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'... well written, thoroughly researched, and has a serious prospect to become a classic on the topic in the English language.' Roger S. Kohn, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews 'Edward Fram's very erudite, well-researched and fascinating work - note the abundance of footnotes and bibliography - thus takes the history of halakhah ... in innovative, creative and fruitful directions.' Jean Baumgarten, Revue des �tudes juives

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Edward Fram is Associate Professor of Jewish History and Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and Eastern European Jewish Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on the history of Jewish law in the early modern period. He is the author of several award-winning books including Ideals Face Reality (1997) and A Window on their World: The Rabbinic Court Diary of Rabbi Hayyim Gundersheim, Frankfurt am Main, 1773-1794 (2012).

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