Lamdan (Hebrew: למדן) is a late Hebrew expression for a man who is well informed in rabbinical literature, although not a scholar in the technical sense of the term - i.e. "talmid hakham"; it does not seem to have been used before the 18th century.
Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen (1670-1749) decided that rabbinical scholars were exempt from paying taxes even though scholars then were not scholars in the proper sense of the word, "for the law does not make a difference between lamdan and lamdan".[1]
Jacob Emden[2] speaks of Baer Kohen (Berent Salomon), the founder of the Klaus in Hamburg, as having been somewhat of a scholar ("ketzat lamdan," the equivalent of the Yiddish "ein stückel lamden").
Authorities of the sixteenth century, when they have to speak of the difference between a scholar in the technical sense of the word and a well-informed man, do not use the term "lamdan," but say "tzurba me-rabbanan", צורְבָא מֵרָבּנן, literally "enflamed from Rabbinic literature".[3]
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Lamdan has also been adopted as a Jewish surname, see:
lamdan, hebrew, למדן, late, hebrew, expression, well, informed, rabbinical, literature, although, scholar, technical, sense, term, talmid, hakham, does, seem, have, been, used, before, 18th, century, ezekiel, katzenellenbogen, 1670, 1749, decided, that, rabbin. Lamdan Hebrew למדן is a late Hebrew expression for a man who is well informed in rabbinical literature although not a scholar in the technical sense of the term i e talmid hakham it does not seem to have been used before the 18th century Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen 1670 1749 decided that rabbinical scholars were exempt from paying taxes even though scholars then were not scholars in the proper sense of the word for the law does not make a difference between lamdan and lamdan 1 Jacob Emden 2 speaks of Baer Kohen Berent Salomon the founder of the Klaus in Hamburg as having been somewhat of a scholar ketzat lamdan the equivalent of the Yiddish ein stuckel lamden Authorities of the sixteenth century when they have to speak of the difference between a scholar in the technical sense of the word and a well informed man do not use the term lamdan but say tzurba me rabbanan צור ב א מ ר ב נן literally enflamed from Rabbinic literature 3 People editLamdan has also been adopted as a Jewish surname see Yitzhak LamdanReferences edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Singer Isidore et al eds 1901 1906 Lamden The Jewish Encyclopedia New York Funk amp Wagnalls Resp Keneset Yechezkel Choshen Mishpat No 95 p 118a Altona 1732 Megillat Sefer p 21 Warsaw 1896 see Joshua Falk ha Kohen in Sefer Me irat Enayim Choshen Mishpat 15 4 Shabbethai ha Kohen ib 1 19 and Yoreh De ah 244 11 nbsp This Judaism related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Semitic languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lamdan amp oldid 1031356444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
