Simcha Fishbane

The Boldness of a Halakhist (eBook, PDF)

An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's 'The Arukh Hashulhan'

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Simcha Fishbane (Ph.D. - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 1998) is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Executive Assistant to the President of Touro College. Dr. Fishbane's books include Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (Brill, 2007), Jewish Studies in Violence, edited by and introduced by Simcha Fishbane (UPA, 2006), Voodoo or Judaism, The Ritual of Kapparot: People Medicine and Magic in Jewish and Slavic Cultural Tradition (Moscow, 2007).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781618111142
• Artikelnr.: 56998685

Autorenporträt

Dr. Simcha Fishbane is a Professor of Jewish Studies in the Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Touro College, New York. He has published extensively on Jewish subjects and texts. Dr. Fishbane¿s publications include Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (2007); The Boldness of an Halakhist (2008); The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry (2011); The Impact of Culture and Cultures Upon Jewish Customs and Rituals (2016); The Rabbinic Discussion about Bat Mitzvah Celebrations (2017); and The Jewish Intellectual Tradition: A History of Learning and Achievement (2021), co-authored with Alan Kadish and Michael A. Shmidman.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction by Ira Robinson. 1. Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi
Epstien: 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. 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.
Bibliography. Index.