Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elana Stein HainSeries:Jewish Culture and ContextsPublish date:1/6/2026Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512829648ISBN-10:1512829641UPC:9781512829648Book Category:History, Religion, LawBook Subcategory:Jewish, Judaism, Legal HistoryBook Topic:TheologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCX8QYQ5FF
Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity
Circumventing the Law probes the rabbinic logic behind the use of loopholes, the legal phenomenon of finding and using gaps within law to achieve otherwise illegal outcomes. The logic of ha'aramah, a subset of rabbinic legal circumventions mostly defined as a tool for private life, underpins both well-known circumventions, such as selling leaven before Passover, and lesser-known mechanisms, such...
Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512829648ISBN-10:1512829641UPC:9781512829648Book Category:History, Religion, LawBook Subcategory:Jewish, Judaism, Legal HistoryBook Topic:TheologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCX8QYQ5FF
Elana Stein Hain is the Rosh Beit Midrash and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she leads research and curriculum development in the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought and serves as lead faculty for the Institute's educational programming.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
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