On (Not) Understanding the Reasons Behind Rabbinic Prohibitions: The Case of Teaching Shehiyah
August 26, 2009 by Daniel Reifman
Filed under Education, Halakha, Talmud
On (Not) Understanding The Reasons Behind Rabbinic Prohibitions: The Case of Teaching Shehiyah
by Daniel Reifman
Teachers of Halakhah are often torn between conflicting agendas: on the one hand, to ensure that students have mastered all the laws relevant to contemporary observance, on the other hand, to familiarize them with a sense of the background—both the history and [...]