...Martin P. Golding © 1983 by The Society for Health and Human Values 1983 Abstract From the perspectives of Jewish tradition, particularly that of the Halakhah (Jewish law), this paper considers the policy problem of the balance in health care allocations between preventive and curative...

... of the nineteenth century. While maintaining their stress on halakhah (Jewish law) and talmudic study, they now also began to emphasize the importance of ethical principles and meditation. The two groups were united in their opposition to the maskilim and their reforms, and to the corrosive effect...

...This chapter chronicles the continued importance of halakhah and Kabbalah within the rabbinic culture and surveys Prague's largely overlooked talmudic academies, Jewish court system, and numerous rabbinic scholars. It considers the kabbalist and poet Avigdor Kara, who composed the well-known elegy...

...This chapter introduces Orthodox Judaism, which is viewed phenomenologically, defined broadly, and recognized in the systems of beliefs and practices maintained by Orthodox Jews. It mentions the halakhah or Orthodox religious law that conceives the ‘practices’ part of the Orthodox Jewish system...

... with modernity. His name is often brought up in Modern Orthodox writings, for he identified with the ideals of this ‘movement’. He believed in a halakhah which responded to social change wherever possible, and was frightened by the rising extremism in Orthodoxy. Therefore, the chapter reveals that the Modern...

... at the homes of Orthodox families, organized according to theme. They can also be found at the yeshivot, and those who visit the bookstores in Orthodox neighborhoods in Israel may have the impression that each week another new book appears on the different areas of Halakhah jurisdiction. In turn, Jewish...

... the centrality of mitzvah (commandment) in Judaism, halakhah ( Jewish law) has only recently become a central topic in modern Jewish thought.1 This book rectifies these deficiencies while forging new connections between reflection on religion and modern Jewish thought by offering what it calls a critique...

... androgyny kabbalah Rashi Shlomo Yitzhaqi Samuel Saul Ba’al Eissfeldt Otto Elijah Hosea Mount Carmel Jacob silence Yom Kippur Jewish law halakhah Yahweh Amaleq Elijah divine name Chapter 3 argued for the notion that the God of Israel identified by the Name YHVH signified...

...The status of Christianity in Medieval European Halakhah is discussed in this chapter. In politics, the Jewish community was related to the Christian states in which it was officially allowed to settle as a minority community. Jews as individuals were not citizens of these states in the legal sense...

... by extending beyond its strictures. Bergmann Hugo Judaism Pareigis Christina ritual Torah based Judaism halakhah prayer sacrament Taubes Susan deception Christ existentialism forlornness Taubes Jacob tradition Divorcing Taubes S “Notes for the Return” Taubes S death law limbo absence...

...This chapter presents a case study rooted in the Jewish tradition of legalistic ethics, halakhah, discussing in particular its role in processes of conversion to Judaism. Jews-by-choice have become a prominent feature of the synagogues and Jewish organisations of contemporary...

... response to the crisis of halakhah and modernity was given by Rabbi Abraham Kook. The chapter also discusses the differences between Orthodoxy and Reform. Ashkenazim and Sephardim Christianity Frank Jacob Hasidim inclusivism Karaites Maimonides pluralism schism in Jewish past schism potential...

...Research to bridge the gap between the Bible and the established halakhah of the Rabbis as found in the rabbinic literature has been conducted. But this research, hampered primarily by the lack of reliable, authentic sources, proved to be disappointing and was abandoned. However, with the discovery...

...Defining the basic characteristics of the halakhah in the scrolls and related literature makes it easier to sketch some of the processes of change that took place. It also makes it easier to see the changes themselves that occurred between the halakhah of the Second Temple period and those...

... and halakhah, both terms for exegesis, the former elaboration in the form of stories, the latter detailing moral commands from the Torah, a parallel is drawn in Christian theology between apocryphal stories and dogmatic definitions: in both cases the latter is imperative or binding, the former...

... application of Jewish law. Given the composition of the movement, this approach represents the best future direction for a transmissible Conservative Judaism in light of today’s political and social realities. Conservative Judaism streaming Shabbat services halakhah Jewish law Law Committee (CJLS...

... law, while also demonstrating that according to the dominant view, abortion is not defined as homicide or murder according to halakhah. This allows for a degree of permissiveness when the value of preserving fetal life confronts other values, like the overall health of the mother...

..., and 19^th-century conceptual Brisker methodology. These will be compared and contrasted, revealing the unique contributions of each, as well as their shared threads. exegesis hermeneutics peshat dialectic interpretation contradiction conceptualization halakhah midrash Brisk From ancient times...

..., giving rise to the familiar division between halakhah and aggadah, the one constituting rules of conduct and decision-making and the other, a literary tradition reflecting the worldview of the early rabbis. This chapter reviews the jurisprudential arguments marshaled...

..., including over 1,300 responsa, indicating that as a matter of practice Reform has not abandoned halakhah and its discourse. The chapter recounts the role of Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof, the preeminent halakhist of North American Reform Judaism, in identifying the role of the halakhic...