The codification of Jewish law : and an introduction to the jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura /
The Mishna Berura is, without a doubt, Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan's greatest and most complex contribution to the canon of Orthodox Jewish Law; it is a singular work that synthesizes Jewish traditions, laws, and mores into a practical halakhic guide to daily religious life. For all of his traditio...
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Boston :
Academic Studies Press,
2014.
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Table des matières:
- I. General methodology of codification of Jewish law
- II. History of codification
- III. Introduction to Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan and the Mishna Berura
- IV. Mishna Berura's philosophy of Jewish law
- V. Mishna Berura's jurisprudence
- VI. The Mishna Berura's technique of legal interpretation
- VII. The Mishna Berura's use of key terms
- VIII. Examples of the Mishna Berura's methodology
- IX. Alternative views of the Mishna Berura's methodology
- X. Conclusion
- Two hundred fifty illustrative examples from the Mishna Berura
- Appendix A.A summary index of the examples
- Appendix B.A brief note on the history of Halakha
- Appendix C. Biography of selected rabbis mentioned in Mishna Berura
- Appendix D.A brief note on the names of Jewish books.