History of Halakhah
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This dissertation investigates the ways scientific and biotechnological advancement impact and change Jewish law and ethics. It analyzes the contemporary Jewish bioethical debate concerning the identification of maternity and paternity in... more
From the Canadian Jewish News June 28, 2018 (p. 4).
ERRATA: "Specific" should be "Specify."
ERRATA: "Specific" should be "Specify."
'ערך תלמוד תורה במשנת החפץ חיים ופסיקתו בעניין תלמוד תורה לנשים', דיני ישראל כד (תשס"ז), הפקולטה למשפטים של אוניברסיטת תל אביב, עמ' 118-79.
האם מפסיקים להגיד מזמור 'לדוד ד' אורי וישעי' בהושענא רבה או בשמיני עצרת? למה יש הבדלי מנהגים? ולמה בכלל אנחנו אומרים את המזמור בימי הדין והרחמים?
Go to the Institute of Archaeology website for a description of the project: http://archaeology.afau.org/excavations-and-surveys/einot-amitai/
For the project's Hebrew Facebook page, go to: https://m.facebook.com/EinotAmitai2016/
For the project's Hebrew Facebook page, go to: https://m.facebook.com/EinotAmitai2016/
This paper traces the life-cycle of the midrash-myth that the Israelites in Egypt did not change their name, language, or mode of dress. It addresses the origins of the midrash, its re-emergence in the anti-acculturationist discourse of a... more
Jewish legal (halakhic) responsa serve as important historical sourc‑ es, shedding light on the issues and personalities contained therein. This article demonstrates how this tool may be utilized in the study of American Jewish history.... more
The role and the intellectual contribution of rabbi Eliseo (Elisha) Pontremoli (Casale 1778 - Nizza 1851), father of the more famous Esdra Pontremoli (1818-1888), director of the Vessillo Israelitico, and grand-father of the French... more
Discusses the Modality and Method of Talmud Study and Halakhic Decision-making in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
This article analyses electronic she’elot u-teshuvot – responsa in Jewish law exchanged via the internet or SMS – and the vast online databases created by these network systems. From the perspective of twenty years of activity, it... more
What is the relationship between friendship and human flourishing? This is a central topic in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and one to which Maimonides also returned throughout his career. Despite the relative neglect of this topic in... more
Although miqwa’ot and chalkstone vessels have been found throughout Israel, the unparalleled number of such finds at Jerusalem has conventionally been explained in terms of the special demands of the Temple cult and of the city’s priestly... more
'"הבעל הבית": ר' ישראל מאיר הכהן, "החפץ חיים"', בנימין בראון ונסים ליאון (עורכים), הגדולים: אישים שעיצבו את פני היהדות החרדית בישראל, הוצאת מאגנס ומכון ון ליר, ירושלים תשע"ז, עמ' 151-105.
According to an oft quoted talmudic passage (b. Ber. 24a), a woman’s skin, thigh, hair and voice are all considered nakedness (‘ervah). This article uses this brief sugya as a springboard for an in-depth analysis of the halakhic... more
Rothenberg, Naftali, Conversion in Transition: practical, conceptual and Halakhic changes in Israel, in: Leonard Greenspoon ed. Who Is A Jew? Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture, Purdue University Press, 2014 In this article I... more
This paper traces some of the major approaches to
dealing with such problematic cases expressed by Sephardic poskim from the Rambam until contemporary authorities.
dealing with such problematic cases expressed by Sephardic poskim from the Rambam until contemporary authorities.
Whenever we hear the phrase “Pirsumei Nisa” (publicizing the Miracle), we immediately tend to think about the lighting of Hanukkah. From the time of the Talmud up until our days, the lighting of the Hanukkiah has been the most... more
Rabbi Shlomo Luria (1510-1574) stands as one of the 16 th century's most fascinating yet neglected figures, for while his erudition is readily acknowledged, his works have been largely overshadowed by the codes of his contemporaries,... more
When and why washing became immersion: between traditional-rabbinic and scientific-critical approaches to the origin of immersion and the mikveh.