Rabbinic Authority Series
Rabbinic Authority I
Contemporary work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority and the workings of Jewish courts.
Rabbinic Authority II
On the legal identity of an investment broker, the propriety of a civil will, domestic violence, and the role of a rabbinical advocate in the court process.
Rabbinic Authority III
On Jewish divorce, focusing on the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband’s recalcitrance.
Rabbinic Authority IV
Family, children's welfare, and the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband’s recalcitrance.
Rabbinic Authority V
On utilizing the technique of the double halakhic doubt (“sefek sefeika de’dina”) as a vehicle to void a marriage where necessary.
About Rabbinic Authority Series
Rabbinic Authority: The Vision and the Reality is a 21st-century work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority in general, and the workings of the institution of the beit din (Jewish court of law) in particular. In the work’s five volumes, the author presents rulings in cases of Jewish civil law that he handed down as a member of a beit din panel. These decisions touch on issues of financial disputes, domestic abuse, Jewish divorce, and more.
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