Rabbinic creativity in the modern Middle East /
Zohar, Tsevi,author.
Mekhon Shalom Harṭman (Jerusalem)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New Horizons: aspects of the halakhic creativity of Rabbi Abdallah Somekh -- Iraqi rabbis and Ashkenazic halakhic literature -- The Sephardic halakhic ethos according to Iraqi rabbinic leaders -- Rabbinic scholars of Aleppo in the modern era: conservatism as a core cultural-religious value -- Rabbi Yitzhak Dayyan: a maskil in Aleppo -- A seal of truth which I have sought and loved with all my being: aspects of the halakhic and religious world of Rabbi Shaul-Matloub Abadi -- "There is none like this Arabic language upon the Earth." The Arabic language and oriental culture through the eyes of Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan -- Rabbinic responses to transformations in the social life of Egyptian Jews -- The synagogue: changes and trends -- Halakha, suicide and social policy -- Rabbanite-Karaite Intermarriage in twentieth-century Egyptian halakha -- Freedom engraved on the tablets.
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Rabbinical literature