Ideals Face Reality: Jewish Law and Life in Poland, 1550-1655

by Edward Fram

Book Overview

Jewish life in early modern Poland was characterized by an adherence to Jewish law (halakhah) that Polish Jewry had inherited from medieval Franco-German Jewry, and almost all aspects of Jewish activity, even the most personal of matters, fell within its purview. Jewish law remained constant throughout the ages in some areas, but in others rabbis were forced to reinterpret it in light of the complexities of contemporary life. Edward Fram draws upon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878204202
• ISBN13: 9780878204205
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"