Responsa

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genre of rabbinic literature halakhic literature

Responsa are written decisions and rulings by rabbinic authorities addressing questions of Jewish law and practice, forming a major body of halakhic literature.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Responsa of the Rosh 3
Responsa of Rema 2
She'elot u-Teshuvot 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genre of rabbinic literature ⓘ
halakhic literature ⓘ
composedBy poskim ⓘ
rabbinic authorities ⓘ
concerns Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish practice ⓘ
developedFrom Talmudic legal discourse ⓘ
document communal structures ⓘ
economic life of Jews ⓘ
interactions with non-Jewish authorities ⓘ
social history of Jewish communities ⓘ
field Halakha ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Responsa ⓘ
surface form: She'elot u-Teshuvot

Responsa ⓘ
surface form: Sheelot uTeshuvot

Responsa ⓘ
surface form: Shu"t
hasAuthority depends on status of the rabbinic author ⓘ
hasForm legal rulings ⓘ
question-and-answer ⓘ
written decisions ⓘ
hasHistoricalScope Geonic period to modern era ⓘ
hasLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
other Jewish languages ⓘ
hasNameInHebrew Responsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: She'elot u-Teshuvot
hasNotableAuthors Acharonim ⓘ
Geonim ⓘ
Rishonim ⓘ
hasStructure collections organized by author ⓘ
collections organized by topic ⓘ
individual responsum units ⓘ
hasSubgenre Early modern responsa ⓘ
Geonic responsa ⓘ
Medieval responsa ⓘ
Modern responsa ⓘ
hasTemporalContext responds to contemporary issues of its time ⓘ
includes answers of Jewish law ⓘ
questions of Jewish law ⓘ
influences community customs ⓘ
later halakhic codifications ⓘ
rabbinic court practice ⓘ
isPartOf halakhic corpus ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
isUsedBy dayanim ⓘ
rabbis ⓘ
students of halakha ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
usedFor application of law to new situations ⓘ
clarification of legal precedents ⓘ
guidance of Jewish communities ⓘ
practical halakhic decision-making ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Karo → authored → Responsa ⓘ
Central Conference of American Rabbis → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reform responsa
Rosh → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of the Rosh
Rabbi Moshe Isserles → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
subject surface form: Moshe Isserles
this entity surface form: Shu”t Rema
Even Ha’ezer → usedBy → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: poskim (halakhic decisors)
Asher ben Jehiel → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of the Rosh
Responsa → hasNameInHebrew → Responsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: She'elot u-Teshuvot
Responsa → hasAlternativeName → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: She'elot u-Teshuvot
Responsa → hasAlternativeName → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheelot uTeshuvot
Responsa → hasAlternativeName → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shu"t
Rabbinic literature → hasPart → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa literature
HaRosh → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of the Rosh
Terumat HaDeshen → hasInfluenceOn → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoreh Deah rulings
Rema → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of Rema
Rema of Kraków → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of Rema
Maharil → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of Maharil
Agunot (chained wives) → discussedIn → Responsa ⓘ
subject surface form: Agunot
this entity surface form: ResponsaLiterature
Rabbi Akiva Eiger → work → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Yaakov Emden → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: She'elat Yaavetz
Rashba → notableWork → Responsa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Responsa of Rashba