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Tag Archives: halakhah
Get Ready For Female Modern Orthodox Rabbis
Historian Marc B. Shapiro writes: Leaving aside the issue of serving as a dayan, it is obvious to me that women rabbis are coming to Modern Orthodoxy, even if the powers that be are standing firmly against it. Yet they … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy
Tagged agudah, halakhah, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox world, torah study, women scholars
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The Religious Zionist Approach To Jewish Law
Rabbi Gil Student writes: When I look at the halakhic writings that have emerged from the Religious Zionist sector in Israel, I am sometimes highly uncomfortable. In a recently published Orthodox Forum book, Religious Zionism Post Disengagement: Future Directions, there … Continue reading
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Tagged forum book, gil student, halakhah, national question, orthodox forum, religious zionism
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The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – A Book To Put You Off Judaism
One of the first Jewish books I studied was the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Marc B. Shapiro writes: "When I was young everyone seemed to study it. It has been reprinted numerous times and also translated into many languages. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged encyclopedia judaica, halakhah, jewish books, kitzur shulchan aruch, Marc B. Shapiro
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Are Ethiopia’s Falashans Jews?
Marc B. Shapiro writes: …I was involved in the Ethiopian Jewry cause.[43] My first trip there, in 1987, was memorable, as we were the first group allowed into the villages of Gondar after Operation Moses. (It was also great to … Continue reading
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Tagged addis ababa, communist regime, ethiopian jewry, ethiopian jews, ethiopians, gondar, halakhah, independent discipline, israeli ambassador, Marc B. Shapiro, mengistu, naim, nighttime curfew, online versions, operation moses, second trip, strange script, telli, tribe of dan, yosef
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