An Analysis of the Writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epsteins ""The Aru
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Simcha Fishbane is an Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Executive Assistant to the President of Touro College. His recent publications include Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (Brill, 2007); Jewish Studies in Violence, edited by and introduced by Simcha Fishbane (UPA, 2006); and Voodoo or Judaism, The Ritual of Kapparot: People Medicine and Maaic in Jewish and Slavic Cultural Tradition (Moscow, 2007).
Preface. Introduction by Ira Robinson. 1. Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstien: 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 Process as 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 in the Arukh Hashulhan. 5. The Courage of a Religious Adjudicator: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and Modernity. 6. "Mercy is Vouchsafed from Heaven": Halakhah's Response to Violence as Expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan Orakh Hayyim. 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 in the Arukh Hashulhan. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.