Ashkenazim and Sephardim: Their Relations, Differences, and Problems as Reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1996 - 347 pages
 

Contents

PART I
11
R Asher and his family in Spain
21
The last century of the Jews in Spain
36
The period between the publication of Isser
59
From the foundation of the Science of Juda
72
The establishment of the State of Israel
78
The Hebrew characters
91
Liturgy
99
Ashkenazi leniency and Sephardi strictness
205
Difference in Weltanschauung
233
CHAPTER IO A comparison between the religious
251
Ashkenazim and Sephardim in the light
268
PART III
288
Responsa on the pronunciation of Hebrew
308
Responsa on Hebrew characters
315
Responsa on liturgy
324

Poetry
124
Approach to Bible and Talmud
136
Laws and customs relating to birth marriage
164
Ashkenazi strictness and Sephardi leniency
188
Responsa on matrimonial cases
333
SUBJECT INDEX
341
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