Among those who fought the takkanah were the Rambam (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, 1138 – 1204) in Egypt and Rabbenu Jacob ben Meir Tam of France (c. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
This was another takkanah promulgated by Rabbenu Gershom. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
The takkanah forbidding divorcing a woman against her will. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
The takkanah of the Spanish sages against desertion of wives. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
This takkanah spread among most Spanish communities, but not all. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
The German takkanah against extortion of a widow in a case of halizah. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
It is not clear whether this takkanah ever received serious consideration. From Wordnik.com. [Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition.] Reference
Therefore, later generations certainly should not act according to this takkanah. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
Some Sephardic rabbis maintain that takkanah of Rabbenu Gershom never applied to Sephardic men. From Wordnik.com. [Divorce: The Halakhic Perspective.] Reference
He also was in favor of the herem suggested by Perez (see above) and quotes his entire takkanah. From Wordnik.com. [Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition.] Reference
This approval rendered the takkanot more binding than a takkanah promulgated by only one sage, even if he was of important stature. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
So he proposed a takkanah (regulation enacted by halakhic scholars supplementing the Talmudic halakhah) on the subject of wifebeating. From Wordnik.com. [Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition.] Reference
The literature of the period contains dozens of customs and takkanot on this subject, of which the “Toledo takkanah” is the best known. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
This takkanah is mentioned in a responsum of Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (the Rif, 1013 – 1103), one of the great Spanish sages of the end of the eleventh century. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
Because of the hardships imposed on women by this reluctance, there has been some talk of reviving a takkanah procedure such as R. Perez (thirteenth century) suggested. From Wordnik.com. [Wifebeating in Jewish Tradition.] Reference
This takkanah, like all other takkanot of Rabbenu Gershom, was approved and accepted as a binding rule for the community in conferences of the sages of Ashkenaz in later generations. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
Other rabbis claim that the takkanah of Rabbenu Gershom was limited in time and that it no longer applies at all, thereby effectively reinstating polygamy and unilateral divorce as the halakhic norm. From Wordnik.com. [Divorce: The Halakhic Perspective.] Reference
In thirteenth-century Germany, a takkanah was promulgated decreeing the most severe punishment possible, herem, upon a married man who refused to perform halizah and attempted to extort money from his sister-in-law. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
Rabbi Jacob Tam’s takkanah against the extended absence of husbands. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
A few, such as Rabbenu Gershom’s takkanah requiring monogamy, remain in force to this day. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
The Geonim formulated a takkanah in 785 c.e. stating that a woman had the right to demand the amount of her ketubbah from any of her husband’s property. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
Rabbenu Gershom (Gershom ben Judah Me’or ha-Golah, c. 960 – 1028), who lived in Germany, formulated a takkanah decreeing herem (excommunication) upon any man who married more than one wife. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
An additional factor weighed heavily in favor of repealing the takkanah or reducing its force: the sages’ feeling that women’s independent status in Europe would lead to a proliferation of divorces. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
He took an aggressive stance against the takkanah of the moredet, claiming that the Babylonian sages had had no right to institute any takkanah that could compel a husband to grant a divorce since compulsion is inappropriate and casts doubt on the get’s validity. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
The takkanah on inheritance. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
The takkanah against polygamy. From Wordnik.com. [Halakhic Decisions on Family Matters in Medieval Jewish Society.] Reference
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