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בשנים האחרונות חלו שינויים דרמטיים בדיני הגירושין ההלכתיים החלים מכוח החוק על יהודים בישראל. דומה שהכתיבה האקדמית על דיני הנישואין והגירושין בישראל הדגישה בעיקר את הביקורת – המוצדקת פעמים רבות – על פסיקתם של בתי הדין הרבניים, וכמעט ולא... more
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      Jewish LawIsraeli LawRabbinical Court
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      RabbinicsRabbinical Court
Rabbinical courts are often accused, rightly or wrongly, of conservatism and rigidity. The article seeks to identify and analyze the opposite phenomenon: judicial-halakhic creativity, aimed at addressing one of the most troubling problems... more
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      Jewish LawHistorical Development of HalakhahHistory of HalakhahRabbinical Court
In Israel, there are many "private" rabbinical courts (i.e. courts operating outside the official system of rabbinic jurisdiction) but most of them focus exclusively on civil law. The article is the first attempt to describe the... more
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      Jewish LawHistory of Halakha and Jewish LawRabbinical CourtJewish Divorce
המאמר בוחן את השימוש בטענת 'קים לי' במקרה ייחודי הנוגע לאפשרות השימוש בה בידי סרבני גט, ואת יחסם של הפוסקים ושל בתי הדין, בפרט בתי הדין הרשמיים בישראל, לשימוש כזה. בפרט ידון המאמר בשיטה כי טענת 'קים לי' יכולה למנוע כפיית גט על גבר במקרה... more
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      Jewish LawHistory of Halakha and Jewish LawRabbinical Court
Tractate Yebamoth of the Babylonian Talmud contains a long unit devoted to the procedure of conversion (Yeb 46a–48b). Form analysis of the unit reveals its design as a ‘tractate within a tractate.’ The unit is a collection of discussions... more
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      TalmudImmersionConversionCircumcission
In this paper, I draw from my personal rabbinical experience as a communal rabbi and a member of a Beit Din to outline one rabbi’s perspective concerning Orthodox rabbinical engagement with the variety of conversion candidates on the... more
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      Religious ConversionJewish IdentityAmerican JudaismOrthodox Judaism
Tragically, much worse today than when I first wrote this piece. The Chief Rabbinate continues to disgrace itself and all of Israel. And its chauvinistic approach is totally anti-Zionist !
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      History of Halakha and Jewish LawRabbisRabbinical CourtJewish Converts
Brimming with details of inheritance disputes, commercial transactions involving Jews and non-Jews, and recourse to non-Jewish courts, the records of the Metz bet din (rabbinic court) have much to say about the status of Jewish women in... more
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      Jewish LawWomen's HistoryLegal HistoryEarly Modern Europe
Presented here to the public for the first time, the Pinkas of the Metz Beit Din is the official register of civil cases that came before the Metz rabbinic court in the two decades prior to the French Revolution. Brimming with details of... more
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      Jewish LawJurisprudenceEarly Modern HistoryLegal History
This article demonstrates the existence of a hierarchical rabbinical court system in northern France in the twelfth century. In the second half of the century this system was headed by the court of Rabbenu Tam, active in Ramerupt, near... more
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      Jewish StudiesRabbinic LiteratureMedieval Jewish HistoryTwelfth-century France
Presented here to the public for the first time, the Pinkas of the Metz Beit Din is the official register of civil cases that came before the Metz rabbinic court in the two decades prior to the French Revolution. Brimming with details of... more
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      Jewish LawJurisprudencePhilosophyFrench Studies
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      Jewish LawLaw and ReligionRabbinical CourtIsraeli Supreme Court
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      Jewish LawBigamyHistory of HalakhahIsraeli Law
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      ReligionChristianityJewish LawCanon Law
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      Jewish StudiesIsrael StudiesIsraelReligion and State
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      18th Century FranceJewish family historyGuardianshipRabbinical Court