The boldness of a halakhist

Fishbane, Simcha.

The boldness of a halakhist an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein The Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays / [electronic resource] : Simcha Fishbane. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009, c2008. - xxi, 182 p. - Judaism and Jewish life . - Judaism and Jewish life. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : his life and works -- Long live the tsar : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and the Russian political system -- Today not yesteryear : Rabbi Y.M. Epstein's adjudicative process as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- In any case there are no sinful thoughts : the role and status of women in Jewish law as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- The audacity of a religious adjudicator : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and modernity -- Mercy is vouchsafed from heaven : halakhah's response to violence as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Oreh Hayyim, sections 560 and 576:8 -- Secular studies are the supplement of Torah studies : Kol Ben Levi : the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : the first sermon -- Recurrent themes in the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein -- Social reality or the written word : minhag as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan.


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Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, 1829-1908 --Teachings.


Jewish law.


Electronic books.

BM755.E76 / F57 2009eb

296.1/8092