The Boldness of a Halakhist : : An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein’s "The Arukh Hashulhan" / / Simcha Fishbane.
The Boldness of a Halakhist analyzes the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (1829–1908), author of the Arukh Hashulkhan, a bold and unusual approach to Jewish law. Based primarily on the original text of Rabbi Epstein's legal codes and homilies, this work covers topics such as wome...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Judaism and Jewish Life
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction by Ira Robinson
- 1. Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein: His Life and Works
- 2. “Long Live the Tsar”: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and the Russian Political System
- 3. “Today Not Yesteryear”: Rabbi Y.M. Epstein’s Adjudicative Process as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan
- 4. “In Any Case There Are No Sinful Thoughts”: The Role and Status of Women in Jewish Law as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan
- 5. The Courage of a Religious Adjudicator: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and Modernity
- 6. “Mercy is Vouchsafed From Heaven”: Halakhah’s Response to Violence as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Orakh Hayyim—Sections 560 and 576–8
- 7. “Secular Studies are the Supplement of Torah Studies”: Kol Ben Levi—The Homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein—The First Sermon
- 8. Recurrent Themes in the Homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein
- 9. Social Reality or the Written Word: Minhag as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan
- Appendix: A Graphologist’s Report by Graphologist Batya Cohen
- Bibliography
- Index