Aseh Lekha Rav: Responsa / David Golinkin (SCHECHTER-053)
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Aseh Lekha Rav: Responsa by David Golinkin
The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem 2019
éá + 420 pages, hard cover.
ISBN: 978-965-7105-83-2
This volume
contains thirty responsa and six articles originally published on the internet,
at first periodically and beginning in Adar 5775 as a regular column entitled Aseh
Lekha Rav via www.schechter.ac.il
The responsa
deal with a wide array of contemporary issues, including: the murder of Muhamed
Abu Khdeir by Jewish terrorists, a proposed phosphate quarry near Arad,
Biblical Criticism, singing by women, Megillah reading by women, and double
ring ceremonies. In addition, the responsa deal with many customs, such as:
kissing the tzitzit, spilling drops of wine at the Seder, dairy foods on
Shavuot, the Kittel on the High Holidays, and flags on Simhat Torah. The
articles deal with issues such as "the middle way" in Judaism, the
Jewish attitude towards pluralism and tolerance, and Israel-Diaspora relations.
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