The boldness of an halakhist
Subtitle: an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein the Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays
By: Simcha Fishbane.
Series: Judaism and Jewish life
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781934843031
Subjects: Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, -- 1829-1908 -- Teachings; Jewish law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : his life and works; title: Long live the tsar : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and the Russian political system; title: Today not yesteryear : Rabbi Y.M. Epstein's adjudicative process as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan; title: In any case there are no sinful thoughts : the role and status of women in Jewish law as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan; title: The audacity of a religious adjudicator : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and modernity; title: Mercy is vouchsafed from heaven : halakhah's response to violence as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Oreh Hayyim, sections 560 and 576:8; title: Secular studies are the supplement of Torah studies : Kol Ben Levi : the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : the first sermon; title: Recurrent themes in the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein; title: Social reality or the written word : minhag as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan.