New Series! The Medieval Cherem including Cherem d'Rabbeinu Gershom, part 1: Rabbeinu Tam's Charamim

New Series! 

The Medieval Cherem including Cherem d'Rabbeinu Gershom

 Part 1: Rabbeinu Tam's Charamim

The Medieval Institution of Cherem, including Cherem d'Rabbeinu Gershom: Local, Regional and Global enactments (takkanos) from the times of the Rishonim. A perusal and analysis of the lists of cherem enactments in the final teshuvah of the Maharam of Rothenberg (Rabbi Meir bar Baruch), Responsum 1022 in the Prague edition.

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