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Author Scheindlin, Neal S., author.

Title The Jewish family ethics textbook / Rabbi Neal Scheindlin.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ; Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (lv, 320 pages).
text file
Series JPS Essential Judaism series
JPS essential Judaism series.
Note "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Using the Book in a Classroom Setting -- Using the Book without a Teacher -- Introduction -- Theories of Ethical Decision-Making -- How Jews Approach Ethical Problems -- Works and History of Classical Jewish Literature -- Text 1-Deut. 17:8-11 -- A Brief Jewish Lexicon -- Text 2-Eiruvin 13b -- Classical Literature as Understood by Modern Jews -- 1. Parents and Children -- Case Study #1: Who Chooses Where to Go to College? -- Case Study #2: Caring for a Parent with Dementia
Case Study #3: Distancing from an Abusive Parent -- Text Study #1: Children's Twin Obligations to Parents-Honor and Reverence -- Text 1a-Exod. 20:12 -- Text 1b-Deut. 5:16 -- Text 2-Lev. 19:3 -- Text 3-Mekhilta, Massekhta de-BaḤodesh 8 -- Text 4a-Kiddushin 30b -- Text 4b-Kiddushin 30b (continued) -- Text 5-Kiddushin 30b-31a -- Text Study #2: The Mitzvot Children Owe to Parents -- Text 6-Kiddushin 31b -- Text 7a-Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 240:2 -- Text 7b-Rashi on Lev. 19:3 -- Text 7c-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:11 -- Text 8a-Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 240:4-5
Text 8b-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:10 -- Text 8c-Golinkin, "Institutionalizing Parents with Alzheimer's Disease" -- Text 9a-Kiddushin 31a-b -- Text 9b-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:7 -- Text 9c-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:7 (continued) -- Text 9d-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:8 -- Text 10a-Midrash Tanḥuma Eikev 3 -- Text 10b-Kiddushin 31b -- Text 11a-Dorff, Love Your Neighbor as Yourself -- Text 11b-Diamant, Choosing a Jewish Life -- Text Study #3: Parents' Responsibilities to Children -- Text 12a-Kiddushin 29a -- Text 12b-Nevins, "Between Parents and Children"
Text 13-Kiddushin 29a-b -- Text Study #4: Problems in the Parent-Child Relationship -- Text 14-Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 240:18 -- Text 15-Dratch, "Honoring Abusive Parents" -- Text 16a-Jacob, "Responsibility of Children to Their Parents" -- Text 16b-Nevins, "Between Parents and Children" -- Conclusion -- 2. Honesty -- Case Study #1: Cheating on an Exam -- Case Study #2: Potential Plagiarism -- Case Study #3: Withholding Part of the Truth from a Prospective Employer -- Text Study #1: Truth Telling and Its Limits -- Text 1a-Exod. 20:13 -- Text 1b-Exod. 23:7 -- Text 1c-Lev. 19:11
Text 1d-Mecklenburg, HaKetav VeHaKabbalah on Exod. 23:7 -- Text 2-Ketubot 16b-17a -- Text 3a-Yevamot 65b -- Text 3b-Bava Metzia 23b-24a -- Text 3c-Mishnah Nedarim 3:4 -- Text Study #2: Whistleblowing and Rebuke -- Text 4-Tosefta Bava Kama 7:3 -- Text 5a-Leff, "Whistleblowing" -- Text 5b-Lev. 19:17 -- Text 5c-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Personal Qualities 6:7 -- Text 5d-Lev. 19:14 -- Text 5e-Sifra Kedoshim 2:14 -- Text 6-Shulḥan Arukh, Hoshen Mishpat 388:9 -- Text 7-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Robbery and Lost Objects 11:3 -- Text Study #3: Crediting Others for Use of Their Intellectual Property
Note Text 8-Tanḥuma Bemidbar 22.
Summary The Jewish Family Ethics Textbook guides teachers and students of all ages and backgrounds in mining classical and modern Jewish texts to inform decision making on hard choices.
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Subject Jewish ethics -- Textbooks.
Jewish ethics.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Subject Families -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Textbooks.
Families -- Moral and ethical aspects.
RELIGION / Ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Textbooks.
Other Form: Print version: Scheindlin, Neal S. Jewish family ethics textbook. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021 9780827613232 (DLC) 2021008005 (OCoLC)1240263586
ISBN 9780827618817 (pdf)
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9780827613232