The Boldness of a Halakhist : An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's the Arukh Hashulhan.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction by Ira Robinson -- 1.RABBI YECHIEL MECHEL HALEVIEPSTEIN: His Life and Works -- 2."LONG LIVE THE TSAR":Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and the Russian Political System -- 3."TODAY NOT YESTERYEAR":Rabbi Y.M. Epstein's Adjudicative Processas Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan -- 4."IN ANY CASE THERE ARE NO SINFUL THOUGHTS": The Role and Status of Women in Jewish Law as Expressed inthe Arukh Hashulhan -- 5.THE COURAGE OF A RELIGIOUSAD JUDICATOR: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and Modernity -- 6."MERCY IS VOUCHSAFED FROM HEAVEN": Halakhah's Responseto Violence as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Orakh Hayyim-Sections 560 and 576-81 -- 7."SECULAR STUDIES ARE THE SUPPLEMENT OF TORAH STUDIES":Kol Ben Levi-The Homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein-The First Sermon -- 8. RECURRENT THEMES IN THE HOMILIES OF RABBI YECHIEL MECHEL HALEVI EPSTEIN -- 9. SOCIAL REALITY OR THE WRITTEN WORD: Minhag as Expressed inthe Arukh Hashulhan -- Appendix: A GRAPHOLOGIST'S REPORT by Graphologist Batya Cohen -- Bibliography -- Index.

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