Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

History:

10 - 15th Centuries CE 

Collections: R' Torczyner Giants Of

References: Bava Metzia: 58B  

Description

Concluding our look at Rabbeinu Gershom, with his decree prohibiting people from reminding anusim of their past. Why was this necessary, when Bava Metzia 58b explicitly prohibits doing this? Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.