The Holiness of Riẓba: A Study of a Rabbinic Historiography

This study deals with the public declaration by the Tosaphist R. Yitzhak ben Abraham (Riẓba) about his inability to consummate his marriage during its first few years. Ephraim Urbach, the great mid-twentieth century Jewish historian, considered this confession to be an expression of holiness and pur...

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Main Author: Yahalom, Shalem (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 146-165
Further subjects:B Yitzhak ben Abraham
B Tosaphists
B sexuality in religion
B Ephraim Urbach
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