Modern

A Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life

21st-century English book by Dr. Deena Zimmerman on the laws that govern Jewish marital life

Care of the Critically Ill

20th-century translations of Rav Moshe Feinstein’s responsa on care of the critically ill.

Contemporary Halakhic Problems

20th and 21st-century multi-volume book of halakhic reasoning on modern issues.

From Sinai to Ethiopia

21st-century work exploring the history, customs, and law of Ethiopian Jewry (Beta Israel).

Gray Matter

21st-century multi-volume book of articles about contemporary halakhic questions.

HaHalakhah; Kochah VeTafkidah

On the role of halakhah in contemporary times, addressing the relationship between eternal halakhah and changing realities

Peninei Halakhah

21st-century multi-volume, easily accessible, and thorough presentation of practical halakhah.

Blessings

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Dietary laws

Assorterd laws

Assorterd laws

Festival of Passover

Shemitah and Yovel

The 7th and 50th years of the Jewish agriculutral cycle

Simchat Habayit U'Virkhato

Marriage, sexuality, and procreation

Festivle of Tabernacles

The Nation and the Land

Laws relating to the land of Israel

Minor holidays, like Chanukah, Purim, and Yom Ha'atzmaut.

Rabbinic Authority Series

21st-century work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority and Jewish courts of law.

Rabbinic Authority I

Contemporary work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority and the workings of Jewish courts.

Rabbinic Authority II

On the legal identity of an investment broker, the propriety of a civil will, domestic violence, and the role of a rabbinical advocate in the court process.

Rabbinic Authority III

On Jewish divorce, focusing on the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband’s recalcitrance.

Rabbinic Authority IV

Family, children's welfare, and the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband’s recalcitrance.

Rabbinic Authority V

On utilizing the technique of the double halakhic doubt (“sefek sefeika de’dina”) as a vehicle to void a marriage where necessary.

Shaleach Teshalach

21st-century work on the commandment to send away a mother bird before taking her young or her eggs.

Tenai BeNissuin Uveget

20th-century effort to propose halakhic solutions to the plight of women chained to dead marriages, by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Berkovits

Torat HaHiggayon BaHalakhah

20th-century analysis of talmudic and halakhic concepts through the lens of logic by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Berkovits

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