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Abandoned property see Ownerless property/ 700
Abandoned wife - 'Agunah'/ 657
Abbreviations/ 726
Abduction see Kidnapping/ 532
Aberrant behavior see Drunkard/ 552
Abetment see Penal law, general principles, miscellaneous/ 525
Abortion/ 585
Abuse of rights see Unjust enrichment/ 708, and 'Quasi-contract'/ 708
Abutter's right of pre-emption/ 702
Accident see Criminal intent/ 523
Acquisition and contract/ 683
Acquisition by third party/ 709
Acquisitions of women/ 554
Adiabene, royal house of- see Sects/ 33
Adjustment see Halakhah and society/ 58
Administration and organization, city/ 390
Administration and organization, communities/ 391
Administration in the Bible/ 115
Administration of justice see Courts/ 485
Admission/ 504
Adoption/ 661
Adultery, 'The adulterous wife'/ 647
Advertising see Economic theory/ 704
Advocate see Attorney/ 490
Affinity see Prohibited sexual relations/ 633
Affirmative action see Human rights/ 365
Agency/ 709
Aggadah and Halakhah/ 85
Aging see Respect of fellow man/ 570
Agrarian laws see Land/ 710
'Agunah'/ 657
Air pollution see Ecology/ 473
Alaktu see Terminology/ 69
Alcohol see Drunkard/ 552
Alexandrian Halakhah see Sects/ 33
Alibi see Evidence, miscellaneous/ 507
Alien, resident/ 613
Alimony see Maintenance/ 646
Alms see Charity/ 462
Altruistic suicide see Suicide/ 531
'Am-haAretz'/ 571
Analogy see Hermeneutic principles/ 65
Anathema see Excommunication/ 539
Androgynous see Hermaphrodite/ 554
Animals, cruelty to-/ 536
Animals, medical experimentation on/ 582
Annointing see King/ 377
Annulment of debt/ 377
Annulment of marriage/ 658
Anonymous Sugya see Principles for deciding the Halakhah/ 73
Apocrypha see Sects/ 33
Apostate/ 604
Appeal see Procedure, general/ 489
Appeasement see Martyrdom/ 545
Applicability of Jewish law/ 313
Appointment of the judge/ 488
Appointments of women/ 562
Appraisal see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Approbations see Copyright/ 707
Aramaic see Terminology/ 69
Arbitration/ 488
Army/ 458
Artificial fertilization/ 584
Assaph's prayer see Physician's oath/ 590
Assassination see Killing/ 526
Assault and battery/ 677
Assessment see Torts, miscellaneous/ 678
Assideans see Sects/ 33
Assignment of rights see Transfer of obligations/ 696
Assuan see Sects/ 33
Asylum see Cities of refuge/ 527
Atomic bomb see War/ 458
Atonement see Penal law, general/ 517
Attorney/ 490
Authority of courts/ 485
Authority of the Sanhedrin/ 385
Authority see Nature of Halakhah/ 25, and Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63, and Political theory/ 357, and Rabbi/ 452
Autonomy see Communities - organization and administration/ 391
Autopsies/ 587
'Av Bet Din'/ 388
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Bailments/ 690
Ban of Rabbenu Gershom/ 637
Ban see Excommunication/ 539
Banishment see Cities of refuge/ 527, and Excommunication/ 539
Bank see Economic theory/ 704
Bankruptcy see Execution (civil)/ 493
Baptism see Conversion/ 605
Baraita/ 197
Barter see Modes of acquisition/ 687
Bastardy/ 635
Battery/ 677
'Bene Israel'/ 598
Benevolence see Charity/ 462
Bequest see Inheritance, general/ 669
Berkovitz, Eliezer see Religion and state/ 475
Betrothal/ 628
Bible/ 101
Bibliographies/ 725
Bibliographies of Jewish law/ 309
Bibliographies to Maimonides/ 288
Bigamy see Polygamy/ 637
Bill of divorce/ 651
Bioethics see Medicine, general/ 572
Biographies of the sages/ 731
Birth control see Pregnancy/ 582
Birth see Legal competence, general/ 551
Birthright see Primogeniture/ 671
Blind/ 554
Blood avenger/ 528
Blood test see Specific types of evidence/ 499
Books see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Borrower see Bailments/ 690
Brain death see Establishing time of death/ 587
'Brerah'/ 717
Bribery/ 537
Bride see Customs of marriage/ 629
Brotherhood see Philanthropy/ 462
Buber, Martin see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Business ethics see Economic theory/ 704
Bustenai see Exilarch/ 389
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Calendar see Time/ 717
Cannibalism see Equality/ 369
Capacity to marry/ 633
Capital punishment - past and present/ 522
Capital punishment, commutation of/ 546
Captives, redemption of/ 466
Cardplaying see Gambling/ 685
Caro, David see Rabbi/ 452
Case theorem see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Castration/ 590
Casuistics/ 86
Causation see Torts, general/ 677
Census/ 457
Ceremony of marriage see Customs of marriage/ 629
Chaldean see Terminology/ 69
Change, legal see Halakhah and society/ 58
Chapters in the Mishnah/ 193
Charity/ 462
Chief Rabbi see Rabbi/ 452
Child and parent/ 658
Child marriage/ 633
Children of intermarriage see Intermarriage/ 638, and Family, general/ 623
Christian law/ 338
Christianity, early see Sects/ 33
Christians see Gentile/ 613
Church and state see Religion and state/ 475
Circumstantial evidence see Evidence, miscellaneous/ 507
Circumvention of law see Legal fictions/ 78
Cities of refuge/ 527
Cities of refuge in the Bible/ 151
City in the Bible see Bible, miscellaneous/ 175
City - organization and administration/ 390
Civil disobedience see Human rights/ 365
Civil law in the Bible/ 166
Civil marriage/ 641
Civilian see War/ 458
Class ethic see Society/ 369
Clauses, motive see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Clerical error see Procedure, general/ 489
Codification of Jewish law/ 308
Coins see Measures/ 718
Collaboration with tyranny see Human rights/ 365
Collections of contracts/ 512
Collective punishment/ 542
Collectivism see Human rights/ 365
Combat morality see War/ 458
Commandments 91
Commandments, suspension of/ 543
Commentary on the Mishnah, Maimonides'/ 284
Commerce/ 704
Common responsibility see Collective punishment/ 542
Communities - organization and administration/ 391
Community legislation, power of/ 77
Commutation of capital punishment/ 546
Comparative law/ 321
Competence, legal/ 551
Compromise/ 702
Compulsion see Duress/ 686
Computer privacy see Human rights/ 365
Concealment see Theft/ 533
Conciliation see Arbitration/ 488
Concubine/ 642
Concurrent jurisdiction see Rabbinical courts in the State of Israel/ 494
Conditions/ 720
Conference, rabbinical see Rabbi/ 452
Confession see Admission/ 504, and Self incrimination/ 504
Confidentiality, in medicine/ 590
Confiscation see Fines/ 543
Conflict of opinions see Principles for deciding the Halakhah/ 73
Conflict resolution see Courts/ 485
Conflict, religious see Religion and state/ 475
Congregation see Communities - organization and administration/ 391
Conscience, freedom of see Human rights/ 365
Conscientious objector see War/ 458
Consent see Consideration, in contracts/ 684
Conservative movement/ 56
Consideration, in contracts/ 684
Constitution/ 365
Consumer protection see Economic theory/ 704
Contemporary issues see Halakhah and society/ 58
Contempt of court see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Context see Hermeneutic principles, miscellaneous/ 67
Contraception see Pregnancy/ 582
Contract/ 683
Contracts (Collections. Terminology)/ 511
Conversion/ 605
Copyright/ 707
Corporations/ 569
Costs of trial see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Counterclaim see Loans/ 693
Court officials/ 490
Courts - types, establishment, and authority/ 485
Courtship see Family, miscellaneous/ 665
Covenants/ 481
Covenants in the Bible/ 128
Crimes/ 526
Crimes, specific, in the Bible/ 149
Criminal intent/ 523
Criminal procedure/ 491
Criteria of death see Establishing time of death/ 587
Criticism of state see Foundations of government/ 357
Crucifixion see Execution/ 538
Cruelty see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537
Cruelty to animals/ 536
Cryobiology see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Currency see Measures/ 718
Curse see Excommunication/ 539
Custody, child see Parent and child/ 658
Custom/ 74
Customs of marriage/ 629
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Damage done by man/ 677
Damage done by property/ 678
Danger to life/ 544
Daughter's inheritance rights/ 671
Day see Time/ 717
Dead Sea scrolls see Sects/ 33
Deaf/ 554
Death penalty see Capital punishment/ 522, and Execution/ 538
Death, establishing time of/ 587
Debt, annulment of/ 377
Debts/ 693
Deception/ 534
Deciding the Halakhah/ 73
Decision making see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Deeds see Contracts/ 511
Defamation see Respect of fellow man/ 570
Democracy see Political theory/ 357
Demoralization see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Deposit see Bailments/ 690
Deserted wife see 'Agunah'/ 657
Despair of property/ 700
Deterrence/ 543
Development of Halakhah/ 25
Device, legal see Legal fictions/ 78
Diaspora see 'The law of the land is law'/ 480
Didactics see Education/ 466
Dispensation see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Dispositions see Wills/ 689
Dissent see Human rights/ 365
Divine law see Religion and law/ 89
Divine punishment see Penal law, general/ 517
Divorce/ 651
Doctors see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Documents see Contracts (Collections. Terminology)/ 511
Documents, legal/ 701
Domicile/ 619
Dominion, Jewish see Foundations of government/ 357
Down's syndrome see Drunkard/ 552
Dowry see Matrimonial property/ 643
Draft see War/ 458
Drafting, Legal see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Drugs see Drunkard/ 552, and Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Drunkard/ 552
Due process see Criminal procedure/ 491
Duress/ 686
Duress in penal law see Criminal intent/ 523
Dynamics of Halakhah see Halakhah and society/ 58
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Eastern law/ 321
Ecclesiastical courts see Courts/ 485
Ecology/ 473
Economic theory/ 704
Editions of the Talmud/ 257
Education/ 466
Education in the Bible see Bible, miscellaneous/ 175
Education of women/ 563
Effect, lack of because of illegality/ 544
Elder see Leader/ 456
Elections of women/ 562
Elephantine see Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
Embryo/ 551
Emergency enactment/ 75
Employer see Labor/ 691
Employment during postnuptial week see Family, general/ 623
Enactment, emergency/ 75
Encyclopedias/ 725
Enemy see War/ 458
Environment, quality of see Ecology/ 473
Equality/ 369
Equality of women/ 554
Equity see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Error see Criminal intent/ 523
Error, clerical see Procedure, general/ 489
Eschatology see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Essenes see Sects/ 33
Establishing time of death/ 587
Establishment of courts/ 485
Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Ethics, medical see Medicine, general/ 572
Ethiopian Jews see Falashas/ 599
Ethnarch see Exilarch/ 389
Etymology see Terminology/ 69
Euthanasia/ 529
Evasion of law see Legal fictions/ 78
Evidence/ 497
Evidence, specific types of/ 499
Exclusionary rule see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Excommunication/ 539
Execution (civil)/ 493
Execution/ 538
Exegesis/ 69
Exercise of religion, free see Human rights/ 365
Exigency jurisdiction see Emergency enactment/ 75
Exilarch/ 389
Experimentation on humans and animals, medical/ 582
Expiation ceremony/ 529
Expropriation/ 77
Extra-legal decisions see Courts/ 485
Extradition/ 542
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Faith see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Falashas/ 599
Fallow years see Sabbatical years/ 374
Falsehood see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537
Family/ 623
Family in the Bible/ 153
Family planning see Pregnancy/ 582
Father see Parent and child/ 658
Fee see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Fees, physicians' see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Fellowship see Sects/ 33
Feminism see Status of women/ 554
Fertilization, artificial/ 584
Fetus see Embryo/ 551
Feudalism see Political theory/ 357
Fictions, legal/ 78
Fictitious admission see Admission/ 504
Fiduciaries/ 710
Filial responsibility/ 660
Filial succession to public office, rabbinate/ 671
Fines/ 543
Firm intent/ 684
Firstborn see Primogeniture/ 671
Flagellation/ 539
Flogging see Flagellation/ 539
Foreigner in the Bible/ 143
Forfeiture/ 543
Forgery see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537
Formation of contract/ 684
Forms of contracts/ 512
Formulae of contracts/ 513
Foundations of government/ 357
Foundations of Halakhah/ 25
Fraud (in speaking)/ 534
Fraud (in sale)/ 702
Free enterprise see Economic theory/ 704
Free exercise of religion see Human rights/ 365
Freedom of conscience see Human rights/ 365
Freedom of religion see Religion and state/ 475
Functionaries/ 456
Futures, purchase of see Unacquirable property/ 687
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Gambling/ 685
Gate, city see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Genetic engineering see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Gentile/ 613
Geonim/ 261
German Jews' contribution to jurisprudence see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Gestation see Embryo/ 551
Ghost see Witchcraft/ 535
Gift/ 688
Gnosticism see Sects/ 33
Government/ 357
Government in the Bible/ 115
Grace and law see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Graft see Bribery/ 537
Grammar, Aramaic see Terminology/ 69
Great assembly/ 383
Greek law/ 331
Greek terms see Terminology/ 69
Groom see Customs of marriage/ 629
Grotius, Hugo see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Guarantor see Suretyship/ 698
Guardianship/ 662
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Halakhah/ 25
Halakhah and psychological principles/ 63
Halakhah and reality, Halakhah and society/ 58
Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
'Halakhah received by Moses at Sinai'/ 33
Halakhic interpretation/ 65
Halakhic Midrashim/ 201
Halakhic schools/ 86
Hand clasp see Acquisition and contract, miscellaneous/ 712
Harlot see Concubine/ 642
'Haver'/ 571
Heal, obligation to see Medicine, general/ 572
Health see Medicine, general/ 572
Heart transplant/ 587
Hegel see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Hellenism see Sects/ 33
Hermaphrodite/ 554
Hermeneutic principles/ 65
High Priest see Priests/ 381
Higher law see Religion and law/ 89
Hildesheimer, Ezriel see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Hippocrates' oath see Physician's oath/ 590
Hippolytus see Sects/ 33
Hire/ 690
History in the Talmud/ 252
History of Halakhah see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
History see Responsa/ 294
Hobbes see Foundations of government/ 357
Holocaust see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Homicide/ 526
Homosexuality see Sexual relations/ 663
Horovitz, Marcus see Halakhah and society/ 58
Human rights/ 365
Humanism see Human rights/ 365
Humility see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Humanism see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Husband's inheritance rights/ 671
Hygiene see Medicine, general/ 572
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Ideological foundations see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Ignorance of the law see Criminal intent/ 523
Ignorant (Am-haAretz)/ 571
Illegal orders see Treason/ 535
Illegality, lack of effect because of/ 544
Illegitimacy/ 635
Imbecile/ 552
Imprisonment/ 541
Impudence see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537
Incest see Prohibited sexual relations/ 633
Income tax see Taxation/ 457
Independence Day, Israel's see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63, and Halakhah and reality/ 58
Indian Jews see 'Bene Israel'/ 598
Indices to Maimonides/ 288
Individual's rights see Human rights/ 365
Induction see Hermeneutic principles, miscellaneous/ 67
Infant see Minor/ 551
Inflation see Economic theory/ 704
Information, sharing of see Obligation to testify/ 498
Informer see Self defence/ 524
Inheritance/ 669
Inheritance in the Bible/ 153
Inheritance rights of the husband, wife, daughter/ 671
Injunction see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Injustice see Justice and law/ 87
Insanity see Imbecile/ 552
Insemination, artificial see Artificial fertilization/ 584
Insurance/ 699
Intent, criminal/ 523
Interdicts see Penal law, miscellaneous/ 546
Intermarriage/ 638
International law/ 481
Interpretation/ 65
Interspousal obligations/ 643
Introductions to Jewish law/ 301
Invalidity of marriage/ 633
Islamic law/ 344
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Jerusalem/ 475
Jerusalem Talmud/ 246
Jesus' trial see Criminal procedure/ 491, and Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Jew/ 595
Jewish law in general/ 301
Jewish law in judicial decisions/ 316
Jewish law in legislation/ 314
Jewish law in the State of Israel/ 313
Josephus see Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
Jubilee years/ 374
Jubilee years in the Bible/ 139
Jubilees, Book of see Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
Judaism see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Judge in the Bible/ 115
Judge, his appointment and qualifications/ 488
Judicial decisions in the State of Israel, Jewish law in/ 316
Jurisprudence/ 86
Jurisprudence in the Bible/ 101
Justice and law/ 87
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Kabbalah and Halakhah/ 85
Kaplan, Mordecai see Reform/ 53
Karaites/ 600
'Karet'/ 542
Karo, Joseph see Shulhan Arukh/ 291
Ketubbah/ 644
Kibbutz see Corporations/ 569
Kidnapping/ 532
Killing/ 526
King/ 377
King in the Bible/ 115
Kinship/ 633
'Kippah' (cell)/ 541
Kuthites/ 610
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Labor/ 691
Lack of effect because of illegality/ 544
Land/ 710
Land of Israel/ 474
Land, right to- see Sabbatical years/ 374
Langer case see Family, general/ 623
Latin see Terminology/ 69
Lawyer see Attorney/ 490
Lay leader/ 456
Leader/ 456
Lease/ 690
Legal competence/ 551
Legal documents/ 701
Legal fees see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Legal fictions/ 78
Legal logic/ 73
Legal personality/ 569
Legalism see Halakha, miscellaneous/ 63
Legislation of the sages/ 75
Legislation of the State of Israel, Jewish law in/ 314
Legislation, miscellaneous - until close of Talmudic period/ 78
Legislation, religious see Religion and state/ 475
Letters of Maimonides/ 286
Levirate marriage/ 649
Levites/ 381
Levites in the Bible/ 126
Lexicons/ 69
Liberty see Human rights/ 365
Libraries see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Liens/ 697
Lifesaving/ 544
Limitation of action see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Literature of the Tannaim/ 182
Loans/ 693
Logic, legal/ 73
Lost property/ 700
Lost tribes/ 599
Lotteries/ 685
Love of fellow man/ 462
Lying see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537
M
Macabees, Book of- see Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
Magic see Witchcraft/ 535
Magistrates see Courts/ 485
Magnanimity of law see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Maimonides/ 269
Maintenance/ 646
Majority and minority/ 718
Majority and minority, in deciding the Halakhah/ 74
Malpractice see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591, and Torts, miscellaneous/ 678
Mamram see Contracts/ 511
Man, damage done by/ 677
Manual of discipline see Sects/ 33
Manumission see Slavery/ 564
Marijuana see Drunkard/ 552
Marital relations/ 646
Maritime law/ 711
Market overt/ 703
Marranos see Apostate/ 604
Marriage/ 629 see also family/ 623
Marriage contract (Ketubbah)/ 644
Martyrdom/ 545
Masada see Suicide/ 531
Matrilineal descent see Jew/ 595
Matrimonial property/ 643
Maxims, legal see Terminology/ 69, and Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Measures/ 718
Medical experimentation on humans and animals/ 582
Medicine/ 572
Medicine in the Bible see Bible, miscellaneous/ 175
Medieval law/ 338
Mendelssohn, Moses see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Mendicants see Equality/ 369
Mental health see Imbecile/ 552
Mental retard see Imbecile/ 552
Mercy killing/ 529
Mercy see Philanthropy/ 462
Merits see Human rights/ 365
Meta-ethics see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Meta-Halakhah see Aggadah and Halakhah/ 85
'Method of Agreement' see Hermeneutic principles, miscellaneous/ 67
Methodology of Halakhah see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Middle Ages see Communities - organization and administration/ 391
Midrashim, Halachic/ 201
'Miggo' (rule of pleading)/ 505
Military see War/ 458
Mill, J.S. see Hermeneutic principles, miscellaneous/ 67
Min see Sects/ 33
Minor/ 551
Minorities see Gentile/ 613
Mishnah/ 182
Mishnah, Maimonides' Commentary on the/ 284
'Mishneh Torah'/ 280
'Mishneh Torah', Sources and influence of/ 283
Mistake/ 686
Mistake in penal law see Criminal intent/ 523
Mitzvot of women see Woman, miscellaneous/ 563
Mixed marriages see Intermarriage/ 638
Mnemonics see Abbreviations/ 726
Modern orthodoxy see Halakhah and society/ 58
Modes of acquisition/ 687
Modes of study/ 86
Monarchy see King/ 377
Monarchy see Political theory/ 357
Money see Economic theory/ 704, and Measures/ 718
Money, Appointments of judges for- see Courts/ 485
Mongoloid see Drunkard/ 552
Monogamy see Polygamy/ 637
Morality see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Mortgage see Liens/ 697
Moslems see Gentile/ 613
Mother see Parent and child/ 658
Motive clauses see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
'Motzi shem ra'/ 633
'Mufla'/ 388
Multiple punishments - 'The severer penalty is suffered'/ 542
Murder/ 526
Murrabba'at see Sects/ 33
Music see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Mute/ 554
Mysticism see Aggadah and Halakhah/ 85
N
Name/ 569
Natural law see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63, and Jurisprudence, miscellaneous/ 92
Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Negative regulations/ 75
Negligence see Criminal intent/ 523, and Torts, miscellaneous/ 678
Neighbor see Abutter's right of pre-emption/ 702
Neumatali euthanasia see Euthanasia/ 529
Neurotic motivation see Criminal intent/ 523
Nieto, David see Written law and oral law/ 31
Nisibis, school of see Hermeneutic principles/ 65
Noahide see Gentile/ 613
Nobles see Foundations of government/ 357
Non-violence see Human rights/ 365
Non-Jew/ 613
Nuclear war see War/ 458
O
Oath/ 499
Oath in the Bible/ 170
Oath, physician's/ 590
Oath, witnesses'/ 498
Obligation see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Obligation to testify/ 498
Obscenity see Human rights/ 365
Obsolescence see Halakhah and society/ 58
Obstetrics see Pregnancy/ 582
Odor damage see Ecology/ 473
Officer see Foundations of government/ 357
Officials of the court/ 490
Old age see Respect of fellow man/ 570
'One derives a benefit and the other sustains no loss'/ 708
Ontology see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Oppression see Human rights/ 365
Ophthalmology see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Oral law/ 31 see also Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Ordeal see Penal law, general/ 517, and Specific types of evidence/ 499
Order, social see Political theory/ 357, and Society/ 369
Ordination/ 388 see also Rabbi/ 452
Ordination of women see Appointments of women/ 562
Organ transplant/ 587
Organization and administration, city/ 390
Organization and administration, communities/ 391
Original sin see Penal law, general/ 517
Orphan see Guardianship/ 662
Orthodoxy see Halakhah and reality/ 58
Ostracizing see Excommunication/ 539
Ottoman law/ 344
Overreaching see Fraud/ 702
Ownerless property/ 700
P
Pacifism see War/ 458
Pardon/ 546
Parent and child/ 658
'Parnas'/ 456
Participation of common people see Foundations of government/ 357
Partnership/ 699
Patients see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Patriarch see President of the Sanhedrin/ 388
Patriarchal family see Family, miscellaneous/ 665
Patrilineal descent see Jew/ 595
Peace see War/ 458
Pedagogics see Education/ 466
Penal law/ 517
Penal law in our times/ 522
Penal law in the Bible/ 144
Penal law, general principles/ 523
Penology/ 517
Periodicals in Jewish law/ 308
Perjury/ 498
Persons and schools of thought in the Mishnah/ 203
Persons and schools of thought in the Talmud/ 249
Pharisees see Sects/ 33
Philanthropy/ 462
Philo see Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
Philology see Terminology/ 69
Philosophy and Halakhah/ 85
Philosophy and law see Aggadah and Halakhah/ 85
Physician's oath/ 590
Planning, urban/ 473
Plastic surgery see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Plato see Foundations of government/ 357
Pleas see Procedure, general/ 489
Pledge see Liens/ 697
Pluralism see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Pluralism, religious see Religion and state/ 475
Polarity see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Police/ 458
Political theory/ 357
Politics and religion see Religion and state/ 475
Poll tax see Taxation/ 457
Polygamy/ 637
Pontius Pilate see Criminal procedure/ 491
Pornography see Sexual relations/ 663
Positive and negative regulations/ 75
Possession/ 505
Possession see Modes of acquisition/ 687
Post mortem see Autopsies/ 587
Population control see Pregnancy/ 582
Poverty see Society/ 369, and Charity/ 462
Power of attorney see Agency/ 709
Power of community legislation/ 77
Power see Political theory/ 357
Practice see Custom/ 74
Prayer of women see Woman, miscellaneous/ 563
Precedent see Principles for deciding the Halakhah/ 73
Precepts see Commandments 91
Predilection see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Pre-emptive war see War/ 458
Pregnancy/ 582
President of the Sanhedrin/ 388
Presumption/ 505
Preventive medicine see Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Price control see Economic theory/ 704
Priests/ 381
Priests in the Bible/ 126
Primogeniture/ 671
Prince see Foundations of government/ 357
Principles for deciding the Halakhah/ 73
Prison see Imprisonment/ 541
Privacy see Human rights/ 365
Procedure/ 489
Procedure in the Bible/ 171
Professional secrecy see Human rights/ 365
Prohibited sexual relations/ 633
Proof see Evidence/ 497
Property see Acquisition and contract, general/ 683
Property, damage done by/ 678
Prophets see Political theory/ 357
Prosecution see Procedure, general/ 489
Proselyte/ 605
Proselyte in the Bible/ 143
Prostitute see Concubine/ 642
Provisional assembly see Courts/ 485
Prozbul/ 377
Pseudepigrapha see Sects/ 33
Psychiatry see Halakhah and psychological principles/ 63
Psychological principles/ 63
Public authority see Foundations of government/ 357
Public office, filial succession to/ 671
Punishments/ 538
Punishments in the Bible/ 144
Purchase see Sale/ 687
Purity see Priests/ 381
Q
Qualifications of the judge/ 488
'Quasi-contract'/ 708
Qumran see Sects/ 33
R
Rabbenu Gershom's ban/ 637
Rabbi/ 452
Rabbinate, filial succeto/ 671
Rabbinic interpretation of scripture/ 173
Rabbinical courts in the State of Israel/ 494
Rape and seduction/ 633
Rationality of Commandments see Reasons for the commandments/ 92
Realia in the Talmud/ 252
Reality and Halakhah/ 58
Reasoning, legal see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous/ 92
Reasons for the commandments/ 92
Rebellious son/ 532
Rebellious wife see Family, miscellaneous/ 665
Rebuke/ 543
Reconstructionism see Reform/ 53
Redemption of captives/ 466
Redemption of property in the Bible/ 139
Reference works/ 725
Reform/ 53
Refuge, cities of/ 527
Regulations/ 75
Regulations of marriage/ 629
Rehabilitation/ 546
Reign of law see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
'Reliance'/ 685
Religion and law/ 89
Religion and state/ 475
Religion, free exercise of- see Human rights/ 365
Rema/ 293
Repentance/ 546
Representation see Attorney/ 490, and Agency/ 709
Republic see Foundations of government/ 357
Reputed wife/ 642
Resident alien/ 613
Resistance see Martyrdom/ 545
Resolve in contracts/ 684
Respect of fellow man/ 570
Responsa/ 294
Responsa of Maimonides/ 286
Responsa, Reform see Reform/ 53
Restoration of the Sanhedrin/ 388
Retaliation see Penal law, general/ 517
Retribution, equal see Penal law, general/ 517
Revolution see Human rights/ 365
Right of settlement/ 703
Righteousness see Justice and law/ 87
Rights of individual see Human rights/ 365
Rights of women see Status of women/ 554
Rights, human/ 365
Robbery/ 533
Roman law/ 331
Royal council see King/ 377
Rule of law see Political theory/ 357
Rule of wisdom see Political theory/ 357
S
Sabbatical years/ 374
Sabbatical years in the Bible/ 139
Sadducees see Sects/ 33
Sage/ 571
Sages' biographies/ 731
Sale/ 687
Samaritans/ 610
Sanctification of the Name see Martyrdom/ 545
Sanhedrin/ 385
Sanhedrin, restoration of/ 388
Saving life/ 544
Schindler, Rabbi see Reform/ 53
School see Education/ 466
Schools of thought in the Mishnah/ 203
Schools of thought in the Talmud/ 249
Second temple see Halakhah in the literature of the second temple period/ 33
Secrecy see Human rights/ 365
Sects/ 33
Secular courts see Courts - types, establishment, and authority/ 485
Secular law see 'The law of the land is law'/ 480
Secularization of law see Religion and law/ 89
Security see Human rights/ 365
Sedition see Treason/ 535
'Sefer haMitzvot'/ 284
Self defence/ 524
Self government see Foundations of government/ 357
Self help see Self defence/ 524, and Torts, miscellaneous/ 678
Self incrimination/ 504
Self sacrifice/ 545
Sentence see Procedure, miscellaneous/ 493
Separation of religion and state see Religion and state/ 475
Sephardim see Responsa/ 294
Servants, public see Leader/ 456
Servitudes/ 697
Setoff see Loans/ 693
Seven hermeneutic rules (of Hillel)/ 66
Sex change/ 590
Sex determination see Pregnancy/ 582
Sexual relations/ 663
Shemitta/ 377
Shulhan Arukh/ 291
Sikarikon see Acquisition and contract, miscellaneous/ 712
Sin see Penal law, general/ 517
Skin transplant see Organ transplant/ 587
Slander see Respect of fellow man/ 570
Slave, Slavery/ 564
Slavery in the Bible/ 140
Smoking see Drunkard/ 552, and Medicine, miscellaneous/ 591
Social service see Charity/ 462
Social thought see Society/ 369
Social welfare see Philanthropy/ 462
Social work see Philanthropy/ 462
Socialism see Society/ 369
Society/ 369
Society and Halakhah/ 58
Society in the Bible/ 133
Sociology see Society/ 369
Sodomy see Prohibited sexual relations/ 633
Soldier see War/ 458
Solidarity/ 543 see also Collective punishment/ 542
Sorcery see Witchcraft/ 535
Sotheby's case see Possession/ 505
Sources/ 101
Sovereignty see Political theory/ 357
Specific performance of contracts see Execution (civil)/ 493
Specific types of evidence/ 499
Spinoza see Jurisprudence, miscellaneous 92
Spirituality and Halakhah see Aggadah and Halakhah/ 85
Spoils see War/ 458
Spoliation of nature see Ecology/ 473
State and religion see Religion and state/ 475
State of Israel, Jewish law in the/ 313
State of Israel, Rabbinical courts in the/ 494
Statehood see Foundations of government/ 357
Status of the individual/ 551
Status of women/ 554
Status Quo see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Stealing see Theft/ 533
Stolen goods see Market overt/ 703
Stoning see Execution/ 538
Stranger see Gentile/ 613
Strike see Labor/ 691
Stripes see Flagellation/ 539
Structuralism see Religion and law/ 89
Students see Education/ 466
Study see Education/ 466
Subpoena see Trial process/ 490
Succession see Inheritance, general/ 669
Sugyot in the Talmud/ 234
Suicide/ 531
Summons see Procedure, general/ 489, and Trial process/ 490
Sumptuary laws see Communities - organization and administration/ 391
Supererogation see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Superstition see Halakhah, miscellaneous/ 63
Suretyship/ 698
Surnames in marriage contracts see Family, general/ 623
Surrogate mother see Artificial fertilization/ 584
Susanna see Sects/ 33
Suspension of Commandments/ 543
Swearing see Oath/ 499
Syllogism see Hermeneutic principles/ 65
Synagogue see Communities - organization and administration/ 391
Synagogue, great see Great assembly/ 383
Synod, great see Great assembly/ 383
T
Talion see Penal law, general/ 517
Talmud/ 218
Tannaitic literature/ 182
Targum/ 173
Taxation/ 457
Taxation in the Bible/ 131
Teaching see Education/ 466
Technology see Halakhah and society/ 58
Temple see Priests/ 381
Ten Commandments see Commandments 91
Tenant see Lease/ 690
Tenure see Equality/ 369, and Leader/ 456
Terminally ill patient see Euthanasia/ 529
Termination of marriage/ 648
Terminology/ 69
Terminology of contracts/ 513
Terrorism see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537
Test tube babies see Artificial fertilization/ 584
Testament see Wills/ 689
Testimony/ 498
Testimony of women see Woman, miscellaneous/ 563
Tetrarch see Exilarch/ 389
'The law of the land is law'/ 480
Theft/ 533
Theocentricity see Religion and law/ 89
Theocracy see Political theory/ 357
Theology see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Thirteen hermeneutic rules (of R. Ishmael)/ 66
Thirty-two hermeneutic rules (of R. Eliezer ben Yose haGelili)/ 66
Time/ 717
Tithe see Charity/ 462, and Levites/ 381
Title/ 569
Tobiads see Sects/ 33
Tolerance see Gentile/ 613
Topics in the Bible/ 115
Topics in the Mishnah/ 191
Topics in the Talmud/ 231
Torts/ 677
Tosefta/ 197
Town planning see Urban planning/ 473
Tractates in the Mishnah/ 193
Tractates in the Talmud/ 234
Trade and commerce/ 704
Tradition see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Training see Education/ 466
Transfer of obligations/ 696
Translations of Maimonides/ 288
Translations of scripture (Targum)/ 173
Translations of Shulhan Arukh/ 293
Translations of the Jerusalem Talmud/ 248
Translations of the literature of the Tannaim/ 215
Translations of the Talmud/ 258
Transmission of Torah see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Transplant see Organ transplant/ 587
Treason/ 535
Treaty see Covenants/ 481
Trespass/ 707
Trial process/ 490
Tribute see Taxation/ 457
Trusts see Fiduciaries/ 710
Tumtum/ 554
Tyranny, collaboration with- see Human rights/ 365
U
Unacquirable property/ 687
Underground, Jewish see Foundations of government/ 357
Unintentional killing/ 527
Unjust enrichment/ 708
Urban planning/ 473
Usucaption/ 505
Usury/ 694
V
Validity see Jewish law in general/ 301
Variant texts of the Talmud/ 257
Various concepts/ 717
Vexation see Deception/ 534
Violence see Crimes, miscellaneous/ 537, and Penal law, miscellaneous/ 546
Virgin see Family, miscellaneous/ 665
Virtue see Ethics and Halakhah/ 79
Vow see Oath/ 499
W
Wages see Labor/ 691
Waiver/ 702
War/ 458
War in the Bible/ 131
Warranty see Suretyship/ 698
Weapons see War/ 458
Weights/ 718
Weights and measures in the Bible see Bible, miscellaneous/ 175
Weiss, I.H. see Conservative movement/ 56
Welfare/ 462
Western law/ 346
'Who is a Jew?'/ 595
Widow/ 648
Wife's inheritance rights/ 671
Wife, reputed/ 642
Will see Criminal intent/ 523
Wills/ 689
Witchcraft/ 535
Witness see Evidence, general/ 497
Witnesses' oath/ 498
Woman/ 554
Work see Labor/ 691
Works of Maimonides/ 286
Written law and oral law/ 31
Z
Zadok haCohen see Nature of Halakhah/ 25
Zahalon, Jacob see Medicine, general/ 572
Zealots see Sects/ 33, and Political theory/ 357


INDEX OF THE SAGES

FOR THE APPENDIX 'BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SAGES - PERSONAL BIOGRAPHIES (P. 733)
See also section (2) Sources: The Literature of the Tannaim - Persons and Schools of Thought (p. 203); Talmud - Persons and Schools of Thought (p. 249); The Geonim (p. 261); Maimonides (p. 269); R. Joseph Karo (p. 291); Rema (p. 293)

Aaron ha-Kohen of Lunel/ 736
Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona/ 736
Abba Mari of Lunel/ 733
Aboab, Isaac/ 733
Abrabanel, Isaac/ 734
Abraham ben Azriel/ 735
Abraham ben David of Posquieres (RABaD)/ 734
Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne/ 735
Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon/ 735
Abraham ben Nathan ha-Yarhi/ 735
Abudarham, David/ 733
Abulafia, Meir ha-Levi (RaMaH)/ 733
Adler, Nathan/ 735
Adret, Solomon ben Abraham (RaShBA)/ 736
Alfasi see Isaac ben Jacob (RIF)/ 748
Asher ben Jehiel (ROSh)/ 740
Ashkenazi, Bezalel/ 739
Ashkenazi, Zevi/ 740
Asufot, Sefer/ 739
Auerbach, Simeon Wolf/ 736
Avigdor ben Elijah haKohen/ 734
Azulai, Hayyim Joseph David (HIDA)/ 736
Bacharach, Jair Hayyim/ 740
BaH see Sirkes, Joel/ 754
Banet, Mordecai/ 740
Berab, Jacob/ 740
Berlin, Isaiah/ 741
Berlin, Naphtali Zevi Judah/ 741
Bernays, Isaac/ 741
Bialeh see Harif, Zevi Hirsh/ 745
Cohen, David/ 749
Cohen, Israel Meir/ 749
Cohen, Shabbetai (ShaKh)/ 749
Cohen, Solomon (MaHaRShaKh)/ 749
Colon, Joseph (MaHaRIK)/ 755
David ben Isaac of Fulda/ 742
Dueren, Isaac ben Meir/ 742
Duran, Simeon ben Zemah (RaShBaZ)/ 742
Duran, Solomon ben Simeon (RaShBaSh)/ 742
Edels, Samuel Eliezer (MaHaRShA)/ 738
Eger, Akiva/ 737
Eisenstadt, Meir/ 738
Eleazar ben Judah of Worms (ha-Roke'ah)/ 739
Eliezer ben Joel ha-Levi (RAVYaH)/ 739
Eliezer ben Nathan (RABaN)/ 739
Eliezer ben Samuel of Metz/ 739
Elijah of Vilna (the Vilna Gaon)/ 738
Emden, Jacob/ 754
Epstein, Moses Mordecai/ 739
Ettlinger, Jacob/ 754
Eybeschuetz, Jonathan/ 737
Falk see Jacob Joshua Falk/ 747
Feinstein, Moses/ 755
Fleckeles, Eleazar/ 755
Fraenkel, David/ 755
Ganzfried, Solomon/ 741
Gerondi, Nissim (RaN)/ 741
Gershom ben Judah/ 741
Ghayyat, Isaac ben Judah, Ibn-/ 741
GRA see Elijah of Vilna (the Vilna Gaon)/ 738
Grodzinski, Hayyim Ozer/ 741
Habib, Jacob ben Solomon/ 744
Habib, Levi ben Jacob (RaLBaH)/ 744
Hafez Hayyim see Cohen, Israel Meir/ 749
Halberstam, Hayyim/ 743
Hananel ben Hushi'el/ 745
Harif, Zevi Hirsh, Bialeh/ 745
Hayyim ben Bezalel/ 745
Hayyim Or Zarua/ 744
Hefez ben Yazli'ah/ 745
Heller, Yom Tov Lipmann/ 743
Herzog, Isaac/ 743
HIDA see Azulai, Hayyim Joseph David/ 736
Hildesheimer, Ezriel/ 743
Hillel ben Naphtali/ 743
Hoffmann, David Zevi/ 742
Hushi'el ben Elhanan/ 744
Ibn Abi Zimra, David (RaDBaZ)/ 734
Ibn Ghayyat see Ghayyat, Isaac ben Judah/ 741
Ibn Habib see Habib/ 744
Isaac ben Abraham of Narbonne/ 748
Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (RIF)/ 748
Isaac ben Sheshet (RIBaSh)/ 748
Isaac of Corbeil/ 748
Isaac Or Zarua/ 747
Israel of Bruna/ 749
Isserlein, Israel/ 738
Jacob ben Asher/ 746
Jacob ben Jacob Moses Lorbeerbaum of Lissa/ 746
Jacob ben Meir (Rabbenu Tam)/ 747
Jacob ben Samson/ 747
Jacob Joshua Falk/ 747
Jaffe, Mordecai/ 747
Jehiel of Paris/ 746
Jonah Gerondi/ 746
Joseph Hayyim of Baghdad/ 746
Judah ben Barzillai of Barcelona/ 746
Judah Loew ben Bezalel (MaHaRaL)/ 746
Judah Messer Leon/ 746
Kalonymus of Lucca/ 755
Katzenellenbogen, Meir ben Isaac (MaHaRaM of Padua)/ 756
Kluger, Solomon/ 755
Kook, Abraham Isaac/ 755
Landau, Ezekiel/ 749
Levi, David ha- (TaZ)/ 749
Lipmann, Yom Tov ben Solomon of Muelhausen/ 749
Lorbeerbaum, Jacob of Lissa see Jacob ben Jacob Moses Lorbeerbaum of Lissa/ 746
Luria, Solomon (MaHaRShaL)/ 749
Muelhausen, Yom Tov see Lipmann, Yom Tov ben Solomon/ 749
MaBIT see Trani, Moses ben Joseph/ 745
MaHaRaL see Judah Lw ben Bezalel/ 746
MaHaRaM of Padua see Katzenellenbogen, Meir ben Isaac/ 756
MaHaRaShDaM see Medina, Samuel ben Moses De-/ 751
MaHaRIK see Colon, Joseph/ 755
MaHaRIL see Moellin, Jacob ben Moses/ 751
MaHaRIT see Trani, Joseph ben Moses/ 745
MaHaRShA see Edels, Samuel Eliezer/ 738
MaHaRShaKh see Cohen, Solomon/ 749
MaHaRShaL see Luria, Solomon/ 749
Malbim, Meir Leibush/ 751
Medina, Samuel ben Moses De- (MaHaRaShDaM)/ 751
Meir ben Baruch ha-Levi of Vienna/ 750
Meir ben Baruch of Rothenburg/ 750
Meiri, Menahem ben Solomon/ 750
Meltzer, Isser Zalman/ 751
Menahem Azariah of Fano/ 751
Menahem ben Zerah/ 751
Meshullam ben Kalonymus/ 753
Messer Leon see Judah Messer Leon/ 746
Modena, Judah Leone/ 751
Moellin, Jacob ben Moses (MaHaRIL)/ 751
Mordecai ben Hillel/ 751
Moses ben Jacob of Coucy/ 752
Moses ben Nahman (RaMBaN)/ 752
Nahman of Bratslav/ 753
Nahmanides see Moses ben Nahman (RaMBaN)/ 752
Nathan ben Jehiel/ 753
Nissim ben Jacob of Kirouan/ 753
Oppenheim, Seligmann Bing/ 736
Peri Megadim see Teomim-Fraenkel, Joseph Jonah/ 759
Pollack, Jacob/ 754
RABaD see Abraham ben David of Posquieres/ 734
RABaN see Eliezer ben Nathan/ 739
Rabbenu Tam/ 747
RaDBaZ see Ibn Abi Zimra, David/ 734
RaLBaH see Habib, Levi ben Jacob/ 744
RaMaH see Abulafia, Meir ha-Levi/ 733
RaMBaN see Moses ben Nahman/ 752
RaN see Gerondi, Nissim/ 741
RaShBA see Adret, Solomon ben Abraham/ 736
RaShBaM see Samuel ben Meir/ 759
RaShBaSh see Duran, Solomon ben Simeon/ 742
RaShBaZ see Duran, Simeon ben Zemah/ 742
RaShI see Solomon ben Isaac/ 756
RAVYaH see Eliezer ben Joel ha-Levi/ 739
ReZaH see Zerahiah ben Isaac ha-Levi/ 744
RIBaSh see Isaac ben Sheshet/ 748
RID see Trani, Isaiah ben Mali Senior Di-/ 745
RIDBaZ see Willowski, Jacob David/ 744
RIF see Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi/ 748
RITBA see Yom Tov ben Abraham Ishbili/ 746
Roke'ah see Eleazar ben Judah of Worms/ 739
ROSh see Asher ben Jehiel/ 740
Salant, Samuel/ 754
Samson ben Abraham of Sens/ 759
Samuel ben Meir (RaShBaM)/ 759
Schiff, Meir/ 756
Schlettstadt, Samuel ben Aaron/ 759
Sefer Asufot/ 739
ShaKh see Cohen, Shabbetai/ 749
Shneur Zalman of Lyady/ 759
Sirkes, Joel (BaH)/ 754
Sofer, Moses/ 753
Solomon ben ha-Yatom/ 758
Solomon ben Isaac (RaShI)/ 756
Sonnenfeld, Joseph Hayyim/ 744
Spektor, Isaac Elhanan/ 754
Taku, Moses/ 760
TaZ see Levi, David ha-/ 749
Teomim-Fraenkel, Joseph Jonah/ 759
Tosafot/ 759
Trani, Isaiah ben Mali (the Elder) Di- (RID)/ 745
Trani, Joseph ben Moses (MaHaRIT)/ 745
Trani, Moses ben Joseph (MaBIT)/ 745
Uziel, Ben-Zion Meir Hai/ 754
Vilna Gaon see Elijah of Vilna/ 738
Wasserman, Elhanan/ 743
Weil, Jacob/ 743
Weinberg, Jehiel Jacob/ 744
Willowski, Jacob David (RIDBaZ)/ 744
Yom Tov ben Abraham ishbili (RITBA)/ 746
Zerahiah ben Isaac ha-Levi (ReZaH)/ 744
Zevin, Solomon Joseph/ 744


INDEX OF PLACES

For 'Communities - Organization and Administration' (p. 391)

Aargau/ 452
Acqui/ 397
Afghanistan/ 404
'Ahu' (Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbeck)/ 418
Alessandria/ 397
Alexandria/ 436
Algeria/ 405
Alsace-Lorraine/ 448
Altona/ 418
Amsterdam/ 430
Ancona/ 397
Anhalt/ 415
Ansbach and Furth/ 420
Argentina/ 401
Augsburg/ 419
Australia/ 396
Austria/ 394
'Austritts-gemeinden'/ 414
Avignon/ 448
Babylon (Iraq)/ 412
Baden/ 415
Balkans/ 432
Baltimore/ 410
Bamberg/ 420
Barcelona/ 437
Basel/ 452
Bayonne/ 448
Bayreuth/ 420
Belgium/ 430
Berlin/ 421
Bischheim/ 449
Bohemia/ 443
Bordeaux/ 449
Boston/ 409
Brandenburg/ 415
Bratislava (Pressburg)/ 444
Brazil/ 401
Breslau/ 421
Brest-Litovsk/ 441
Brownsville/ 410
Brunswick/ 421
Buffalo/ 410
Bulgaria/ 432
Byzantium/ 432
California/ 412
Canada/ 451
Capetown/ 405
Castile/ 438
Catania/ 400
Central America/ 401
Charleston/ 412
Cheb (Eger)/ 444
Chemnitz/ 427
Chicago/ 412
The chief rabbinate of Erez Israel/ 407
Cleves/ 427
Cologne/ 427
Conegliano/ 400
Constantinople/ 433
Corfu see Greece/ 434
Council of the four lands/ 440
Council of the Lithuanian communities/ 441
Cracow/ 442
Crete see Greece/ 434
Cuba/ 402
Curacao/ 402
Czechoslovakia/ 443
Dusseldorf/ 422
Danzig/ 422
Darmstadt/ 422
Denmark/ 429
Dresden/ 422
Dublin/ 401
Eger/ 444
Egypt/ 435
Eisenstadt and the seven communities/ 395
Elbing/ 420
Emden/ 420
England/ 402
Erez Israel/ 407
Erfurt/ 420
Essen/ 420
Ferrara/ 400
Florence/ 400
Furth/ 420
France/ 446
Frankfurt on Main/ 426
Friedberg/ 426
Gaya/ 444
Germany/ 413
Gerona/ 438
Glogau/ 422
Goricia/ 397
Greece/ 434
The Greek islands/ 434
Groningen/ 431
Hagenau/ 449
Hague/ 431
Halberstadt/ 423
Halle/ 423
Hamburg/ 418
Hanau/ 423
Hanover/ 416
Hanover/ 423
Heidingsfeld/ 422
Heilbronn/ 422
Hesse/ 416
Hildesheim/ 422
Hohenems/ 395
Holland and Belgium/ 430
Huesca/ 438
Hungary/ 431
India/ 429
Inowraclaw/ 441
Iraq/ 412
Iraq see Babylon
Ireland/ 401
Italy/ 396
Jerusalem/ 407
Kni/ 427
Kalish/ 442
Karlsruhe/ 427
Kassel/ 427
Kattowitz/ 442
Kolin/ 445
Kremeriz (Kremsier)/ 445
Landau/ 424
Languedoc/ 449
Leeds/ 404
Leghorn (Livorno)/ 398
Leipzig/ 424
Lemberg/ 441
Leszno/ 441
Libya/ 406
Lissa (Leszno)/ 441
Lithuania/ 438
Livorno/ 398
London/ 403
Lorraine/ 448
Lubeck/ 424
Lugo/ 398
Lunville/ 449
Lvov (Lemberg)/ 441
Magdeburg/ 424
Mainz/ 428
Mannheim/ 425
Manosque/ 449
Mantua/ 399
Marseilles/ 450
Mecklenburg/ 417
Memel/ 441
Memmingen/ 425
Metz/ 449
Mikulov/ 444
Milan/ 399
Milwaukee/ 410
Minnesota/ 410
Moisling-Lbeck/ 424
Moravia/ 443
Morocco/ 406
Mulheim/ 425
Munich/ 425
Navarra/ 438
New Orleans/ 410
New York/ 411
Newport/ 411
Niedernai/ 450
Nijmegen/ 431
Nikolsburg (Mikulov)/ 444
Nordhausen/ 425
North Africa/ 405
Norwich/ 404
Nuremberg/ 425
Offenbach/ 419
Oldenburg/ 419
Opatow/ 441
Oporto/ 437
Osnabrck/ 419
Paderborn/ 425
Padua/ 399
Palatinate/ 417
Paris/ 450
Parma/ 400
Perpignan/ 450
Petersburg/ 411
Peyrehorade/ 450
Pfalz (Palatinate)/ 417
Philadelphia/ 411
Piedmont/ 399
Pinne/ 425
Plymouth/ 404
Poland, Lithuania and Russia/ 438
Portugal/ 436
Posen/ 442
Potsdam/ 425
Prague/ 445
Presov/ 445
Pressburg/ 444
Prosstitz (Prossnitz)/ 445
Provence/ 450
Prussia/ 417
Przemysl/ 442
Rappoltsweiler/ 428
Ratisbon/ 428
Rhineland/ 415
Rhodes see Greece/ 434
Richmond/ 412
Riga/ 442
Rochester/ 412
Rome/ 400
Rotterdam/ 431
Rovigo/ 400
Rumania/ 451
Runkel/ 428
Russia/ 438
Saragossa/ 438
Sardinia/ 399
Saxony/ 417
Scandiano/ 399
Schneidemhl/ 429
Schwaben/ 417
Seven communities/ 395
'Shum' (Speyer, Worms, Mainz)/ 428
Silesia/ 418
Sorano/ 399
South Africa/ 405
South and Central America/ 401
Spain and Portugal/ 436
Speyer/ 428
St. Louis/ 411
Steiermark/ 396
Stettin/ 429
Strassburg/ 451
Sugenheim/ 424
Sunderland/ 404
Switzerland/ 451
Syracuse/ 411
Syria/ 436
Tangier/ 405
Teplitz/ 444
Tobischau/ 444
Toledo/ 438
Treves/ 424
Triesch/ 444
Trieste/ 398
Troyes/ 449
Tunisia/ 407
Turin/ 398
Turkey/ 433
Turkey, Byzantium, the Balkans/ 432
Tuscany/ 398
Ulm/ 419
Umbria/ 397
United States/ 408
Venetia/ 397
Venice/ 398
Verona/ 398
Vienna/ 395
Vilna/ 441
Virginia/ 410
Wandsbeck/ 418
Weimar/ 423
Westphalia/ 416
Worms/ 428
Wurttemberg/ 416
Wurzburg/ 423
Yugoslavia/ 434