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
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Publication InfoBoston : Academic Studies Press,
Descriptionxxi, [184] p. ; 25 cm.
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Supplemental ContentFull text available from Twentieth Century Religious Thought, Volume 3: Judaism
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SeriesJudaism 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-[172]) and index.
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LCCN 2008006146
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