Ideals Face Reality: Jewish Law and Life in Poland, 1550-1655 - Softcover
Jewish life in early modern Poland was characterized by an adherence to the halakhah that Polish Jewry had inherited from medieval Franco-German Jewry. This work offers an analysis of how 16th and 17th-century Polish rabbis adapted these laws to the community's social and economic needs.
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About the Author:
Edward Fram is Associate Professor of Jewish History and holds the Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and Eastern European Jewry at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Review:
"This informative and well-written book—easily accessible to those unskilled in the intricacies of Talmud study, for which Polish Jewry was famed—is an important contribution to the field of Polish Jewish history."
—Slavonic and East European Review
—Slavonic and East European Review
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- PublisherWayne State Univ Pr
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0814329063
- ISBN 13 9780814329061
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
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