Who Will Take upon Himself to Contradict the Shulḥan ‘Arukh?: Mourning Suicide as a Case Study of Halakhic Authorities Leading the Process of Halakhic Change
This article presents a case study of a halakhic innovation led by Orthodox authorities: in a watershed ruling on mourning a suicide, the Ḥatam Sofer allowed families of suicides to mourn. The exemplar par excellence of Orthodoxy and coiner of its supposed motto "the novel is prohibited by the...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2023
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AJS review
Year: 2023, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 392-418 |
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