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Tears of the oppressed : an examination of the agunah problem ; backround and halakhic sources / by Aviad Hacohen, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University ; foreword by Menachem Elon, Deputy President (retired), Supreme Court of Israel ; afterward by Emanuel Rackman, Chancellor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University ; edited by Blu Greenberg

Greenberg, Blu *1936-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Elon, Menaḥem *1923-2013* [VerfasserIn eines Vorworts] ; Raqman, Menaḥēm ʿImmānûʾēl *1910-* [VerfasserIn eines Nachworts]

Englisch, Hebraeisch

Jersey City, NJ : KTAV Publishing House, [2004]

© 2004

xvi, 107, 157 Seiten : Illustrationen, Faksimiles ; 29 cm

Includes index

Text englisch, Responsen als Appendix hebräisch, in hebräischer Schrift

0-88125-867-9

*Agunahs ; Divorce (Jewish law) ; Marriage -- Annulment (Jewish law)

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: KBM550.5

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.4444;

Background -- A word of caution -- Attitudes of compassion and leniency -- Relaxation of the laws of evidence concerning agunot : example of a methodology favoring leniency -- The uniqueness of the problem in our day -- The basic sources for kiddushei ta'ut -- The rishonim and the codes : stringent and lenient approaches -- The responsa literature -- General principles to be derived from the precedents

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004019015.html [Table of contents]

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