How Does Jewish Law Work?: A Rabbi Analyzes 119 More Contemporary Halachic Questions: v. 2 - Hardcover

Cohen, Simcha J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765760908 ISBN 13: 9780765760906

Publisher: Jason Aronson Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

Does Jewish law permit heart transplants? Do we have a responsibility to try to prevent or report a crime? Can a Jewish man who has married a non-Jew be counted in a minyan? This work responds to questions of contemporary interest or concern to modern Jews who are committed to a life consistent with traditional Jewish law.

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About the Author

Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen is the Rav of the Melbourne, Australia, Mizrachi community, a network of five synagogues, an elementary and high school as well as a koshrut supervising agency. He is the descendant of eighteen generations of rabbis and was ordained by the renowned Gaon, Rav Yitzchok Hutner. Rabbi Cohen attended the Yeshiva and Kollei of the Rabbi Chaim Berlin Rabbinical Academy. He has a number of university degrees and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His weekly column, "Halachic Questions" appears in the Jewish Press. Rabbi Cohen is the author of five previous works: Intermarriage and Conversion, A Halachic Solution, The Jewish Heart, Timely Jewish Questions: Timeless Rabbinic Answers, The 613th Commandment, and How Does Jewish Law Work?, Vol. 1. He has served at the helm of major Jewish organizations and his writings have been acclaimed as "remarkable achievements" that "succeed in creating genuine Torah excitement."

Edition details

• Publisher: Jason Aronson Publishers
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765760908
• ISBN 13: 9780765760906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368