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Publication Date: September 1983
Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.); Sh'ma, Inc.
Author(s): Louis Jacobs
Research Area: Culture and religion
Keywords: Jewish Law (Halacha); Orthodox Judaism; Values; History
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author argues that modern critical investigation of halachah (Jewish law) is not in itself incompatible with devotion to halachah. He explores the roles of academics and rabbis in discussions of halachah and suggests that the possibility of change might be an integral part of the halachic tradition. In Sh'ma: a Journal of Jewish Responsibility vol.13, no.258.