יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Middle Ages

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A period of about 1,000 years, roughly from the 5th century to the 15th century, spanning the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ending with the discovery of America and the invention of printing. This period lies between two eras: Antiquity and the Renaissance.

("A liquid-and-dry measure, equivalent to an ephah, used by the Romans and later in the West during the Middle Ages" — Responsa of Rabbeinu Gershom Meor HaGolah, siman 27; and also: "And throughout the Middle Ages, in the years when we saw evil, we seem to see our rabbis and our leaders taking part in all the general matters" — Berdyczewski, Writings, vol. 2, p. 81)