The boldness of an halakhist an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein the Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays / Simcha Fishbane.
| Author/creator | Fishbane, Simcha |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Academic Studies Press, |
| Description | xxi, [184] p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Twentieth Century Religious Thought, Volume 3: Judaism |
| Subjects |
| Series | Judaism and Jewish life |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-[172]) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008006146 |
| ISBN | 9781934843031 |
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