History and Reference
From Friends of the Sanhedrin
Primary Sources
- Biblical Sources
- Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, 200 CE
- Tosefta Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, 200 CE
- Jerusalem Talmud - Rabbis of the Land of Israel, 400 CE
- Babylonian Talmud - Rabbis of Babylon, 500 CE
- Rashi on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, 1040-1105
- Tosefos on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbis of Europe, 1100-1300
- Hilchos Sanhedrin according to the Rambam - Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon (Maimonides), 1138-1204
- Yad Ramah on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Meir ben Todros ha-Levi Abulafia (Ramah) 1170-1244
- Ramban on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Moshe Ben Nachman (Nachmanides) 1194-1270
- Rashba on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderet (Rashba) 1235-1310
- Miri on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Menachem Meiri 1249-1315
- Tosafot ha-Rosh on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Asher ben Yechiel 1250-1327 - was an eminent rabbi and Talmudist best known for his abstract of Talmudic law.
- Ritva on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Yom Tov ben Avraham Asevilli (Ritva) 1250-1330
- [[Bertinoro on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, 1440-1530
- Tosefos Yom Tov on Tractate Sanhedrin - Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller of Wallerstein, Bavaria. 1579-1654
History and development
- The History of the Sanhedrin in Israel - Rabbi Yehuda Yekutiel Greenwald, New York, 1950
- Between Sunset and Sunrise: Chronology of Sanhedrin after the Babylonian Exile - Samuel K. Mirsky, Publishers Sura, Jerusalem - New York, 1951.
- Studies the History of the Sanhedrin - Rabbi Haim Dov Mantel, Publsiher Dvir, Tel Aviv,1968
- The Sanhedrin - Rabbi Avraham Bichler , Rabbi Kook Institute, Jerusalem, 1974
- Ten removals - The Wanderings of the Sanhedrin in the Land of Israel - Rabbi Israel Rosenson, Eretz Hefetz Institute, Jerusalem, 1987.
Renewal
- Maaseh Beit Din - Rabbi Joseph Caro (Maran Beis Yosef)
- [[Iggeres ha-Semichah] Rabbi Yaacov Beirav (Mehari Beirav)
- Kuntres ha-Semichah Rabbi Levi Ben Yaacov Even-Haviv (Ralbach)
- Edas Yaacov part 1-2 - Rabbi Yaacov ben Shraga Piotrkovsky, 1934
- V'Ashivah Shoftecha - Rabbi Zvi Makovsky, 1938
- Renew the Sanhedrin in our Renewed Country Rabbi Yehuda Leib Hacohen Maimon, 1950 (first edition)
- Techumin 18 - Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel, (1997) p. 448-461
- Osot Mishpat - The Renewal of Semichah at this time, Rabbi Zvi Idan
- Renew the Sanhedrin in our days Rabbi Yishai Bavaad, Jerusalem, 2005
- The Sanhedrin Authority and Renewal - Rabbi Yishai Bavaad, Jerusalem, 2005
Theory of Jurisprudence
- Introduction to the Talmud - Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Maharatz)
- Ways of Instruction - Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes
- Instruction of the Prophets - Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes
- Words of the Prophets, Words of Kabalah - Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes
- Minchat Knaot - Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes
- Imrei Binah - Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes
- Laws of the State Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Wodinberg (author of Tzitz Eliezer)
- Regime and state in Israel according to the Torah - Rabbi Naftali Bar-Ilan, Publisher Ariel, 2007
