On Halakhah (hadar Campus Scholars)

The direction we face while praying.

This is the fourth installment of the On Halakhah class. It was given at Penn by David Zvi Kalman on February 13, 2013. In this class, we discuss an approach to read (and writing) all halakhic sources. Source sheet: davidzvi.com/onhalakhah/On_Halakhah_4_Forms_Norms_and_Values.pdf

This is the third class in the series ON HALAKHAH. The class was given on Feb. 6, 2013 at Penn by David Zvi Kalman. This week we began our discussion of halakhic interpretation by examining contemporary philosophy of law, including legal positivism, natural law, legal realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Robert Cover. Source sheet: davidzvi.com/onhalakhah/On_Halakhah_3_Values_Based_Halakhah.pdf

The second Episode of ON HALAKHAH, delivered at Penn on January 30, 2013 by David Zvi Kalman. It specifically focusses on how we have, both now and in the past, made halakhic decisions for ourselves. Source sheet: davidzvi.com/onhalakhah/On_Halakhah_2_Halakhic_Activism.pdf

This is a pre-recorded description of the themes that we plan to cover in the On Halakhah class, as well as an argument for why such a conversation so is important today.