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The Boldness of a Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's the Arukh Hashulhan

The Boldness of a Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's the Arukh Hashulhan

Fishbane, Simcha

Hardcover

Series: Judaism and Jewish Life

JudaismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1934843032
ISBN13: 9781934843031
Publisher: Academic Studies Pr
Published: Mar 1 2008
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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