#halakhah — Public Fediverse posts
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"This #book examines #Jewish #law (#Halakhah) from both #historical and current perspectives, and also contemplates the future as law continues to evolve. As the introduction makes clear, the hope is that this volume, which clearly contains much original research material, as well as codifying succinctly what has gone before, will lead to further research and publications.
The volume is divided into three parts: ‘Reading Foundational Jewish Texts and Law’; ‘Distinguishing Characteristics of #JewishLaw’; and ‘Jewish Law and Practice in Modernity’."
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/reviews/a-towering-work-of-scholarship/5126646.article
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In #halakhah there never was a mandatory 6 hour wait time between eating milk and meat. That idea is a more recent (1500's) chumra חומרה (stringency.) People of course may follow this, but they should also know the history. Ashkenazi Orthodox insist on this waiting time as binding. Other Jews disagree.
Details here. Iyun Halacha, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 5782/2021, Denver Kollel
https://www.denverkollel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/waitingbetweenmeatandmilk.pdf
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@sheepchase @imstilljeremy @mazeldon
The difference between Reform's view on halakhah and Conservative Judaism's is big. Even the most tradition respecting Reform rabbis (e.g. Washofsky ) hold that halakhah is subject to personal autonomy, i.e. Jews always have total autonomy over what to believe, or do, if anything.
In Conservative (and #Sephardic, and #ModernOrthodox) we see #halakhah as our understanding of God's will and thus obligatory, even when differing on interpretations