Hakol kol Yaakov : responsa and halakhic essays / by Joel Roth ; edited by David Golinkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Joel, author.

Contributor:

Golinkin, David, editor.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America, issuing body.

Mekhon Shekhṭer le-limude ha-Yahadut, issuing body.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Responsa--1948-.

Responsa.

Conservative Judaism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 664 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Kol kol Yaakov

Responsa and halakhic essays

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies ; [New York, NY] : Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2023.

Language Note:

In English with Hebrew text.

Summary:

"This volume contains twenty-one responsa which he wrote for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards from 1981-2006. They deal with topics such as Torah reading by a minor, Yom Tov Sheni for visitors to Israel, Hattafat Dam Brit, matrilineal descent, intermarriage, homosexuality, organ donations, and the ordination of women as rabbis. It also contains three articles reflecting Rabbi Roth’s approach to halakhah, selected by Rabbi Roth himself." https://schechter.edu/publication/hakol-kol-yaacov-responsa-and-halakhic-essays/

Contents:

Halakhic essays. Is theology the handmaiden of Halakhah? (2013)

Musings toward a personal theology of revelation (2008)

Gufei Torah: the limit to halakhic pluralism (2010)

Responsa. Oraḥ hayyim. The status of daughters of kohanim and leviyim for aliyot (1989) OH 135:3

Shabbat lease arrangement with a non-Jew (1995) OH 243 (with Judge Norman Krivosha [z"l])

May a minor read from the Torah? (1982) OH 282:3

The observance of yom tov sheni by Ramah campers in Israel (ca. 1981) OH 496

Yoreh De'ah. Shackling and hoisting (2000) YD 24:8; EH 5:14; HM 272:9 (with Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff)

The kashrut of cheese: a new issue (1985) YD 87:10

Hattafat dam brit (1982) YD 264:1

Should the kashrut of conversions be investigated? (1984) YD 268:10

A standard of Rabbinic practice regarding determination of Jewish identity (1986) YD 268 (with Rabbi Akiba Lubow)

Converting married gentiles (1985) YD 269:9

Even haEzer. Keruv and the status of intermarried families (1988) EH 16 (with Rabbi Daniel Gordis)

Synagogue honors for the intermarried Jew: holding office and aliyot (1984) EH 16

Homosexuality (1992) EH 24

Homosexuality revisited (2006) EH 24

When there was no ketubah (2002) EH 66:3

Sociological reality and textual traditions: their tension in the ketubah (1983) EH 66:6 (with Rabbi Daniel Gordis)

Hoshen mishpat. On the ordination of women as rabbis (1984) HM 7:4

A response to Rabbi Mayer Rabinowitz (1984) HM 7:4

Organ donation (1999) HM 426:1.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789657105894

9657105897

OCLC:

1432436810