Orléansאורליאנס
France — Loire valley
Orléans, a city on the Loire in north-central France, had a medieval Jewish community and was the home of Rabbi Joseph Bekhor Shor of Orléans, a twelfth-century Tosafist and biblical commentator. A student of Rabbeinu Tam, he was among the last of the northern French exegetes to write a Torah commentary in the plain-sense (peshat) tradition.
1 teacher · 1 work · 12 most-discussed ideas
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Bekhor Shor
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Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Orléans. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Avodah Zarah (Idolatry)45 passages
- Brit (Covenant)43 passages
- Peshat (Plain-Sense Reading)38 passages
- Tumah and Taharah (Ritual Impurity and Purity, umbrella)34 passages
- Kodashim (Sanctified Items, Temple Offerings)28 passages
- Bechor (Firstborn Status)27 passages
- Yetziat Mitzrayim (The Exodus from Egypt)27 passages
- Korban (Sacrificial Offering, generic)26 passages
- Tzaraat (Biblical 'Leprosy', Ritual Affliction)23 passages
- Chatat (Sin Offering)23 passages
- Issurei Bi'ah (Forbidden Sexual Relations)23 passages
- Shemitah / Sheviit (Sabbatical Year)21 passages