Responsa in a Moment, Volume V

Halakhic Responses to Contemporary Issues

by David Golinkin

The Institute of Applied Halakhah at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies,  Jerusalem 2021

396 pp., including Index; soft cover, in English.

ISBN 978-965-7105-86-3

This volume, the fifth in a series, contains 10 brief responsa related to the Covid pandemic, 19 full-length responsa, and 3 articles published via the Schechter Institute website from 2017 to 2021. The responsa discuss the pandemic, vaccinations, prayer and the synagogue, the holidays, theological issues, and women in Jewish law, while the articles deal with Israel-Diaspora relations, the Shoah and the Rebirth of Israel, and Pirkei Avot.