; Shabbat Hol ha-Mo'ed Pesah; Shabbat Hazon; Shabbat Nahamu;
  • Sacrifices and offerings – Offerings;
  • Sex – Sexual offenses;
  • Shabbetai Tsevi – The Shabbatean movement;
  • Soloveichik - Hayyim Soloveichik; Isaac Ze'ev Soloveichik; Joseph Baer Soloveichik (1903-1993);
  • Talmud – Talmudic methodology; Jerusalem (Palestinian) Talmud; Babylonian Talmud; Influence of the Talmud on Jewish life;
  • Talmudic commentaries – Babylonian Talmud;
  • Temple – First Temple; Second Temple; After the destruction;
  • Torah – Preexistence; Eternity of the Torah;
  • Women – In the Biblical world; Rabbinic attitudes; The Modern period;

Minor articles[edit]

1 or 2 paragraphs

Minor subarticles[edit]

  • Isaac ben Judah Abravanel or Isaac ben Judah Abrabanel – Judah Abravanel;
  • Naphtali Tsevi Judah Berlin – Meir Berlin or Meir Bar-Ilan;
  • Covenant – The Covenant between the Pieces; The Covenant of Circumcision;
  • Creation – The Bible; Middle Eastern parallels; Rabbinic literature; Philosophy;
  • Dov Baer of Mezhirech – Abraham Dov Baer;
  • Simeon ben Tsemah Duran – Solomon ben Simeon Duran;
  • Eruv – Eruv Reshuyyot;
  • God, Names of or Names of God – El; Elohim;
  • Halakhah – The Commandments; Ordination; Gezerot; Hierarchy of authority; Takkanot; Minhag; Codification; Responsa;
  • Hallel – Hallel ha-Gadol; Hallel (proper); Hatsi Hallel; Religious significance; Origin of Hallel; Mode of recitation;
  • Isaac ha-Levi Herzog – Chaim Herzog;
  • Kimhi – Joseph Kimhi; Moses Kimhi;
  • Marriage – The Marriage process – Betrothal;
  • Medical ethics, Jewish or Jewish medical ethics – Institutes; Scope; Some major principles – The Sanctity of life; Some major principles – The Religious precept to preserve life and health; Some major principles – The Duty to procreate; Some major principles – The Duty to alleviate pain and suffering; Some major principles – Respect for the dead; Gray areas and some summary conclusions – The Terminal stage of life;
  • Passover – Liturgy; Counting of the Omer; Pesah Sheni; Me'ot Hittim;
  • Pentateuch – Traditional view;
  • Punishment – Flogging; Retaliation; Fines and financial compensation; Confiscation of property; Imprisonment;
  • Revelation – Talmud;
  • Reward and punishment – Modern thought;
  • Sabbath – Situations superseding Sabbath prohibitions; Contemporary Jewish attitudes; Kabbalat Shabbat; Afternoon service; End of the Sabbath; Ceremonial objects and other Sabbath appurtenances; Innovations;
  • Sacrifices and offerings – Olah; Shelamin; Hatat; Asham;
  • Shneur Zalman of Lyady – Dov Baer; Menahem Mendel Schneersohn; Samuel Schneersohn; Shalom Dov Baer Schneersohn; Joseph Isaac Schneersohn;
  • Moses Sofer or Moses Schreiber – Abraham Samuel Benjamin Wolf Sofer; Simeon Sofer;
  • Soloveichik - Joseph Baer Soloveichik (1820-1892); Moses Soloveichik; Aaron Soloveichik;
  • Talmud – Editions; Translations;
  • Talmudic commentaries – Jerusalem Talmud;

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