Acharonim

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group of rabbinic authorities halakhic era

Acharonim are the later rabbinic authorities, generally from the 16th century onward, whose halakhic and scholarly writings play a central role in shaping contemporary Jewish law and practice.

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Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of rabbinic authorities ⓘ halakhic era ⓘ
appliesTo	post-medieval Jewish communities ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Amoraim ⓘ Geonim ⓘ Rishonim ⓘ Tannaim ⓘ
field	Halakha ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Talmudic interpretation ⓘ
follows	Rishonim ⓘ
hasPart	Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ⓘ Rabbi Akiva Eiger ⓘ surface form: Chatam Sofer Chida (Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai) ⓘ Mishnah Berurah authorship of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan ⓘ Rabbi Akiva Eiger ⓘ Rabbi Asher Weiss ⓘ Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul ⓘ Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski ⓘ Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin ⓘ Rabbi David HaLevi Segal ⓘ Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg ⓘ Rabbi Moshe Feinstein ⓘ Rabbi Moshe Isserles ⓘ Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ⓘ Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen ⓘ Rabbi Shalom Messas ⓘ Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ⓘ Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner ⓘ Shneur Zalman of Liadi ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi Rabbi Yaakov Emden ⓘ Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss ⓘ Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz ⓘ Yosef Karo ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Yosef Karo Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ⓘ Vilna Gaon ⓘ
influenced	Ashkenazi halakhic practice ⓘ Orthodox Judaism practice ⓘ Sephardi halakhic practice ⓘ contemporary Jewish law ⓘ
influencedBy	Geonim ⓘ Rishonim ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ rabbinic Hebrew ⓘ
mainWork	commentaries on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ halakhic codes ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
role	decisors of Jewish law ⓘ interpreters of Talmud and codes ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ
timePeriod	contemporary period ⓘ early modern period ⓘ modern period ⓘ

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Rishonim → influenced → Acharonim ⓘ

Rabbinic Judaism → recognizesAuthorityOf → Acharonim ⓘ

Mishnah Berurah → usesSources → Acharonim ⓘ