Zvi Hirsch Chajes
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Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Hebrew: צבי הירש חיות - November 20, 1805 - October 12, 1855; also Chayes or Hayot or Chiyos) was a Galician talmudic scholar. He is best known for his work Mevo Hatalmud (Introduction to the Talmud), which serves both as commentary and introduction. Chayes is also known as "The Maharatz Chajes" (מהר"ץ חיות), the Hebrew acronym for "Our Teacher, the Rabbi, Zvi Chayes".
Early life
Chajes was born in
Career
At age twenty two, he was called to occupy a rabbinic position in the district of
Chajes produced many scientific studies of Judaism that were faithful to tradition, but modern in their orientation and organization. In this role he is closely associated with
The name Zvi Hirsch is a bilingual tautological name in Yiddish.[2]: 138 It means literally "deer-deer" and is traceable back to the Hebrew word צבי tsvi "deer" and the German word Hirsch "deer".[2]: 138
Works
Mevo Hatalmud (Introduction to the Talmud) deals with both the Halakha, the legal aspects of the Talmud, and the Aggadah, the non-legal portions.[3] In this work, Chajes imparts a detailed history and classification of the Talmud and its underlying oral tradition. This work is the first modern attempt on the part of Orthodoxy to formulate the nature, extent, and authority of tradition.
Chajes also authored:
- Torat Neviim: treatises on the authority of Talmudic tradition, and on the organic structure and methodology of the Talmud.
- Darkhei Horaah: an examination of the rules that obtained in Talmudic times in deciding practical religious questions.
- Imre Binah: treatises on the relation of Babylonian and Bath Kol.
- Tiferet L'Moshe
- Minhat Kenaot: against Reform Judaism.
- Vilna editionof the Talmud.
References
- ^ "CHAJES - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ ISBN 9781403938695 [1]
- ^ "HebrewBooks.org Sefer Detail: מבוא התלמוד -- חיות, צבי הירש, 1805-1855". 2013-12-03. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
Resources
- "ISBN 1-933143-05-3
- "Rebi Tzvi Hirsch Chayes", Meir Hershkowits, Mossad Harav Kook, 1972
- Chamiel Ephraim, The Middle Way - The Emergence of Modern Religious Trends in Nineteenth-Century Judaism, Academic Studies Press, Brighton 2014, Vol I, pp 34–39, 67-81, 179-219, 365-391, Vol II' pp. 15–37, 139-151, 224-237, 295-298.
External links
- Chajes, jewishencyclopedia.com
- Zevi Hirsch Chajes, jewishhistory.org.il
- Bruria Hutner David thesis, 1971