Collected Essays

Author: Haym Soloveitchik
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1904113974

Collected Essays, Volume 1

Written at different times and for different audiences - some for scholars of rabbinic literature, others for readers with a less specialist interest - the essays gathered in this volume nevertheless have an inner coherence, reflecting author Haym Soloveitchik's lifelong interest in the history of halakhah and the unfolding of halakhic ideas. Get Collected Essays literature books for free.
What was it that stimulated change, and why? What happened when strong forces impinged on halakhic observance, and both the scholarly elite and the community as a whole had to grapple with upholding observance while adapting to a new set of circumstances? Soloveitchik shows that the line between adaptation and deviance is a fine one, and that where a society draws that line is revelatory of both its values Check Collected Essays our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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hat was it that stimulated change, and why? What happened when strong forces impinged on halakhic observance, and both the scholarly elite and the community as a whole had to grapple with upholding observance while adapting to a new set of circumstances? Soloveitchik shows that the line between adaptation and deviance is a fine one, and that where a society draws that line is revelatory of both its values

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