Jewish Law and Matters of State:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Jewish Law and Matters of State: "
Yedidia Stern

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072448
Doc. No	:	LA116077
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00103003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Yedidia Stern
Title & Author	:	Jewish Law and Matters of State: [Article] : Theory, Policy, and Practice\ Yedidia Stern
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Law, Religion and State
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/3
Page No	:	309–337
Abstract	:	In recent years Jewish religious leaders have often expressed religious opinions in matters concerning the foreign and security policy of the State of Israel. The present article focuses on the internal religious legitimacy of halakhic rulings in these matters and reveals the prerequisites that decisors must satisfy before voicing a binding halakhic opinion on issues concerning the Israeli Arab conflict, peace agreements, Jewish settlements in Judah and Samaria, etc. The article is divided into three parts that answer the following questions: (a) are matters of State policy subject to halakhic norms or are they situated outside the realm of Halakha? (b) does Halakha have a judicial policy seeking to rule on these issues? (c) what are the practical difficulties that decisors face if they wish to rule on them? The article points out the diversity of internal halakhic opinions on the questions under investigation, and outlines an analytical method for a halakhic discussion aimed at answering them. In recent years Jewish religious leaders have often expressed religious opinions in matters concerning the foreign and security policy of the State of Israel. The present article focuses on the internal religious legitimacy of halakhic rulings in these matters and reveals the prerequisites that decisors must satisfy before voicing a binding halakhic opinion on issues concerning the Israeli Arab conflict, peace agreements, Jewish settlements in Judah and Samaria, etc. The article is divided into three parts that answer the following questions: (a) are matters of State policy subject to halakhic norms or are they situated outside the realm of Halakha? (b) does Halakha have a judicial policy seeking to rule on these issues? (c) what are the practical difficulties that decisors face if they wish to rule on them? The article points out the diversity of internal halakhic opinions on the questions under investigation, and outlines an analytical method for a halakhic discussion aimed at answering them.
Descriptor	:	Halakha and issues of national policy
Descriptor	:	halakhic boundaries
Descriptor	:	religion and national policy
Descriptor	:	religious law and public law
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00103003‬