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In this volume, students and colleagues of beloved teacher Mark Washofsky honor his erudition, superb pedagogy, kindness, humor, and flare with a collection of essays that reflect Washofsky's incisive thought and expertise.
Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D., Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice and distinguished ethicist of the Reform Movement, specializes in the literature of the Talmud and Jewish law. Dr. Washofsky focuses on how Jewish tradition responds to contemporary issues. His book, Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary Reform Practice, serves as a desk reference for many congregational leaders and professionals. His extensive publications include Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century as well as essays and articles on medieval halakhic literature, the application of legal theory to the study of Jewish law, Jewish bioethics, outreach and conversion.
Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D., Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice and distinguished ethicist of the Reform Movement, specializes in the literature of the Talmud and Jewish law. Dr. Washofsky focuses on how Jewish tradition responds to contemporary issues. His book, Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary Reform Practice, serves as a desk reference for many congregational leaders and professionals. His extensive publications include Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century as well as essays and articles on medieval halakhic literature, the application of legal theory to the study of Jewish law, Jewish bioethics, outreach and conversion.
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
Imprint: Hebrew Union College Press
Publication Date:
31 March 2026
ISBN: 9780878208029
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
Personal Introduction
David E. Ostrich, Rabbi, Congregation Brit Shalom, State College,
Pennsylvania
Collegial Reminiscenses
Richard Sarason, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of
Religion
Publications of Mark Washofsky
The Symbolic Power of Aggadic-Halakhic Discourse:
The Strange Case of Jacob of Nevuriyah
David H. Aaron, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Literary Criteria by Which to Identify Sifra's "Simple" Core: Sifra
Emor, Par. 1:1 53
Howard L. Apothaker, Capital University
Why Are There Large Halakhic Midrashic Units in the Mishnah?
Michael Chernick, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew Union College -
Jewish Institute of Religion
Constructing Ignorance: Judaic Manipulations of
Non-Knowledge
Jonathan K. Crane, Emory University
One Foot In, One Foot Out: Intertextuality, Halakhah, and
Aggadah in the Babylonian Talmud
Tamar Duvdevani, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of
Religion
Dr. Freehof Treats Job the Patient: Solomon B. Freehof as Parshan
and Posek
Jason Kalman, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The Elusive "Torah" in the Texts of the Second Temple Era 247
John Kampen, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Yafeh Talmud Torah im Derekh Eretz: Torah Study Combined
with Ethical Practice is Beautiful 285
Jan Katzew, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The CCAR Responsa Committee under Dr. Mark Washofsky
Audrey R. Korotkin, Rabbi, Temple Beth Israel, Altoona,
Pennsylvania
"Opened Lips, Tongues and Hearts": The Roles of the Verses
Framing the Amidah
Ruth Langer, Boston College
Rabbis and Their Interlocutors between Palestine and Babylonia
David Levine, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
"Not in the Heavens": A Poetic Celebration of Accessible
Revelation
Laura S. Lieber, University of Regensburg
Types of Kavanah in the Classical Rabbinic Texts 421
Alona Lisitsa, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Some Parascriptural Perspectives on the History of Religion:
Prophets, Monotheism, and Scriptures according to al-Kis?'? and
Cognate Sources 441
John C. Reeves, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"It Was All a Grand Deception":
Yenta the Agunah, American Immigration Law, and Rabbi
Abraham A. Yudelovitch 463
Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University
The Art of Halakhic Rhetoric:
A Study in the Nature of Modern Responsa 475
A. Brian Stoller, Rabbi, Temple Beth-El, Great Neck, New York
I Want to Come Home: An Exploration of Rosh's Responsum 32:8
and the Issue of the Converted Wife 503
Jeremy R. Weisblatt, Campus Director and Rabbi, Kristol Center
for Jewish Life, Hillel, University of Delaware
David E. Ostrich, Rabbi, Congregation Brit Shalom, State College,
Pennsylvania
Collegial Reminiscenses
Richard Sarason, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of
Religion
Publications of Mark Washofsky
The Symbolic Power of Aggadic-Halakhic Discourse:
The Strange Case of Jacob of Nevuriyah
David H. Aaron, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Literary Criteria by Which to Identify Sifra's "Simple" Core: Sifra
Emor, Par. 1:1 53
Howard L. Apothaker, Capital University
Why Are There Large Halakhic Midrashic Units in the Mishnah?
Michael Chernick, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew Union College -
Jewish Institute of Religion
Constructing Ignorance: Judaic Manipulations of
Non-Knowledge
Jonathan K. Crane, Emory University
One Foot In, One Foot Out: Intertextuality, Halakhah, and
Aggadah in the Babylonian Talmud
Tamar Duvdevani, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of
Religion
Dr. Freehof Treats Job the Patient: Solomon B. Freehof as Parshan
and Posek
Jason Kalman, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The Elusive "Torah" in the Texts of the Second Temple Era 247
John Kampen, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Yafeh Talmud Torah im Derekh Eretz: Torah Study Combined
with Ethical Practice is Beautiful 285
Jan Katzew, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The CCAR Responsa Committee under Dr. Mark Washofsky
Audrey R. Korotkin, Rabbi, Temple Beth Israel, Altoona,
Pennsylvania
"Opened Lips, Tongues and Hearts": The Roles of the Verses
Framing the Amidah
Ruth Langer, Boston College
Rabbis and Their Interlocutors between Palestine and Babylonia
David Levine, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
"Not in the Heavens": A Poetic Celebration of Accessible
Revelation
Laura S. Lieber, University of Regensburg
Types of Kavanah in the Classical Rabbinic Texts 421
Alona Lisitsa, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Some Parascriptural Perspectives on the History of Religion:
Prophets, Monotheism, and Scriptures according to al-Kis?'? and
Cognate Sources 441
John C. Reeves, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"It Was All a Grand Deception":
Yenta the Agunah, American Immigration Law, and Rabbi
Abraham A. Yudelovitch 463
Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University
The Art of Halakhic Rhetoric:
A Study in the Nature of Modern Responsa 475
A. Brian Stoller, Rabbi, Temple Beth-El, Great Neck, New York
I Want to Come Home: An Exploration of Rosh's Responsum 32:8
and the Issue of the Converted Wife 503
Jeremy R. Weisblatt, Campus Director and Rabbi, Kristol Center
for Jewish Life, Hillel, University of Delaware