Acharonim
Sign in to saveIn Jewish law and history, Acharonim (, , ; ; ) are the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifically since the writing of the Shulchan Aruch (; a code of Jewish law) in 1563 CE.
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- Consequences for Halakhic change
- Notable Acharonim
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- See also
- References
- External links
In Jewish law and history, Acharonim (, , ; ; ) are the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifically since the writing of the Shulchan Aruch (; a code of Jewish law) in 1563 CE.
The Acharonim follow the Rishonim, the "first ones"—the rabbinic scholars between the 11th and the 16th century following the Geonim and preceding the Shulchan Aruch. The publication of the Shulchan Aruch thus marks the transition from the era of Rishonim to that of Acharonim.