Journey to Italy 5784 - The Renaissance

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

the era was known as the Renaissance but it came to its fullest expression in Italy more than any other country after the darkness of the Middle Ages because of Innovations in science technology Society they wanted to revert back to the classic ideals of Greece and Rome this is after the discovery of America this is after the Protestant Reformation this is after the Spanish expulsion where now they had some freedom from feudal Rule and perhaps the greatest invention in the Renaissance was the printing press which revolutionized Education First of all it expanded knowledge until the printing press books were not available books were not affordable how would anybody be able to afford a handwritten manuscript but now books were widely disseminated books were uh affordable now the traditional Jewish communities did not need a Renaissance they were Advanced they were learned but still the Renaissance in a certain sense allowed for greater Hab but also challenged traditional Jewish values now at the time in Italy there were 10 million Italians out of the 10 million Italians 30,000 were Jews so about 3% of of Italians were Jews 3% now the Jewish situation financially improved there was a Revival of liat TOA and at this point I want to uh speak about many notable around whom great yeshivas were built firstly rura anybody know his middle name rabad he had a very unusual middle name rad yur where does that come from the light on on the Bluetooth R Ur where does the word uray come from the navi says about the nvi oada Yim so his name was

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1. 0:31the era was known as the Renaissance but it came to its fullest expression in Italy…
2. 1:01this is after the Spanish expulsion where now they had some freedom from feudal Rule and…
3. 2:01Italians 30,000 were Jews so about 3% of of Italians were Jews 3% now the Jewish…
4. 3:05Aura from 1440 to 1500 he wrote his commentary on the mishna in Italy he completed…
5. 3:38Bogan we're going to be at his Kev he passed away in 1565 his son who…
6. 4:39written the brother of and the brother of in his quotes masato who says that if…
7. 5:411657 schlomo moo is the name schlomo moo familiar we spoke about him when we were…
8. 6:11Italy were also doctors in fact it was considered an ideal second profession for a rabbi…
9. 7:14with me you weren't just a Rabbi but you also had a profession in The Sciences…
10. 8:22example rakov prali he refuted the ideal that was considered preferable for a rabbi also to…

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