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Revision as of 13:36, 21 June 2005 by 12.162.182.146 (talk) (→Tanya)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For other uses, see Tanya (Judaism) (disambiguation).Tanya is the popular name for the Hasidic Jewish book Likkutei Amarim, written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi in 1797 CE.
However, there is an unrelated book with a similar name, Tanya Rabbati, a 16th century Italian code of Jewish law.
Both of these books are named after their first word, Tanya, which is Hebrew for "It is stated in a baraitha."
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Tanya Rabbati
Tanya Rabbati is an anonymous work on Jewish law first published in Mantua, Italy, in 1514 CE. In was re-printed in Cremona, 1565, and later in two other editions.
Jehiel ben Jekutheil Anav (full name: Jehiel ben Jekutheil ben Benjamin Ha-Rofe Anav) was a 13th century Italian Jewish author, manuscript copyist, and liturgical poet; he is held by many to be the author of Tanya Rabbati.
Tanya Rabbati is very similar to a lengthier work, Shibbolei ha-Leket, which is known to be written by Zedekiah ben Abraham Anav, one of Jehiel’s relatives.
Most scholars thus believe that the Tanya Rabbati is an abbreviated version of Shibbolei ha-Leket by Jehiel ben Jekutheil. However, other views exist. S. H. Kook believes that Tanya Rabbati is the first edition of Shibbolei ha-Leket. In this view, Jehiel copied Shibbolei ha-Leket and added his own notes and ideas. In contrast, S. K. Mirsky believes that Jehiel is the original author of Tanya Rabbati. In Mirsky’s view, the many similarities of the Tanya Rabbati to Shibbolei ha-Leket come from the fact that both Jehiel and Zedekiah wrote their works based on the teachings of Judah ben Benjamin Anav, Jehiah’s uncle.
Shibbolei ha-Leket
Zedekiah ben Abraham Anav was a 13th century Italian Jewish Talmud scholar, author of “Shibbolei ha-Leket” (Hebrew, "The Gleaned Ears".)
Shibbolei ha-Leket is the first Italian codification of Jewish law, concerned with the liturgy, the Passover Haggadah, and laws pertaining to Shabbat and the Jewish holidays.