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Author: Mark Howard Horton
Publisher: Master Point Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781771400015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuilt around real-life deals featuring the bridge-playing rabbi, Leonard Helman, this book contains a wealth of tips on bidding and play for the advancing player. Even experts will learn from some of the bidding ideas, drawn from Eric Kokish's encyclopaedic coaching files.
Author: Chaim N. Saiman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-09-29
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0691210853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything Typically translated as "Jewish law," halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system has rarely wielded the political power to enforce its rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God—a claim no country makes of its law. Chaim Saiman traces how generations of rabbis have used concepts forged in talmudic disputation to do the work that other societies assign not only to philosophy, political theory, theology, and ethics but also to art, drama, and literature. Guiding readers across two millennia of richly illuminating perspectives, this panoramic book shows how halakhah is not just "law" but an entire way of thinking, being, and knowing.
Author: James N Gershfield
Publisher: Scribal Scion Publishing
Published: 2023-06-01
Total Pages: 35
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow have Jewish laws developed over the last 1,000 years? How do Jewish laws develop differently than those in other legal systems? How do Jewish customs relate to Jewish laws? When do Jewish customs take on the force of law? How do Jewish customs start and how do they stop? Is there such a thing as a good custom or a bad custom? These questions are considered and answered in this very approachable book based on a lecture given by the late Rabbi Edward M. Gershfield in the early 1970's. Many examples are given to illustrate the points made in this easy-to-understand lecture, which will appeal to anyone who is interested in understanding the unique nature of Jewish laws and customs and how they have developed over time. Rabbi Gershfield was a Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) for over four decades in the latter half of the twentieth century. He received his Rabbinical ordination at JTS in 1958, and received a DPhil degree from Oxford University on Comparative Roman and Jewish Law in 1965. He served as a member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly in New York City. Rabbi Gershfield passed away in 2019. An introduction by the editor is included, as well as a glossary of Jewish and legal terms.
Author: Zev Eleff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 0190490276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho Rules the Synagogue? explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis. Zev Eleff weaves together the significant episodes and debates that shaped American Judaism during this formative period, and places this story into the larger context of American religious history and modern Jewish history.
Author: Michael S. Berger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0195122690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Michael S. Berger analyzes the notion of Rabbinic authority from a philosophical standpoint. He sets out a typology of theories that can be used to understand the authority of these Sages, showing the coherence of each, its strengths and weaknesses, and what aspects of the Rabbinic enterprise it covers. His careful and thorough analysis reveals that owing to the multifaceted character of the Rabbinic enterprise, no single theory is adequate to fully ground Rabbinic authority as traditionally understood. Students of Judaism and philosophers of religion in general will be intrigued by this philosophical examination of a central issue of Judaism.
Author: Emanuel B. Quint
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9789652293220
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLong accepted as the standard code of Jewish law and practice, the Shulhan Aruch was written by Rabbi Joseph Karo in 1565. Now, in an unprecedented restatement of Hoshen haMishpat, one of the four sections of the Shulhan Aruch, Rabbi Emanuel Quint brings fresh insight, modern scholarship, and succinct explication to this brilliant halachic work that will fascinate the educated layperson and advanced scholar alike. With this effort, Rabbi Quint fills the long-felt need to make this material more accessible. A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law: Volume IX - Laws of the Paid Bailee; Laws of the Lessee; Laws Regarding Labor; Laws Regarding Borrowed Objects; Laws Regarding Stealing; Laws Regarding Robbery; Laws of Abiding by the Laws of the Land, continues to open the Shulhan Aruch to the wider audience it deserves. Rabbi Quint, the co-founder of the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Law, an institute dedicated to the study and dissemination of Jewish civil law, brings his professional expertise to bear on the vast array of Jewish legal processes, procedures and practices encoded here. The reader may be surprised to discover that such a meticulous legal--yet not overly religious--system fits under the category of Jewish law. And yet it does, clearly illustrating that Judaism is not only a religion, but also a culture and community. Beyond a translation, A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law provides the author's own commentary and also incorporates the four centuries of scholarship since the Shulhan Aruch was written, including commentaries and responsa literature. Ample footnotes help guide the reader every step of the way. The result is a comprehensive, well-organized body of rabbinic jurisprudence available to the English reader for the first time. If the Shulhan Aruch can be said to be the distilled essence of Jewish law, then A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law triumphs as a major judicial-literary landmark of its own.
Author: Judith Hauptman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-11
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 042997728X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully acknowledging that Judaism, as described in both the Bible and the Talmud, was patriarchal, Judith Hauptman demonstrates that the rabbis of the Talmud made significant changes in key areas of Jewish law in order to benefit women. Reading the texts with feminist sensibilities, recognizing that they were written by men and for men and that the
Author: Walter Jacob
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 1800738374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE FREEHOF INSTITUTE OF PROGRESSIVE HALAKHAH The Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah is a creative research center devoted to studying and defining the progressive character of the halakhah in accordance with the principles and theology of Reform Judaism. It seeks to establish the ideological basis of Progressive halakhah, and its application to daily life. The Institute fosters serious studies, and helps scholars in various portions of the world to work together for a common cause. It provides an ongoing forum through symposia, and publications including the quarterly newsletter, HalakhaH, published under the editorship of Walter Jacob, in the United States. The foremost halakhic scholars in the Reform, Liberal, and Progressive rabbinate along with some Conservative and Orthodox colleagues as well as university professors serve on our Academic Council. This collection on Essays is the product of the second colloquium held in Florida during June 1991.
Author: Shelomoh Tsuḳrov
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Boaz Cohen
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 262
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