Gershom
Proper noun
Meaning
Gershom
(rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
Examples
A catalogue raisonné of his library has been printed in two volumes, edited by Joseph Dan and Esther Liebes, The Library of Gershom Scholem on Jewish Mysticism” (Idel in EJ, 2007).
Entry on γυνή Since the 11th century, Ashkenazi Jews have followed Rabbenu Gershom 's ban on polygyny (except in rare circumstances).
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : citation Today Ashkenazi Jews are prohibited to take more than one wife because of a ban instituted on this by Gershom ben Judah (Died 1040).
Nevertheless, it is at least nominally about Gershom Scholem, who nearly singlehandedly established Jewish mysticism as a scholarly discipline in the first half of the twentieth century.
Instantly, she'd messaged the good news to Gershom via tachyon squirt, and started looking around for a place for them to live.
Rabbeinu Gershom instituted a rabbinic decree ( Takkanah ) prohibiting polygamy among Ashkenazic Jews. citation The rabbis instituted legal methods to enable women to petition a rabbinical court to compel a divorce.