On the one hand, as a halakhic man who discusses and summarizes the Jewish laws, he is subject to the classical
halakha of the ancient sages.
Part III will present the apparent approach of Jewish law, as perceived at first blush, within the realm of
halakha. In contrast, Part IV will discuss three factors underlying the differing position of Jewish law as applied in practice (
halakha le-ma'aseh).
Transforming Israel into a
Halakha state means castrating the democratic system and turning Israel into a second Iran governed by Jewish ayatollahs.
In the past, the movement took
halakha seriously but was unable to make a compelling case for it to its laity.
The
halakha, the Jewish legal tradition, claims that all true statements have two dimensions.
Ya'akov Sussmann attempts to set the halakhot in the wider context of the development of Jewish legal interpretation; this is an English version of his paper published in Tarbiz 59 (1989-90), 11-76, and retains its approach in seeing halakhic development in the scrolls as being predominantly the preservation of sadducean
halakha by a group who found themselves in political opposition to the sadducean priestly aristocracy.
$25.00--This volume of studies in honor of Arthur Hyman contains various investigations in philosophy,
Halakha, and Kabbala.
Thus, they imply what the rabbis came to call
Halakha, the way of the Law.
That practice is a Reform construct not based in
halakha. In fact, boys at the age of 13 automatically become a bar mitzvah whether they do anything or not to commemorate it.
That is why ZAKA is called when there is an accident or when there were terror attacks to make sure the dead are treated with the respect accorded by
halakha.
He is the author of God in All Seasons (1967), Morality,
Halakha and the Jewish Tradition (1983), Holocaust and Return to Zion: A Study in Jewish Philosophy of History (2009).