The Dangers of “Soft Stringency:” Hearing Aids, Chumrot, and Moral Sensitivity in Halakhic Handbooks
November 9, 2009 by Shlomo Brody
Filed under Philosophy
The Dangers of “Soft Stringency:” Hearing Aids, Chumrot, and Moral Sensitivity in Halakhic Handbooks
By Shlomo Brody
Is it forbidden to speak to someone wearing a hearing aid on Shabbat?
In an earlier post, I discussed the impact of halakha handbooks on contemporary halakhic discourse, focusing on the whether certain books change their rulings given the broad intended [...]