Beyond a code of Jewish law : Rabbi Avraham Danzig's Ḥayei Adam /

"The Ḥayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread quickly throughout Europe, and the demand for it required a second publishing which the author printed in 1818. Beyond a Code of Jewish Law attempt...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fishbane, Simcha (Author)
Other Authors: Ferguson, Dashiell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
Series:Judaism and Jewish life.
Subjects:
Danzig, Abraham ben Jehiel Michal, > 1748-1820. > Ḥaye adam.
Danzig, Abraham ben Jehiel Michal, > 1748-1820.
Ḥaye adam (Danzig, Abraham ben Jehiel Michal)
Jewish law.
Judaism > Customs and practices.
Rabbis > Lithuania > Vilnius > Biography.
Droit juif.
Judaïsme > Coutumes et pratiques.
Rabbins > Lituanie > Vilnious > Biographies.
RELIGION / Judaism / Orthodox
Rabbis.
Vilnius (Lithuania) > Biography.
Lithuania > Vilnius.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Preambles: An Insight into Rabbi Avraham Danzig's Ḥayei Adam
  • 3. Minhag in the Ḥayei Adam: The Case of Kitniyot on Passover
  • 4. Esoteric Halakhah and the Ḥayei Adam
  • 5. Rabbi Avraham Danzig's Polemic against Hasidism
  • 6. The Democratization of Halakhah: The Ḥayei Adam and Musar
  • 7. A New Role and Status: The Ḥayei Adam and the Mishnah Berurah
  • 8. Jewish Pride in Rabbi Avraham Danzig's Ḥayei Adam as Instantiated in the Aleinu
  • Appendix 1: The Life of the Man: The Life and Times of Avraham Danzig, by Dashiell Ferguson
  • Appendix 2: Rabbinic Texts and Authors Referred to in This Volume
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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