Responsa (Latin: plural of responsum, "answers") comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.
History of responsa in Judaism spans a period of 1,700 years. Responsa constitute a special class of rabbinic literature, differing in form, but not necessarily in content, from ...
The official site that introduces the Global Jewish Database - The Responsa Project of Bar Ilan University. Visit the fascinating virtual tour of the CD that constitutes the most ...