Letter and Spirit: Evasion, Avoidance, and Workarounds in the Halakhic System - Rabbi Daniel Feldman

Letter and Spirit: Evasion, Avoidance, and Workarounds in the Halakhic System - Rabbi Daniel Feldman
Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman is a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, as well as an instructor in the Sy Syms School of Business
Rabbi Feldman received his ordination (Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, where he was a fellow of the Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon and serves as the Executive Editor of the RIETS initiative of YU Press
Rabbi Feldman is the author of a number of books including:
The Right and The Good: Halakhah and Human Relations
Divine Footsteps: Chesed and the Jewish Soul
False Facts and True Rumors: Lashon Hara in Contemporary Culture
as well as five volumes of Talmudic essays entitled Binah BaSefarim,
Rabbi Feldman is the co-editor of more than ten volumes of Talmudic essays and Jewish Thought and serves on the editorial board of Tradition,
Rabbi Feldman is currently the spiritual leader of Ohr Saadya of Teaneck,
And today we will be discussing Rabbi Feldman’s: Letter and Spirit: Evasion, Avoidance, and Workarounds in the Halakhic System
What are some examples of the workarounds in Jewish law presented in Letter and Spirit?
What are the four criteria when evaluating these workarounds?
How do you balance these four criteria?
Why do some workarounds enjoy wide acceptance, while others are more controversial?
How did the Heter Iska develop and become accepted? How did economic changes over the centuries impact on this?
Why is there still an issue surrounding the Heter Mechirah?
How does a Prozbul work? How did it develop? What are the arguments that combat cynicism towards the enactment of the Prozbul?
How has rabbinic leadership attempted to deal with agunah related issues?
Can pre-nuptial agreements help? And have they become accepted? What workarounds are being attempted today, in a time of war?
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