Comments on: We need a new code of Jewish Law – Rabbi Barry Gelman http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:16:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dovi http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-1028 Dovi Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:49 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-1028 Seeing this a year later, I would just like to leave a note here about an effort to make the Arukh ha-Shulchan as accessible, readable, usable and easily navigated as possible. Please see these links for Orach Chaim (complete) and Yoreh Deah (large parts finished): http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:OH http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:YD Seeing this a year later, I would just like to leave a note here about an effort to make the Arukh ha-Shulchan as accessible, readable, usable and easily navigated as possible.

Please see these links for Orach Chaim (complete) and Yoreh Deah (large parts finished):

http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:OH
http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:YD

]]> By: Barry Gelman http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-351 Barry Gelman Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-351 I am referring to efforts to make the nonobservant feel welcomed in our communities. I am referring to efforts to make the nonobservant feel welcomed in our communities.

]]> By: Barry Gelman http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-350 Barry Gelman Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:00:47 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-350 Rambam included issues related to Emunah in his Yad Hachazaka. Rambam included issues related to Emunah in his Yad Hachazaka.

]]> By: Am Ha'aretz http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-309 Am Ha'aretz Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:11:51 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-309 What does the Rabbi mean by " including the non-observant in our communities"? What might an example of this be? What does the Rabbi mean by ” including the non-observant in our communities”? What might an example of this be?

]]> By: Richard http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-305 Richard Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:12:58 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-305 "Issues regarding Tanach study don’t belong in a Shaulchan Aruch-style legal code anyway." See Yoreh Deah 245-246 (Hilchot Talmud Torah). “Issues regarding Tanach study don’t belong in a Shaulchan Aruch-style legal code anyway.”

See Yoreh Deah 245-246 (Hilchot Talmud Torah).

]]> By: Eli Duker http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-278 Eli Duker Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:37:21 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-278 We may need a new Shulchan Aruch, but not for the reasons you mentioned. So much has changed due to technology (electricity on שבת and יום טוב In Choshen Mishpat how kinyanim are done nowadays and the status off intelectual property, how to deal with ריבית in a Jewish State etc. are much more important issues to halchik Jews than the issues you mention. It sounds like your reason for an updated Shulchan Aruch, is one to make a certain poputation people more comfortable with halacha, rather than an outline for those who want to practice it. Issues regarding Tanach study don't belong in a Shaulchan Aruch-style legal code anyway. We may need a new Shulchan Aruch, but not for the reasons you mentioned.
So much has changed due to technology (electricity on שבת and יום טוב
In Choshen Mishpat how kinyanim are done nowadays and the status off intelectual property, how to deal with ריבית in a Jewish State etc. are much more important issues to halchik Jews than the issues you mention.
It sounds like your reason for an updated Shulchan Aruch, is one to make a certain poputation people more comfortable with halacha, rather than an outline for those who want to practice it. Issues regarding Tanach study don’t belong in a Shaulchan Aruch-style legal code anyway.

]]> By: lilee white http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-268 lilee white Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:47:38 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-268 New Shulchan Orech? Don't forget to include simanim on Hilchot Driving . . . . also it's probably time to include the famous unwritten 5th chelek . . . . New Shulchan Orech? Don’t forget to include simanim on Hilchot Driving . . . . also it’s probably time to include the famous unwritten 5th chelek . . . .

]]> By: Richard http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-255 Richard Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-255 Read the following review, specifically starting from page 121: http://www.bhol.co.il/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=2241429&forum_id=771 Granted, this review appears in a fervently Zionist publication, but the reviewer cites his sources well and makes a good case. Read the following review, specifically starting from page 121:

http://www.bhol.co.il/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=2241429&forum_id=771

Granted, this review appears in a fervently Zionist publication, but the reviewer cites his sources well and makes a good case.

]]> By: Barry Gelman http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-252 Barry Gelman Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:37:46 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-252 Moshe, Is there such a thing as a code that "reflects the thought of the entire spectrum of Orthodox thinking"? For the new code to meet the standards I wrote about it would have to realitically consider changed historical, social and economic realities. RBG Moshe,

Is there such a thing as a code that “reflects the thought of the entire spectrum of Orthodox thinking”? For the new code to meet the standards I wrote about it would have to realitically consider changed historical, social and economic realities.
RBG

]]> By: Moshe http://morethodoxy.org/2009/07/07/we-need-a-new-code-of-jewish-law-rabbi-barry-gelman/#comment-251 Moshe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:27:31 +0000 http://morethodoxy.org/?p=152#comment-251 Would this be a code of Jewish law that reflects the thought of the entire spectrum of Orthodox thinking? Or would the rulings of the new code incorporate only open orthodox thought to the exclusion of the thought of the broader orthodox community? Would this be a code of Jewish law that reflects the thought of the entire spectrum of Orthodox thinking? Or would the rulings of the new code incorporate only open orthodox thought to the exclusion of the thought of the broader orthodox community?

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