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Title: The Boldness of a Halakhist
Condition: New
Subtitle: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's "The Arukh Hashulhan"
EAN: 9781934843031
ISBN: 9781934843031
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 20/03/2008
Description: Analyses 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 analyses the rabbi's approach to Jewish law and Jewish life, designed to promote the spiritual welfare of Jews under the pressures of growing secularisation 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.

Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Weight: 466g
Author: Simcha Fishbane
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Book Series: Judaism and Jewish Life
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 155mm
Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences
Release Year: 2008

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