The Tosafot, Tosafos or Tosfot (Hebrew: תוספות) are medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed...

Ba'alei Tosafot). One of the main goals of the Tosafot is to explain and interpret contradictory statements in the Talmud. Unlike Rashi, the Tosafot is not...

and sources) on the Talmud, which are collectively called Tosafot ("additions"). The Tosafot are important to the practical application of Jewish law,...

moral principle." The Tosafot text that applies Noahide law to forbid abortion does not go unchallenged. Another commentary in Tosafot (Niddah 44b) appears...

contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in Tosafot as Rosh la-Hakhamim ("Chief of the Sages"). He was executed by the Romans...

Rabbi Judah ben Yom Tov (Hebrew: יהודה בן יום טוב) was one of the Baalei Tosafot in France, a member of Rashi's family. His father was Rabbi Yom Tov of...

Rabbi Gershon Shaul Yom-Tov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller (c. 1579 – 19 August 1654), was a Bohemian rabbi and Talmudist, best known for writing a...

called Rabbi Yom Tov ben Rabbi Yehuda, was one of the 11th-century Baalei Tosafot in France. His father was Judah ben Nathan (Rivan), who was Rashi's son-in-law...

debate in Jewish philosophy. Shituf is first mentioned in the commentary of Tosafot on the Babylonian Talmud, in a passage concluding with a lenient ruling...

Nissim (quoted in Tosafot Rosh Hashana, l.c.), Isaac Alfasi, and others Rabbeinu Nissim in Tosafot l.c. Compare the gloss on Tosafot, l.c. and Ibn Ezra...