Dr. Simcha Fishbane is a Professor of Jewish Studies in the Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Touro College, New York. He has published extensively on Jewish subjects and texts. Dr. Fishbane’s publications include Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature (2007); The Boldness of an Halakhist (2008); The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry (2011); The Impact of Culture and Cultures Upon Jewish Customs and Rituals (2016); and The Rabbinic Discussion about Bat Mitzvah Celebrations (2017).

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Preambles: An Insight into Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam
3. Minhag in the Ḥayei Adam—The Case of Kitniyot on Passover
4. Esoteric Halakhah and the Ḥayei Adam
5. Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Polemic against Hasidism
6. The Democratization of Halakhah: The Ḥayei Adam and Musar
7. A New Role and Status: The Ḥayei Adam and the Mishnah Berurah
8. Jewish Pride in Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Ḥayei Adam as Instantiated in the Aleinu

Appendix 1
The Life of the Man: The Life and Times of Avraham Danzig, by Dashiell Ferguson

Appendix 2
Rabbinic Texts and Authors Referred to in This Volume

Bibliography

Index