חִידּוּשׁ תּוֹרָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Torah innovation/ new interpretation of the Law

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A new Torah idea that was not previously known to many. A new or original idea connected to Torah interpretation.

("For His months He shall prefer" (Ezekiel 47) — for the renewers of Torah, who renew the Torah every day without cease, like a firstborn son to his father and mother, in whom everyone rejoices" — Eliyahu Rabbah (Ish Shalom), Parashah 18; and also: "The sages, may peace be upon them, have already pointed out a wondrous novelty in the Torah" — the Rambam / Commentary on Pirkei Avot, chapter four, 2, 365; and also: "For through Torah novelties, heaven and earth are created" — R. Nachman of Breslov / Likutei Moharan, Torah 54, 6; and also: "He should labor with all his strength to innovate Torah novelties, כלומר, to ask questions and answer them in Tanakh and Shas, or to explain explanations in Pardes on Tanakh and Shas" — Pele Yoetz / letter Ḥet, Chiddush; and also: "The Torah... broadens their minds and renews their spirit, and they innovate novelties in Torah" — Agnon / City and Its Fullness, 335; and also: "He presented himself before R. Berishl and amused himself with him in Torah novelties" — H. Hazaz / The Early Generations, 22)