The Boldness of a Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (The Arukh Hashulhan)

The Boldness of a Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (The Arukh Hashulhan)

written by Simcha Fishbane, fl. 2008, in Judaism and Jewish Life (Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2008), 209 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
This volume analyzes the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (1829–1908), author of the Arukh Hashulkhan, a bold and unusual approach to Jewish law. Based primarily on the original text of Rabbi Epstein's legal codes and homilies, this work covers topics such as women, modernity, customs, and secular studies. It analyzes the rabbi's approach to Jewish law and Jewish life, designed to promote the spiritual welfare of Jews under the pressures of growing secularization and Russification. Although based upon the principles of the traditional judicial process, the rabbi’s rulings demonstrate a profound understanding of the contemporary social and historical reality facing the Jews of Russia at the turn of the century.
Field of Interest
Religion & Thought
Author
Simcha Fishbane, fl. 2008
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 Academic Studies Press
Content Type
General reference book
Duration
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Format
Text
Page Count
209
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Place Published / Released
Brighton, MA
Subject
Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Canonical and Sacred Texts, Spirituality, Law, النصوص الكنسية والمقدسية, Textes sacrés et canoniques, Kanonische und heilige Texte, טקסטים קנוניים ומקודשים, Textos Canónicos y Sagrados, Textos Canônicos e Sagrados, الروحانية, Spiritualité, Geistigkeit, רוּחָנִיוּת, Espiritualidad, Espiritualidade, القانون, Droit, Loi, Sharī'a, فقه‎, Recht, חוֹק, Legislação, Derecho, Rusia, Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein, 1829-1908, Russia, Jewish, Women, Attitudes toward, Women, Social & Religious Role of, Jews, Attitudes toward, Political Views, Judaism, Spiritual Direction & Development, Jews
Series / Program
Judaism and Jewish Life
Keywords and Translated Subjects
النصوص الكنسية والمقدسية, Textes sacrés et canoniques, Kanonische und heilige Texte, טקסטים קנוניים ומקודשים, Textos Canónicos y Sagrados, Textos Canônicos e Sagrados, الروحانية, Spiritualité, Geistigkeit, רוּחָנִיוּת, Espiritualidad, Espiritualidade, القانون, Droit, Loi, Sharī'a, فقه‎, Recht, חוֹק, Legislação, Derecho, Rusia

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