An essential reference work for any thinking student of religion.
Innovative and provocative, Evolving Halakhah affirms the system of
traditional Jewish law, Halakhah, as a developing and moral
structure, flexible enough to accommodate the changing realities of
each generation. In this accessible analysis of Halakhah, Moshe
Zemer issues a clarion call to follow the ancient and modern
principles of evolving Halakhah, which demands ethical deeds, the
discovery of holiness in the Commandments, a critical approach to
the Tradition, and responsibility of the entire Community of
Israel. These principles are viewed as the framework in which the
other commandments are applied. To Jews who sometimes see no
choices but those of fundamentalist rigidity on the one hand, or
total rejection of tradition on the other, Zemer argues instead for
awareness of the inherent flexibility of the halakhic system.
Halakhah, he argues, has had many voices, and has changed to meet
every generation's needs. Equipped with this view, liberal Jews can
reclaim their tradition from a conservative rabbinic establishment
that all too often—especially in Israel—has seen the voice of
strictness as more authentic than the voice of lovingkindness. The
product of Zemer’s thirty-five years of work in the Israel
Movement of Progressive Judaism, Evolving Halakhah includes
chapters on matters ranging from personal status, especially
marriage and conversion, through the "political" Halakhah of a
response to the intifada. It shows that the traditional framework
for understanding the Torah’s commandments can be the living
heart of Jewish life for all Jews—including Reform,
Reconstructionist, Conservative and Modern Orthodox.
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