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Author Fishbane, Simcha.

Title The boldness of a halakhist : an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein The Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays / Simcha Fishbane
Published Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 182 pages)
Series Judaism and Jewish life
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 Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Epstein, Jehiel Michael ben Aaron Isaac, Halevi, approximately 1829-approximately 1908 -- Teachings
SUBJECT Epstein, Jehiel Michael ben Aaron Isaac, Halevi, approximately 1829-approximately 1908 fast
Subject Jewish law.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
Jewish law
Teachings
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1618111140
9781618111142