Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/OjH5fb Disability in Jewish Law By: Tzvi C. Marx Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415278898, 0415278899 eText ISBN: 9781134468409, 1134468407 Edition: 1st Pages: 272 Copyright year: 2002 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.18 USD SKU 9781134468409R90 In recent decades, record numbers of Jews are taking a newfound interest in their legal heritage - the Bible and the Talmud, the law codes and the rabbinical responsa literature. In the course of this encounter, they may be interested in how these sources relate to the issue of disability, and the degree to which halakhic attitudes to disability are in harmony with contemporary sensibilities. For example, can the blind or those in wheelchairs serve as prayer leaders? Need the mentally incompetent observe any ritual law? Is institutionalization in a special-education facility where Jewish dietary laws are not observed permitted if it will enhance a child's functioning? And how are we to interpret teachings that seem inconsonant with current sensibilities? Disability in Jewish Law answers the pressing need for insight into the position of Jewish law with respect to the rights and status of those with physical and mental impairments, and the corresponding duties of the non-disabled. Additional ISBNs 9781280105661, 1280105666
