Beyond a Code of Jewish Law

Rabbi Avraham Danzig's ayei Adam

Simcha Fishbane (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2021
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9781644697047 (ISBN)

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The Ḥayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread quickly throughout Europe, and the demand for it required a second publishing which the author printed in 1818. Beyond a Code of Jewish Law attempts to understand the implicit message of its author and discuss various approaches of its writer to both Judaism and Jewish law. While the Ḥayei Adam without any doubt unveils Rabbi Danzig to be a brilliant rabbinic scholar, with a comprehensive knowledge of Jewish law as well as a coherent and concise system of presentation, it also expresses his great concern for the Jewish community and each individual Jew. Aspects of this concern such as Hasidism, musar, kabbalah, are explored.

Dr. Simcha Fishbane is a Professor of Jewish Studies in the Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Touro College, New York. He has published extensively on Jewish subjects and texts. Dr. Fishbane’s publications include Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (2007); The Boldness of an Halakhist (2008); The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry (2011); The Impact of Culture and Cultures Upon Jewish Customs and Rituals (2016); and The Rabbinic Discussion about Bat Mitzvah Celebrations (2017).

Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Preambles: An Insight into Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam
3. Minhag in the Ḥayei Adam—The Case of Kitniyot on Passover
4. Esoteric Halakhah and the Ḥayei Adam
5. Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Polemic against Hasidism
6. The Democratization of Halakhah: The Ḥayei Adam and Musar
7. A New Role and Status: The Ḥayei Adam and the Mishnah Berurah
8. Jewish Pride in Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam as Instantiated in the Aleinu

Appendix 1
The Life of the Man: The Life and Times of Avraham Danzig, by Dashiell Ferguson

Appendix 2
Rabbinic Texts and Authors Referred to in This Volume

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.08.2021
Reihe/Serie	Judaism and Jewish Life
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781644697047 / 9781644697047
Zustand	Neuware