Evolving Halakhah: A Progressive Approach to Traditional Jewish Law - Paperback

by Moshe Zemer (Author)

Affirms the system of traditional Jewish law as a developing and moral structure, flexible enough to accommodate the changing realities of each generation. Shows how the traditional framework for understanding Torah can be the living heart of Judaism.

Author Biography

Rabbi Dr. Moshe Zemer is founding director of the Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah in Tel Aviv, where he lives. A congregational rabbi for over thirty-five years, he is one of the rabbis who established the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, and serves as president of its Rabbinical Court. Zemer has edited a series of books on Jewish law and published many articles about Halakhah, and is currently senior lecturer in Rabbinics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem.