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Isserles, Moses ben Israel
or Rema
or Rema
(
c.
1530–72). Jewish legal authority. Isserles was one of the great
halakhic
authorities of the time. He founded a
yeshivah
and gained a worldwide reputation for his
responsa
, being known as ‘the
Maimonides
of Polish Jewry’. Although he aroused opposition for his emphasis on custom (
minhag
) and his leniency (particularly when financial loss was involved), his rulings have become accepted as binding on
Ashkenazi
Jews.
c.
1530–72). Jewish legal authority. Isserles was one of the great
halakhic
authorities of the time. He founded a
yeshivah
and gained a worldwide reputation for his
responsa
, being known as ‘the
Maimonides
of Polish Jewry’. Although he aroused opposition for his emphasis on custom (
minhag
) and his leniency (particularly when financial loss was involved), his rulings have become accepted as binding on
Ashkenazi
Jews.
Isshi-injo
(Jap., ‘one vehicle’). The Zen insistence that a student can be taught (up to the level of the conferring of
inka-sh
mei
) by one master (
roshi
) only. This is emphasized (especially in
S
t
-sh
) to stop students going from one teacher to another.
inka-sh
mei) by one master (
roshi
) only. This is emphasized (especially in
S
t-sh) to stop students going from one teacher to another.Isshin
(Jap., ‘one mind’). The universal mind which, in Buddhism, pervades all appearance—i.e. the Buddha-mind.
Issur ve-hetter
I
adevat
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