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
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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