-
various halakhic authorities rather than one sole "official voice",
different individuals and
communities may well have
different answers to
halakhic questions...
- communities,
among whom he was
regarded as "the most
important living halakhic authority".
Yosef was born in Baghdad,
British occupied Iraq, to Yaakov...
-
state State of Judea, a
proposed Halakhic state in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
Theocracy Also
spelled "
halakhic". Wagner,
Matthew (10
December 2009)...
- poor as
mandated in the Book of Esther, and
various differences between halakhic concepts; laws of how to read the Megillah—including language, the reader...
- (such as Feinstein);
halakhic responsa in 7
volumes published during his
lifetime and
widely referenced by
contemporary halakhic authorities. The final...
-
people to be
Jewish if
their mothers are
Jewish or if they
underwent a
halakhic conversion.
Reform Judaism and
Reconstructionist Judaism accept both matrilineal...
- are the
Mishnah and the Tosefta;
compilations of the
first sort are the
halakhic midrashim. This name they
receive to
distinguish them from the haggadic...
-
continuum of
received precedent through the ages. It
regards the
entire halakhic system as
ultimately grounded in
immutable revelation,
essentially beyond...
-
considers its
approach as the
authentic and most
appropriate continuation of
Halakhic discourse,
maintaining both
fealty to
received forms and
flexibility in...
-
previous authorities are inconclusive, or in
those situations where no
clear halakhic precedent exists. The
decision of a
posek is
known as a psak
halakha ("ruling...
