Addiction and its consequences in Jewish law
By: edited by Walter Jacob
Series: Studies in progressive Halakhah; Studies in progressive halakhah
Publisher: Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah; Rodef Shalom Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780929699264
Subjects: Jewish law; Drug abuse; Judaism; Compulsive gambling; Jews; Alcohol use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Sin as addiction  -- Leonard Kravitz; title: The Jewish alcohol puzzle  -- Walther Jacob; title: Cigarette smoking, Jewish law, and rabbinical decision making  -- Mark Washofsky; title: Halakhic perspectives on gambling  -- Richard Rheins; title: Fear of missing out  -- Jonathan K. Crane; title: Look but don't touch  -- Joshua B. Lief; title: Regulating the sale of addictive substances -- Joan S. Friedman.