Rabbi Louis Jacobs Articles By Rabbi Louis Jacobs
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Need for Tzedakah
Rabbinic sources, both ancient and modern, suggest that tzedakah plays an important role in the spiritual life of the donor.
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Usury and Moneylending in Judaism
Jewish law, rooted in biblical protections for the needy, forbids a Jewish creditor from profiting in any way from lending to another Jew.
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The Ketubah, or Marriage Contract
The ketubah is an ancient contract delineating the obligations of the husband to his wife.
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Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)
Though religiously observant, this Bible commentator was not averse to textual criticism.
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Moses Sofer
Hungarian rabbi who fought against the influence of Reform.
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Sufism
Sufi ideas found their way into Jewish mystical literature through Bahya Ibn Pakudah and the Kabbalist Isaac of Acre.
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Jewish Ecstasy
Accounts of intense encounters with God rare in Judaism.
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Samuel Holdheim
Reform leader saw halakhah no longer as binding according to Judaism itself.
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Traditional Teachings on the Meaning of Kashrut
Reasoning from Maimonides, Nahmanides, and the kabbalists.
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Leopold Zunz
A Pioneer of Jewish Studies with an agenda.
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Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs (1920-2006) was a Masorti rabbi, the first leader of Masorti Judaism (also known as Conservative Judaism) in the United Kingdom, and a leading writer and thinker on Judaism.
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