Beyond a Code of Jewish Law : : Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam /

Beyond a Code of Jewish Law : : Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam / / Simcha Fishbane.

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 attempts to un...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
VerfasserIn:
Fishbane, Simcha,
MitwirkendeR:
Ferguson, Dashiell,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2022]
©2021
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Judaism and Jewish Life
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Preambles: An Insight into Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam
  • 2 Minhag in the Ḥayei Adam—the Case of Kitniyot on Passover
  • 3 Esoteric Halakhah and the Ḥayei Adam
  • 4 Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Polemic Against Hasidism
  • 5 The Democratization of Halakhah: The Ḥayei Adam and Musar
  • 6 A New Role and Status: The Ḥayei Adam and the Mishnah Berurah
  • 7 Jewish Pride in Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam as Instantiated in the Aleinu Hymn
  • Addendum
  • Appendix 1 The Life of the Man: The Life and Times of Avraham Danzig
  • Appendix 2 Rabbinic Texts and Authors Referred to in This Volume
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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