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Title: | Halakhah and Metziut (Realia) in Medieval Ashkenaz: Surveying the Parameters and Defining the Limits |
Authors: | Kanarfogel, Ephraim 0000-0002-7539-7802 |
Keywords: | Medieval Jewish law Metzi'ut (Realia) |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
Publisher: | Chur, New York : Harwood Academic Publishers |
Citation: | Kanarfogel, E. (2003). Halakhah and Mezi'ut (Realia) in Medieval Adshkenaz: Surveying the Parameters and Defining the Limits. Jewish Law Annual, 14, 193-224. |
Series/Report no.: | Jewish Law Annual;14 |
Abstract: | Even a cursory perusal of the literature of the rishonim brings the reader face to face with the ways in which medieval halakhists dealt with social realia that appeared, prima facie, to conflict with talmudic law. On the very first page of tractate Avoda Zara, for example, Tosafot poses a brief but weighty question. In light of the clear Mishnaic (and talmudic) restrictions enunciated in regard to doing business with idolaters on the days preceding their holidays or religious observances (and certainly on these days themselves), how is it that Jews do business with Christians on Christian holy days as a matter of course? Or, to put it more precisely, upon what authority does the Jewish community rely?1 |
Description: | Scholarly article |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/8550 |
ISSN: | 0169-8354 |
Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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