TY - BOOK ID - 77918547 TI - The boldness of a halakhist : an analysis of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein The Arukh Hashulhan : a collection of social-anthropological essays PY - 2009 SN - 1618111140 9781618111142 1934843032 9781934843031 PB - Boston : Academic Studies Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jewish law. KW - Biblical law KW - Civil law (Jewish law) KW - Halacha KW - Halakha KW - Halakhah KW - Hebrew law KW - Jews KW - Law, Hebrew KW - Law, Jewish KW - Law, Mosaic KW - Law in the Bible KW - Mosaic law KW - Torah law KW - Law, Semitic KW - Commandments (Judaism) KW - Law KW - Epstein, Jehiel Michael ben Aaron Isaac, KW - Epstein, Jechiel Michel, KW - Epshṭain, Yeḥiʼel Mikhl ben Aharon Yitsḥaḳ, KW - Epsṭain, Yeḥiʼel Mikhl ben Aharon Yitsḥaḳ, KW - Epshṭain, Yeḥiʼel Mikhal, KW - Epshṭeyn, Yeḥiʼel Mikhl, KW - Epshṭeyn, Yeḥiʼel Mikhal, KW - Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, KW - Epstein, Yechiel Michel, KW - Arukh Hashulhan, KW - Aruch ha-Shulchan, KW - עפשטײן, יחיאל מיכל בן אהרן יצחק, KW - עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל KW - עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל בן אהרן, KW - עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל בן אהרן יצחק, KW - עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל, KW - עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל, הלוי, KW - Teachings. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77918547 AB - The Boldness of a Halakhist 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. ER -