TY - BOOK AU - Fishbane,Simcha TI - The Boldness of a Halakhist: An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein's the Arukh Hashulhan T2 - Judaism and Jewish Life Series SN - 9781618111142 AV - BM755.E76 -- F57 2009eb U1 - 296.18092 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Academic Studies Press KW - Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, -- 1829-1908 -- Teachings KW - Jewish law KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3110398 ER -