Timeless Answers to Timely Questions
Halakhah as a Language of Applied Values:
Theory and Practice
Sun., Dec. 6, 2009 at Yeshivat Hadar
8:30 am Shaharit
9:00 am Registration
9:30-9:45 am -- Welcome, Rabbi Ethan Tucker
9:45-10:15 am -- Opening Plenary: "Framing Halakhah: Law, Ethics, Philosophy or Values?" Professor Chaim Saiman, Villanova Law School
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10:30am-12:00 -- Session #1:
Hilkhot Mikvaot: Synthesizing Mehkar and Values-Based Halakhah, Rabbi Ethan Tucker
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Dam Betulim: Avoiding Excessive Formalism Through a Values-Based Halakhah, Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg
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12:15-1:15pm -- Lunch
1:30-2:45 -- Session #2:
Bishulei Goyim: How Overarching Concerns Produce Halakhic Details, Rabbi Jon Kelsen
Not Just a Tear: Keriah as a Model of the Dynamic Relationship between Halakhah and Human Experience, Aviva Richman
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Part I:
Part II
Buying and Selling on Shabbat: Essence of Hillul Shabbat or Derabbanan?, Rabbi Zach Truboff
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3:00-3:15 pm -- Minhah
3:30-4:30 pm -- Session #3:
Mezuzah: Defining Jewish Space, Miriam-Simma Walfish
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Kibbud HaBayit: How Critical Common Sense Illuminates Complicated Halakhot, Jaclyn Rubin
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The Obligation and Blessing of Parenthood: When Consequences are Inconsequential, Jason Rubenstein
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4:35-4:55 pm -- Closing Remarks, Rabbi Ethan Tucker and Professor Chaim Saiman
5:00 pm -- Arvit
