The codification of Jewish law : : and an introduction to the jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura / / Michael J. Broyde and Ira Bedzow ; cover design by Ivan Grave.

• Funder: OpenEmory
• VerfasserIn: Broyde, Michael J.,; Bedzow, Ira,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bedzow, Ira,; Grave, Ivan,
• Author: OpenEmory
• Place / Publishing House: Brighton, Massachusetts : : Academic Studies Press,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (387 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Includes index.

The Mishna Berura is, without a doubt, Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan's greatest and most complex contribution to the canon of Orthodox Jewish Law; it is a singular work that synthesizes Jewish traditions, laws, and mores into a practical halakhic guide to daily religious life. For all of his traditionalism, Rabbi Kagan was an iconoclast, and the Mishna Berura broke from many of the traditional approaches of deciding halakhic directives. Instead, he favored studying, engaging, and asserting decisions in a nuanced, almost natural approach to how ethical people should live their daily lives consistent with Jewish law. Today, the Mishna Berura has gained widespread recognition and is considered authoritative by essentially all of contemporary Orthodox Jewry, a measure of greatness that few works of Halakha have attained. Michael J. Broyde and Ira Bedzow here investigate this seminal text and explore its background and decision-making process.

Table of Contents

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. General Methodology of Codification of Jewish Law -- II. History of Codification -- III. Introduction to Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan and the Mishna Berura -- IV. Mishna Berura's Philosophy of Jewish Law -- V. Mishna Berura's Jurisprudence -- VI. The Mishna Berura's Technique of Legal Interpretation -- VII. The Mishna Berura's Use of Key Terms -- VIII. Examples of the Mishna Berura's Methodology -- IX. Alternative Views of the Mishna Berura's Methodology -- X. Conclusion -- Two Hundred Fifty Illustrative Examples from the Mishna Berura -- Terminology -- Juridical Strategy -- Interpretative Strategy -- The Accretive Technique -- Reliance on the Gra -- The Role of Custom -- Index