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The Boldness of a Halakhist : An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein’s "The Arukh Hashulhan" / Simcha Fishbane.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Judaism and Jewish LifePublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781934843031
  • 9781618111142
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.18092
LOC classification:
  • BM755.E76 F57 2009
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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 women, modernity, customs, and secular studies. It analyzes the rabbi's approach to Jewish law and Jewish life, designed to promote the spiritual welfare of Jews under the pressures of growing secularization and Russification. Although based upon the principles of the traditional judicial process, the rabbi’s rulings demonstrate a profound understanding of the contemporary social and historical reality facing the Jews of Russia at the turn of the century.
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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

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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 women, modernity, customs, and secular studies. It analyzes the rabbi's approach to Jewish law and Jewish life, designed to promote the spiritual welfare of Jews under the pressures of growing secularization and Russification. Although based upon the principles of the traditional judicial process, the rabbi’s rulings demonstrate a profound understanding of the contemporary social and historical reality facing the Jews of Russia at the turn of the century.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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