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A Treasury of Responsa

by Solomon B. Freehof. 313 pgs.

Contributors:

   Solomon B. Freehof

Publisher:

   Jewish Publication Society

Place of Publication:

  Philadelphia  

Publication Year:

  1963

Subjects:

Judaism, Responsa

	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Introduction	xi
1.	The History of Tradition: Letter of Sherira Gaon	3
2.	A Rabbi's Livelihood: Rabbenu Gershom ben Judah	13
3.	Rashi on Apostates: Solomon ben Isaac	17
4.	Contract with a Teacher: Isaac Alfasi	23
5.	Maimonides to Obadiah the Proselyte: Moses Maimonides	28
6.	Divorce from an Apostate: Jacob ben Meir	35
7.	Community Government: Meir of Rothenburg	41
8.	Using the Code of Maimonides: Asher ben Yehiel	46
9.	District Authority: Solomon ben Adret	52
10.	Government Opposition to the Ban: Israel Isserlein	57
11.	Legal Privileges of a Scholar: Jacob Weil	61
12.	An International Rabbinical Controversy: Joseph Colon	66
13.	Aristotle or the Talmud: Isaac bar Sheshet	72
14.	The Rabbinate as a Profession: Simon Duran	78
15.	Kaddish for the Martyrs: Jacob Moellin	84
16.	The Jewishness of the Marranos: Solomon Duran	88
17.	Communal Dispute in Treviso: Judah Minz	93
18.	Restoring the Sanhedrin: Jacob Berab and Levi ibn Habib	97
19.	The Embroidered Ark Curtain: Joseph Caro	108
20.	A Radical Decision: Moses Isserles	113
21.	Tefillin and the Cabala: Solomon Luria	118
22.	Marriage with Falashas: David ibn Zimri	122
23.	The Lost Responsum: Elijah Mizrahi	128
24.	Polygamy in Turkey: Samuel di Medina	134
25.	Nationality of Synagogues: Moses di Trani	140
26.	Kaddish for a Christian Father: David haKohen	145
27.	Helping a Neighboring Community: Meir Lublin	149
28.	Dofia Gracia's Inheritance: Joseph ibn Lev	152
29.	Church Melodies in the Synagogue: Joel Sirkes	157
30.	Jews and Music: Judah Leon of Modena	160
31.	The Right to Leave Palestine: Yom-Tov Zahalon	167
32.	Exiles Loyal to Dispersed Congregation: Jair Hayyim Bachrach	171
33.	David Nieto and Pantheism: Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi	176
34.	Baring Head in Synagogue to Honor a King: Jacob Reischer	182
35.	Kiddush and the Gout: Isaac Lampronti	186
36.	Compelled to Raise a Beard: Samson Morpurgo	190
37.	Iron Smelting and the Sabbath: Meir Eisenstadt	196
38.	A Gift from Haym Solomon: Aryeh Loew Breslau	202
39.	To Prohibit Dancing: Joseph Steinhardt	206
40.	On Child Adoption: Jacob Emden	211
41.	Jews and Hunting: Ezekiel Landau	216
42.	A Prayer to Hasten Death: Hayyim Palaggi	220
43.	Books Printed on the Sabbath: Jacob Ettlinger	224
44.	Jewish First Names: Elazar Fleckeles	229
45.	The Swindling Scribe: Akiba Eger	231
46.	Delayed Burial: Moses Sofer	236
47.	A False Classic: Mordecai Benet	242
48.	Seceding to Form a New Congregation: Moses Schick	247
49.	Meir Baal HaNes: Meir Ash	252
50.	Modern Sabbath Violator: Eliezer Deutsch	256
51.	Slandering a Shohet: Ephraim Zalman Margolioth	261
52.	Violating the Sabbath to Consult a Hasidic Rabbi: Solomon Kluger	266
53.	Enforced Synagogue Attendance: Joseph Saul Nathanson	270
54.	Space for a Grave: Hayyim Halberstam	275
55.	Soldier Kohen -- and the Jewish Dead: Menahem-Mendel of Lubovitch	280
56.	Unauthorized Torah Reading: Naftali-Zvi Yehudah Berlin	283
57.	Reliance on Official Report of Death: Isaac Elkanan Spektor	288
58.	Relying on Gentile Chemists: Shalom Mordecai Schwadron	292
59.	Converting for Marriage: David Hoffmann	296
60.	Concentration Camps and Remarriage: Isaac Jacob Weiss	299
61.	Jews in Sahara Caravans: Joseph Messas	304
62.	Artificial Insemination: Aaron Walkin	307
63.	Hydroponics: Ben-Zion Uziel	310

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