Setting the table :: an introduction to the jurisprudence Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein's Arukh HaShulhan /

"This work explains the jurisprudence and methodology of the last great restatement of Jewish law written, the Arukh Hashulhan, by Rabbi Yeheil Michel Epstein. It will help those interested in exploring Jewish law understand how halakha was codified, decodified and then recodified in the beginn...

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Main Authors: Broyde, Michael J. (Author), Pill, Shlomo C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2020.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:"This work explains the jurisprudence and methodology of the last great restatement of Jewish law written, the Arukh Hashulhan, by Rabbi Yeheil Michel Epstein. It will help those interested in exploring Jewish law understand how halakha was codified, decodified and then recodified in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. It compares the two great codes of Jewish law written then - the Arukh Hashulhan and the Mishna Berura - and allows the reader to better understand modern Jewish Law"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 412 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781644690710
1644690713
9781644693810
164469381X

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