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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 /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fishbane, Simcha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009, ©2008.
Series:Judaism and Jewish life.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.