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Book SynopsisHakol Kol Yaakov: The Joel Roth Jubilee Volume contains articles dedicated to Rabbi Joel Roth, written by colleagues and students. Some are academic articles in the general area of Talmud and Rabbinics, while others are rabbinic responsa that treat an issue of contemporary Jewish law. These articles reflect the unique and integrated voice and vision that Joel Roth has brought to the American Jewish community.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Donors Appreciation Arnold M. Eisen, Philip Scheim and Mitchell Cohen To Our Father Ariel Roth, on behalf of the Roth Children Bibliography of the Writings of Rabbi Joel Roth Noah Bickart and Akiva Roth 1 Halakhah, Theology and Psychology: The Case of Maimonides and Obadiah the Proselyte Eliezer Diamond 2 Providing References for Schools or Jobs, HM 28:1.2014 Elliott Dorff and Marc Gary 3 Mikveh and the Sanctity of Being Created Human Susan Grossman 4 On the Recitation of “Amen” between Ge’ulah and Tefillah of the Shaharit Service Robert A. Harris 5 Nishmat Kol Hai: A Literary and Spiritual Commentary Jeff Hoffman 6 Mar’it Ozen: From the Ancient Water-mill to Automated Electronic Devices Joshua Kulp and Jason Rogoff 7 Who Gets a Voice at the Table?: Eating and Blessing with Rav Naḥman Marjorie Lehman 8 Contemporary Criteria for the Declaration of Death Daniel S. Nevins 9 Big Data Meets the Shulḥan Arukh Michael Pitkowsky 10 The Joint Bet Din of the Conservative Movement Mayer E. Rabinowitz 11 Balancing Rabbinic Authority and Personal Freedom in the Modern Age Avram Israel Reisner and Murray Singerman 12 The Death of Rabbi Eliezer: Bavli Sanhedrin 68a Jeffrey L. Rubenstein 13 Ve-Shuv Limlakhah u-Shvut: An Older Theoretical Framework Marcus Mordecai Schwartz 14 From Confidence to Confusion: Structure and Meaning in Psalm 27 Benjamin D. Sommer 15 Elucidating Talmudic suryaqe—an Exercise in Talmudic Lexicography Shamma Friedman 16 Open Ye the Gates: Procedure for Returning the Torah to the Ark Joseph H. Prouser 17 היגיון ולשון: התפתחותה של סוגית ״אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור״ נח בנימין ביקרט 18 תשובה בעניין ביקורת המקרא דוד גולינקין 19 עיון בסוגיית ״הוא לפדות ובנו לפדות״ (בכורות מט ע״ב) י״ש מילגראם 20 רבי משה יהודה עבאס—חכם שנשכח: על קורותיו וכתביו שטרם ראו אור שמואל גליק Index
