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Tears of the oppressed : an examination of the agunah problem : background and halakhic sources
- Title
- Tears of the oppressed : an examination of the agunah problem : background and halakhic sources / by Aviad Hacohen ; foreword by Menachem Elon ; afterword by Emanuel Rackman ; edited by Blu Greenberg.
- Author
- Hacohen, Aviad.
- Publication
- Jersey City, NJ : Ktav Pub. House, c2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvi, 157 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Appendix in Hebrew.
- Contents
- Background -- A word of caution -- Attitudes of compassion and leniency -- Relaxation of the laws of evidence concerning agunot : example of a methodology favoring leniency -- The uniqueness of the problem in our day -- The basic sources for kiddushei ta'ut -- The rishonim and the codes : stringent and lenient approaches -- The responsa literature -- General principles to be derived from the precedents.
- Call Number
- *PIV 07-3224
- ISBN
- 0881258679
- LCCN
- 2004019015
- OCLC
- 56317952
- Author
- Hacohen, Aviad.
- Title
- Tears of the oppressed : an examination of the agunah problem : background and halakhic sources / by Aviad Hacohen ; foreword by Menachem Elon ; afterword by Emanuel Rackman ; edited by Blu Greenberg.
- Imprint
- Jersey City, NJ : Ktav Pub. House, c2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Appendix in Hebrew.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Greenberg, Blu, 1936-Elon, Menachem.Rackman, Emanuel.
- Research Call Number
- *PIV 07-3224