Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE RABBI Arnold Jacob Wolf...

K'VOD HARAV, Honor Due a Rabbi

Bernard M. Zlotowitz

THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE RABBINATE

in the Talmud and the Halakhic Commentaries of Rambam and Karo

Richard Rheins

ETHICAL IMPERATIVES AND HALAKHIC INNOVATION

A Rabbinic Challenge

Moshe Zemer

THE RABBI AS ARBITER

Peter Haas.

RABBINIC AUTHORITY- POWER SHARING

Old and New Formulas

Walter Jacob...

MINHAG AND HALAKHAH Toward A Model of Shared

Authority on Matters of Ritual

Mark Washofsky

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