Elyashiv Cherlow is a researcher of early rabbinic literature and the history of Jewish law. He completed his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2024). His dissertation: ‘The Development of the Tannaitic Laws of Stolen and Lost Property’ explored the development of the Jewish civil law during the Tannaitic era under Roman rule. His M.A. focused on the redaction of the Palestinian Talmud. His publications, deal mainly with early rabbinic manuscripts, appeared in the Jewish Quarterly Review and Journal for Semitic Studies, among others. His ongoing research delves into the relationship between Jewish and Roman law. As a Starr Fellow, he will analyze Mishnah Tractate Neziqin to understand how Jewish law developed under Roman rule.

2013–2015: B.Ed. (summa cum laude), Herzog College, Majors: Bible and Oral Torah

2015–2016: Supp. for M.A., Dept. of Talmud & Halakhah, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2017–2019: M.A. (summa cum laude), Dept. of Talmud & Halakhah, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Thesis: The geresh in Talmud Yerushalmi
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Shlomo Naeh

2019–2024: Ph.D., Dept. of Talmud & Halakhah, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dissertation: The Development of Tannaitic Laws of Stolen and Lost Property: Textual, Legal, and Historical Contexts 
Dissertation Advisor: Prof. Yair Furstenberg

Awarded: June 13, 2024

2024–2025:  Starr Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies

Project: The Consolidation of Rabbinic Private Law from Multiple Legal Cultures

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2025–present: Senior Lecturer, Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Dept. of Talmud & Halakhah, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2016–2019: Talmud Preparatory Course (B.A.)

2020–2022: Studies in the Babylonian Talmud & Its Research (M.A.)

2023: The Babylonian Talmud Within Rabbinic Literature (M.A.); The Talmud and Jewish Studies Research (M.A.)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2017–2022: Research assistant in Dr. Yoav Rosenthal's project: Unknown Traditions of the Babylonian Talmud Preserved in the Cairo Genizah

Sorting and analyzing dozens of Genizah fragments; reading and summarizing a rich bibliography about the textual criticism of the Babylonian Talmud.

2019–2022: Research assistant in Prof. Yair Furstenberg's project: Making Law under Rome: The Making of Rabbinic Halakhah within Its Provincial Legal Context

Comparative study of the Mishnah tractates Bava Qamma and Bava Metzia and its Roman parallels; reading and summarizing of relevant bibliography; building a database for researchers in the field.

2023–2024: Co-Editor in Prof. Menachem Katz project: The Talmud Yerushalmi Digital Critical Edition.

Editing a critical edition of tractates from the Jerusalem Talmud; Locating parallels between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds; Detailed analysis of the physical characteristics of Palestinian Talmud manuscripts.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “The History of the Text of Talmud Yerushalmi: Studies of the Genizah Fragments.” Tarbiz, vol. 87, no. 4, 2020, pp. 587–639. [Heb.]
2. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “Not only Remnants: Review of 'Ginze Yerushalmi’.” Zion, vol. 86, no. 4, 2021, pp. 631–660. [Heb.]
3. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “milta belo ta'ama: A Chapter in the Talmud Yerushalmi Textual History.” Tarbiz, vol. 88, no. 2, 2022, pp. 183–220. [Heb.]
4. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “An Enigmatic Aramaic-Hebrew-Greek Glossary of The Jerusalem Talmud.” Journal of Semitic Studies, vol. 68, no. 2, 2023, pp. 403–414. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgad016)
5. Cherlow, Elyashiv and Breuer, Adiel, “Remnants of 'Ma'asim Livne Ereẓ Yisra'el' Written on a Scroll.” Tarbiz, vol. 89, no. 2, 2023, pp. 369–392. [Heb.]
6. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “An Abbreviation of Talmud Yerushalmi Tractate Suuka from The Cairo Genizah.” Ginzei Qedem, vol. 19, 2023, pp. 133–156. [Heb.]
7. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “The Proofreader’s Pen: An Early Yerushalmi Manuscript with Interpretive Glosses.” Sidra, vol. 35, 2023, pp. 169–200. [Heb.]
8. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “The Noahide Commandments in the Jerusalem Talmud from a Cairo Genizah Fragment.” Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. 114, no. 3, 2024, pp. 325–336.
9. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “The Subdivision of Tractates Nezikin and Kelim.” Netuim, vol. 24–25, 2024, pp. 175–192. [Heb.]
10. Cherlow, Elyashiv. “A Unique Cairo Genizah Manuscript of Babylonian Talmud Tractates

PRESENTATIONS

2019: “First Fruits of Scholarship” Conference, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“The Book of Memory: The geresh as a Key for the Transmission of the Yerushalmi”

2019: The Second Inter-University Graduate Student Conference in Talmud & Halakhah, Ben-Gurion University

“The History of the Text of Talmud Yerushalmi in the Light of the geresh”

2021: The Annual Conference of The PhD Honors Program, Mandel School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Footnote: Linguistic and Intercultural Transitions in the Margins of A Singular Yerushlami Manuscript"

2022:26th Annual Conference of the Western Jewish Studies Association, University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus

"Pointless Text: A study in the Textual Tradition of Talmud Yerushalmi"

2022: The International Conference on Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture, NAPH, Virtual - Held by The University of Texas at Austin

'Shem in the tents of Japheth: Interpretive Glosses in Talmud Yerushalmi Manuscript'

2022: The Annual Conference of The Department of Talmud, Bar Ilan University

'Correcting the text of the Yerushalmi: Additional tools'

2022: The 18^th World Congres of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

'The Exegetical Value of the Cantillation Marks (te’amim) in the Talmud Yerushalmi Genizah Fragments'

2024: An International Conference for the study of Talmud Yerushalmi, The Department of Talmud, Bar Ilan University

'The Yerushlami and Midrash YelamdenuI: A New Fragment and New Thoughts'

2024: Conference of the Jewish Law Association, Harvard Law School

'Mishnah Bava Qamma Chapter 3: How Municipal Laws Become Torah?'

2024: An International Conference: JTS and the Jerusalem Talmud

Seridei Hayerushalmi and the Research of the Yerushalmi

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 

Organization of conferences:

2021: The Annual Conference of The PhD Honors Program, Mandel School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2023: “First Fruits of Scholarship” Inter-University Conference, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ad-hoc reviewer: Law and History Review, Journal of Jewish Studies.

Committees: The FJMS–NLI Academic Advisory Committee.  

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2013–2015: “Regev” – Honors Program in Academic Colleges of Education

2019–2023: Presidential Scholarship at Mandel School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2021–2024: Rottenstreich Fellowship for Outstanding Doctoral Students, The Council for Higher Education of Israel

2024–2025: Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica, The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies

2025–2026: Ephraim Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellowship

AWARDS AND HONORS

2017: Jacob Nahum Epstein Prize (Dept. of Talmud & Halakhah, HUJI)

2019: Arie Lubin Prize (The Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies, HUJI)

2023: Finalist in position opening at Talmud department, Bar Ilan university.

Job talk: 'The specificatio of the laws of specificatio in the Tosefta' (30.03.2023)

2024: Finalist in position opening at Talmud department, The Hebrew University.

Job talk: "The cantillation marks (tea'amim) in Talmud Yerusahlmi manuscripts" (5.12.2024)

2025: Allan Bronfman Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in the Humanities (HUJI)

LANGUAGES

Hebrew (native); English (high proficiency written and spoken)

Ancient: Syriac (advanced); Aramaic (advanced); Greek (elementary proficiency); Latin (elementary proficiency)