HAPPINESS—AND UNHAPPINESS—AS LEGALLY SIGNIFICANT CATEGORIES IN JEWISH LAW

This essay seeks to place happiness and sadness as values in their proper place in the Jewish legal tradition—as secondary concerns that are properly invoked and considered in cases where Jewish law is indefinite and unclear. This article provides a number of illustrative examples where such is done...

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Published in:The Journal of law and religion 2014-02, Vol.29 (1), p.48-56
Main Author: Broyde, Michael J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compassion
Divorce
Grief
Happiness
Jewish law
Jewish people
Jewish tradition
Judaism
Killing
Rabbis
Religious law
SYMPOSIUM: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN INTERRELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE
Talmud
Torah
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Summary:This essay seeks to place happiness and sadness as values in their proper place in the Jewish legal tradition—as secondary concerns that are properly invoked and considered in cases where Jewish law is indefinite and unclear. This article provides a number of illustrative examples where such is done, and it then seeks to place happiness and its related values in their proper place in Jewish law as compared to other second-tier principles.
ISSN:0748-0814
2163-3088
DOI:10.1017/jlr.2013.6