Joseph ben Moses Babad (1801 in Przeworsk – 1874 in

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) was a

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, ''

posek In Jewish law, a ''Posek'' ( he, פוסק , pl. ''poskim'', ) is a legal scholar who determines the position of ''halakha'', the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities a ...

'' and

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ist, best known for his work, the ''Minchat Chinuch'', a commentary on the ''

Sefer Hachinuch ''Sefer ha-Chinuch'' ( he, ספר החינוך, "Book of Education") is a Jewish rabbinic text which systematically discusses the 613 commandments of the Torah. It was published anonymously in 13th-century Spain. History The work's enumeration of ...

''. Babad served as rabbi at Bohorodczany, Zbarizh,

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, and

Tarnopol Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Terno ...

where in 1857 he was appointed as ''

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'', a position he held for the rest of his life. He studied under Chaim Halberstam, the Sanzer Rov, and enjoyed close relationships with the various

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. Rabbi Babad's first wife is not known; he later married the sister of Chaim Halberstam, and after her death he again remarried.

Minchat Chinuch

Minchat Chinuch ( he, מנחת חינוך) is a legal commentary on the '' Sefer ha-Chinuch''. The ''Sefer Ha-Chinuch'' systematically discusses the

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commandments Commandment may refer to: * The Ten Commandments * One of the 613 mitzvot of Judaism * The Great Commandment * The New Commandment The New Commandment is a term used in Christianity to describe Jesus's commandment to "love one another" which, ac ...

of the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...

, their Biblical source, and philosophical underpinnings - while the ''Minchat Chinuch'' serves as a legal commentary through the perspective of the

and

Rishonim ''Rishonim'' (; he, ; sing. he, , ''Rishon'', "the first ones") were the leading rabbis and '' poskim'' who lived approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries, in the era before the writing of the ''Shulchan Aruch'' ( he, , "Set Table", a ...

.chaburas.org
/ref> ''Minchat Chinuch'' is widely studied in Yeshivas and in private study groups, and remains popular to this day. The work is noted for its technique of isolating legal concepts through the use of uncommon test cases, such as whether a hermaphrodite is obligated in the mitzvah of "

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." This feature of the book makes it a useful starting point in conceptual analysis of talmudic topics.

References

External links

Minchat Chinuch
chaburas.org *
Toldot ha-Minḥat ḥinukh: Yosef Babad
', Eliy Amsel, Makhon Orah, 1995 * Minchat Chinuch
Part I
hebrewbooks.org * Minchat Chinuch
Part II
hebrewbooks.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Babad, Yosef 1801 births 1874 deaths People from Przeworsk People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Hasidic rabbis 19th-century rabbis from the Russian Empire Orthodox rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe)