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Volume XVII  | The Institute for Research in Jewish Law

Volume XVII 

Part I

 

Neria Guttel, It is Indeed in Heaven: The Uniqueness of the Laws of the Temple in the Halakhic Doctrine of Rabbi A.I Kook

3

David Henshke, The Number of Judges in Ancient Israel

27

Leib Moscovitz, "The Actions of a Minor are a Nullity"? Some Observations on the Legal Capacity of Minors in Rabbinic Law

63

Avinoam Rosenak, Prophecy and Halakha: Dialectic in the Meta-Halakhic Thought of Rabbi A.I Kook

121

Haim Shapira, The Schools of Hillel and Shamai

159

Yuval Sinai, Judicial Authority in Fraudulent-Claim Cases

209

Ronnie Warburg, Breach of a Promise to Marry

267

 

 

Part II

 

Daniel B. Sinclair, Jewish Law in the State of Israel

285

The Constutional Validity of the Sabath Observance Law

285

Terminally Ill Patient Law, 5766-2005

292

 

 

Part III

 

Book Reviews of Aviad Hacohen, The Tears of the Oppressed, An Examination of the Agunah Problem: Background and Halakhic Sources

303

Bernard S. Jackson

303

Avishalom Westreich

306

Style Sheet

317