Halacha:

Jewish Calendar,  Mekorot / Responsa Literature,  Responsa 

History:

16th - 18th Centuries CE 

Collections: R' Zweiter History of Responsa in America

Description

This series will explore the history of rabbinic responsa (she-elot u-teshuvot) in America. This first shiur discusses the very first teshuvah sent to the Americas, in the 1630's, to the Jewish community of Recife, Brazil.