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	Shulchan Aruch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabbi Karo began the Beth Yosef in 1522 at Adrianople, finished it in 1542 at Safed in the Land of Israel; he published it in 1550-59.
		Hence Karo took the Halakhot of Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (the Rif), Maimonides, and Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh) as his standards, accepting as authoritative the opinion of two of the three, except in cases where most of the ancient authorities were against them.
		As such, he is beloved of God, and preferable to the one who rules from a code but does not know the reason for the ruling; such a one walks like a blind person.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shulkhan_Arukh (2122 words)

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		It was during the Bar Kochba revolt that the 24,000 of Rabbi Akiva's students died in a plague.
		Akiva ben Yosef ben Avraham was not always a great sage.
		Akiva ben Yosef decided then and there to go and learn Torah, for if dripping water could bore a hole into solid rock, then even he, a forty year old man could learn Torah through constant effort.
	www.njop.org /html/akiva.html (574 words)

	The Torah Times
		Rabbi Akiva is one of the most beloved figures in Jewish history.
		Rabbi Akiva’s reputation did not only journey from one end of the world to the other; it has also journeyed for almost two millennium in the Jewish heart and soul.
		Rabbi Akiva restarted his Yeshiva again with only five students, who later became the greatest sages, transmitting the tradition from their time until today.
	www.jewish-holiday.com /TTakiva.html (1071 words)

	Lag B'Omer with Aish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Why does this event, the death of Rabbi Akiva's students, tragic as it was, merit thirty-two days of mourning when greater tragedies in Jewish history, such as the destruction of both Temples or the breaking of the Stone Tablets of the Covenant by Moses, are marked by a single day of mourning.
		Many of Rabbi Akiva's contemporaries felt that a new revolt against the Romans was doomed to failure and urged the avoidance of bloodshed.
		For Rabbi Akiva was the wisest of the scholars of the Mishna and was the armor bearer of Bar Kosiba (the actual family name of Bar Kochba) the King.
	www.aish.com /holidays/counting_the_omer/The_Mystery_of_Lag_Baomer.asp (3183 words)

	PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEWED JOURNALS
		Amino acids flow to and absorption from the small intestine of sheep fed barley and sulfur dioxide-treated straw at different ratios.
		Effect of ammonia treatment and stage of maturity of coastal bermuda grass on monosaccharide residue composition and digestibility by steers.
		Utilizing forage crops, irrigated with recycled sewage water, in milk cow TMR, and it’s effect on milk quality (concentration of heavy metals and estrogenic activity); a survey in Israeli dairy farms.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/5380/pub-inter.html (2667 words)

	Talmud Discussions Basic Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		R.Yochanan ben Zakkai (the last disciple of Hillel) escaped from the internal siege of Jerusalem and negotiated an agreement with Vespasian to allow continuance of the studies of the Sanhedrin under R.Gamliel II ben R.Shimon 68CE.
		R.Yehoshua ben Chananyah was the first to assemble the oral traditions in written form [74CE] though not organized in it present form until later when Yehuda the Prince assembled scholars for that purpose.
		R.Yehoshua ben Chananyah succeeded R.Yochanan ben Zakkai as the head of the Av Bet Din was and was his disciple but was not his descendant 74CE.
	tzion.org /talmud/Talmud_Chron.htm (892 words)

	Giving a Lag B'Omer hero his due
		Rabbi Akiva was the teacher and mentor of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai and his presence dominated his generation.
		Rabbi Akiva's name and reputation has not only journeyed from one end of the world to the other, it has journeyed for almost nineteen hundred years in the hearts and souls of the Jewish people.
		Rabbi Akiva suffered a martyr's death at the hands of the Romans after the bitter failed conclusion of Bar Kochba's rebellion against Roman rule in about 140 CE.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /wein/wein_rabbi_akiva.php3?printer_friendly (744 words)

	Newsletter - Lag BaOmer
		Rabbi Akiva and his wife Rachel’s first years spawned one of the most commonly-used expressions today.
		Later on, Rabbi Akiva was able to present her with a gift when he said to his students: "She deserves much credit because she suffered with me for the Torah."
		Rabbi Akiva was involved in the first collection of the Mishna and in editing the Bible.
	english.thekotel.org /newsletter/article.asp?EditionID=28&Id=106 (602 words)

	Darka Shel Torah: PASSOVER
		Yosef, the biblical Yosef (Joseph) himself, was approached by his brothers in Egypt: "and Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did recognize him" (Genesis 42:8).
		It is against them, according to the Vilna Ga'on, that Mashiach ben Yosef's main battle will be, since it is they who prevent the Holy Nation from believing in God and recognizing the conditions which will hasten the redemption; thus they both weaken the nation from within, and strengthen the nation's enemies from without.
		In any event, he who has the soul of Mashiach ben Yosef strives in every generation to bring the physical Redemption nearer; but it is only in our era that the generation has merited to see its implementation.
	www.kahane.org /parsha/h6.html (6148 words)

	Hejera Plot
		Akiva: You may indeed be growing into the role of the Messiah son of Joseph.
		Akiva: As I said, the role of the Messiah son of Joseph is to prepare the way for the Messiah son of David.
		Akiva: On the contrary, it is for you to instruct them, as the elected leader of the state, and the commander of the army.
	www.thehope.org /Dramapages/HEJEPL4C.htm (3980 words)

	Hejera Plot
		Akiva: So have I. I could have lost my way in this palace, if I were not meticulous with the points at the top of the letters - and unless I followed the steps of Rabbi Ishmael.
		Akiva: (ignoring the remark) So here you have found the place of your soul among the other souls of mankind.
		Akiva: This is the palace of the pure marble stones, where the soul can stay only in its most refined truth.
	members.tripod.com /~thehope/HEJEPLO4.htm (1411 words)

	Torah Currents
		By citing Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakkai and Yavneh in the recent Jerusalem Post article, Rabbi Riskin has made clear that political and military defiance in the mode of Rabbi Akiva is not always the answer in a crisis.
		That is the sobering political worldview of a Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakkai.
		The idealism of Rabbi Akiva is admirable—and his belief that Bar Kokhba was a messianic redeemer was a response to the religious and political oppression of the Roman Empire.
	www.torahcurrents.org /index.php/article/rabbi_akiva_rabbi_yohanan_and_the_gaza_disengagement (2082 words)

	Tishrei - Famous Rabbis Yarzheits
		Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef died al kiddush Hashem in Caesaria, 135 see www.heavensregister.com/RabbiAkiva for Photos of his Tomb where is buried on the hillside in Tiberia.
		Reb Akiva Eiger of Posen (1761-1837), Born in Eisenstadt.
		The Ri’s maternal grandfather was Rashi’s son-in-law, Reb Meir ben Shmuel.
	www.yarzheit.com /FRY/07FRY_Tishrei.htm (3838 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was undaunted by his disadvantage and late start and Akiva used to tell the story that he was standing by a well and saw a stone that had been hollowed out by water over many years.
		It was the great R’ Akiva that began the monumental task of classifying the Oral Torah which was eventually codified and completed as the Mishna two generations later by Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi.
		R’ Akiva was a model of consistent optimism in the face of constant and terrifying adversity.
	www.propheticround-up.com /SelectArticles/Aleph_to_Tav_3.htm (1700 words)

	HISTORY OF KABBALAH PART 3
		He was also a student of Rabbi Nechunia ben HaKana and was a teacher of Rabbi Akiva.
		Some identify him with Rabbi Avraham ben Yitzchak of Narbonne; Scholem disagrees (possibly because it contradicts his thesis that the author of the Zohar is Moshe de Leon?).
		A leading Kabbalist in Spain and Italy, R. Abulafia was one of the chief proponents and innovators of "prophetic Kabbala." Rabbi Yehuda Chayat and Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderet (the Rashba) vigorously opposed Rabbi Abraham.
	www.kabbalaonline.org /Introductions/history/HISTORY_OF_KABBALAH_PART_3.asp (1099 words)

	R' Matis Friedman's Parsha Page - Lag B'omer
		Akiva Ben Yosef, a 40 year old man, ignorant in Torah.
		Rabbi Akiva is killed by the Roman army, but Rabbi Yehudah Ben Bava takes his teacher's place.
		Rabbi Yehuda Ben Bava was killed by the Roman army, but now the process of Smicha continues through the other 5 students.
	www.neveh.org /friedman/parsha/lag_baomer.html (1392 words)

	Divrei Torah Vayeshev / Chanuka
		In memory of Avraham Tzvi ben Yehuda Dorfman, whose yahrzeit is 23 Kislev.
		Yosef, being a "Bar Chackim," one of immense Torah knowledge, consequently had an exceptionally high level of affection for others.
		Yosef was praised because he exalted and dignified the trait of Ahavas Yisrael.
	modzitz.org /torah/vayeshevchan.htm (2740 words)

	Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The same logic used by Hacham Ovadia to allow men to gaze at mirrors, and the Ben Ish Hai to allow shaving body hair should apply to allow men to dye their hair in places where this is an acceptable norm, as is the case in most civilized countries today.
		The Rashba (Rabbi Shlomo Ben Aderet in his responsa 120) gives testimony that the Ramban who was also a doctor was paid to heal sterile gentile women, we see that he held that it is allowed to cure Divinely caused sickness.
		The Rashba (Rabbi Shlomo Ben Aderet in his responsa 120) gives testimony that the Ramban who was also a doctor was paid to heal sterile gentile women, if so, obviously healing sterile Jewish women is allowed.
	www.benporatyosef.org /etzahaim/halakha/cosmetic_surgery.htm (4869 words)

	Cohen
		Messiah son of Yosef is the miraculous force used for sustaining and strengthening the materialistic and Messiah son of Dovid is the miraculous force used for sustaining and strengthening the spiritual in Israel in both a general and detailed way.
		Now if Israel were to recognize Yosef, that is to say the footsteps of Yosef the Messiah, which are the ingathering of the exiles, etc., we would be redeemed already with a full redemption.
		In a parallel way by Yosef it was written, "And Yosef was thirty years old when he stood before Pharoah, King of Egypt and Yosef departed from the presence of Pharoah and he passed through all the land of Egypt (Genesis 41:46)".
	www.600000men.com /book/yosef.htm (1871 words)

	Judaism.com - Akiva The Story of Rabbi Akiva and His Times By: Meir Lehmann
		Against the backdrop of Eretz Yisrael after the destruction of the Holy Temple, this vivid account portrays the life of Rabbi Akiva as he rose from humble shepherd to great Sage and leader of his generation.
		The Talmud and Midrash were prime sources for this colorful portrayal, one of the best loved of the many carefully researched, inspiring historical novels that Rabbi Lehmann wrote about Jewish heroes of times past.
		Akiva was originally published in 1881, in Mainz, Germany, as part of the author's German language weekly newsletter, Der Israelit.
	www.judaism.com /display.asp?etn=HCHAD (196 words)

	The Messiah of Judaism, Son of Joseph, Son of David
		Moses Ben Maimon (Maimonides), also called Rambam[1] (1135-1204), wrote in his Thirteen Articles of Faith[2], that belief in the Messiah was required for a Jew to be resurrected.
		The battle preceding the death of Messiah ben Joseph is the battle of Gog and Magog, when the nations of the North, Gog and Magog, Persia (Iran), Libya and their allies descend on Israel to after they (The Jews) have been gathered out of the nations after a long period of desolation (Ezekiel 38-39).
		Reputedly of Davidic descent, he was hailed as the Messiah by the greatest rabbi of the time, Akiva ben Yosef, who also gave him the title Bar Kokhba (“Son of the Star”), a messianic allusion.
	www.truthnet.org /TheMessiah/4_Messiah_of_Judaism (4740 words)

	Oral Law - Preservation vs Innovation
		They said of Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakkai: In his life, he neve spoke idle speech… and he never said anything that he had not heard from his masters… and thus was the practice of his student Rabbi Eliezer after him.
		He said to him, there is a man who will live at the end of many generations, and his name is Akiva ben Yosef, who will extrapolate from every crown mountains of laws.
		That I have already done for Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues, matters that were not revealed to Moshe were revealed to Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues.
	people.brandeis.edu /~rafrazer/philor/02orallaw-preservation-vs-innovation.htm (477 words)

	Israel provides the worlds finest olive oil. Israeli olive oil is:
		The reason, the Babylonian Talmud tells us, [Yevamot:62:2] is that during this period, Rabbi Akiva's 24,000 students, who lived 1,850 years ago in the Roman dominated Land of Israel, died from a mysterious G-d sent plague.
		To Bar Kochba and his officers, all seemed to be in readiness; Rome was rotten and corrupt - many captive nations strained at the yoke - rebellion was in the air.
		Rabbi Akiva, too, is the quintessential ba'al teshuva -- it was he who was forty years old and was unable to distinguish between an aleph and a bet -- it was he who rose to be Jewry's greatest Torah scholar.
	www.isroiloliveoil.com /enespanol/lagbomer.html (3052 words)

	Case Western Reserve University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Section One is a careful reading of the Biblical creation story and a comparison of the primal androgynous creature as it is described in Plato's work, and the primal androgynous creature as it is described in rabbinic lore.
		Section Two is a selection of stories about R. Akiva, his love for the women in his life, his love for people, and his love for God.
		What Rotenberg says in a chapter, Safrai says in one sentence: "In his [Akiva's] life and in his [Akiva's] learning two traits stand out: his strong longing for a closeness with God and his love of and belief in Man" (Safrai, p.
	www.case.edu /artsci/rosenthal/reviews/Ayelet-Ahavim.htm (706 words)

	Azure
		This commandment was given to man while he was still in the Garden of Eden, and was not altered after he sinned.
		Responsa of the Beit Halevi (Vilna: Yosef Rubin, 1863), 1:24, 2:7.
		According to this moral principle, Rabbi Isaac ben Avraham, one of the great twelfth-century Tosafists, compared the duty of charity to that of honoring one’s father and mother.
	www.azure.org.il /magazine/magazine.asp?id=23 (9983 words)

	Mystical Paths: Remembering Yosef
		And there, standing together with Yehoshua bin Nun, they reconfirmed their acceptance of the mitzvot, the commandments, on Har Eval and Har Gerazim and the valley in between, the mountains standing to the north and south of Shechem (Nablus).
		And the burial place of Yosef HaTzadik has stood to this day, a most holy place to beseech and pray to the Ribono Shel Olam, the Master of the Universe, in times of need.
		Kever Yosef was one of the most holy places I have ever visited.
	mysticalpaths.blogspot.com /2006/05/remembering-yosef.html (667 words)

	"False Messiahs - True Messiah"; By Messianic Jewish Rabbi Jack (Yacob) Farber, Congregation Melech Yisrael, ...
		Because of his prowess and victories Rabbi Akiva changed Bar Kosiva's name, which means, son of the deceiver, to Bar Kochba, which means, son of the shinning star.
		Rabbi Akiva made this change because he truly believed that Bar Kosiva was the long awaited Mashiach (Messiah) of Yisrael.
		He is non other than Yeshua Ben Yosef (Son of Joseph), the suffering servant who came to die for our sins, was resurrected, ascended into heaven and who will soon return as Yeshua Ben David (Son of David) the mighty warrior Melech Yisrael (King of Israel), in fulfilment of Scripture.
	www.cmy.on.ca /newletters/june2003.htm (1030 words)

	Jerusalem Views - Torah.org
		The difference between the world of Moshe and that of Rebbi Akiva is not merely clarity of vision, but the integration of their world with the surrounding environment.
		Rebbe Akiva also understands the physical world to be an expression of Hashem's will, but as a separate entity, one whose hidden message is revealed only to the discerning man. The Torah of Rebbe Akiva cannot be separated from man himself, for It exists in life to the extent that man understands it.
		At the moment of Rebbe Akiva's martyrdom, to the amazement of his Talmidim, Rebbe Akiva recites the Kriyas Shema with fervor, testifying to the unity of G-d and His absolute dominion.
	www.torah.org /advanced/jerusalemviews/5762/tazria.html (1367 words)

	Jeremy Rosen Online--Was the Torah given to Moses on Sinai? (Exploding Myths That Jews Believe, Chapter 4)
		At the end of forty years when all the parts were complete, he joined them and sewed them with sinews." And Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish's position is that "Nothing was written until the end of forty years when all the sections had been taught.
		There is another narrative that appears to challenge the idea of everything having been given in pre-digested form at one moment is the one concerning Moses being shown around heaven and wondering why God is busy putting little crowns on the letters of the Torah (itself showing the evolution of the script).
		Then one of the pupils asked where a law came from and (Rabbi Akiva) replied that this was a Law (Tradition) from Moses on Sinai and he (Moses) felt better." Using Rashi for clarification, he says that "He felt better...
	www.jeremyrosen.com /writings/myths/4-sinai.html (3478 words)

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