02330nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10509023 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080212t20092008mau sb 001 0deng d 2008006146 9781934843031 9781618111142 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)769188614 BM755.E76 F57 2009eb 296.1/8092 22 Fishbane, Simcha. The boldness of a halakhist [electronic resource] : an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein The Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays / Simcha Fishbane. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009, c2008. xxi, 182 p. Judaism and Jewish life Includes bibliographical references and index. Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : his life and works -- Long live the tsar : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and the Russian political system -- Today not yesteryear : Rabbi Y.M. Epstein's adjudicative process as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- In any case there are no sinful thoughts : the role and status of women in Jewish law as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- The audacity of a religious adjudicator : Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and modernity -- Mercy is vouchsafed from heaven : halakhah's response to violence as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Oreh Hayyim, sections 560 and 576:8 -- Secular studies are the supplement of Torah studies : Kol Ben Levi : the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein : the first sermon -- Recurrent themes in the homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein -- Social reality or the written word : minhag as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, 1829-1908 Teachings. Jewish law. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Judaism and Jewish life. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10509023 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 116849 116849