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Author Fishbane, Simcha.

Title The boldness of a halakhist : an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein The Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays / Simcha Fishbane.

Publication Info. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009.
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 182 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Judaism and Jewish life
Judaism and Jewish life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : his life and works -- Long live the tsar : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and the Russian political system -- Today not yesteryear : Rabbi Y.M. Epstein's adjudicative process as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- In any case there are no sinful thoughts : the role and status of women in Jewish law as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- The audacity of a religious adjudicator : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and modernity -- Mercy is vouchsafed from heaven : halakhah's response to violence as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Oreh Hayyim, sections 560 and 576:8 -- Secular studies are the supplement of Torah studies : Kol Ben Levi : the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : the first sermon -- Recurrent themes in the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein -- Social reality or the written word : minhag as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan.
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Subject Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, 1829-1908 -- Teachings.
Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, 1829-1908 -- Teachings.
Epstein, Jehiel Michael ben Aaron Isaac, Halevi, approximately 1829-approximately 1908.
Jewish law.
Jewish law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fishbane, Simcha. Boldness of a halakhist. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009, ©2008 (DLC) 2008006146
ISBN 1618111140 (electronic book)
9781618111142 (electronic book)
1934843032
9781934843031