Forbidden Foods: Bishul Akum and Stam Yavnam
The Talmud records that that certain foods prepared by non-Jews are not allowed to be eaten, even though the ingredients are kosher, due the risk of assimilation and intermarriage. Do these laws apply today/ This lecture will explore the evolution of these laws and their application in modern times where assimilation and intermarriage remain a serious concern.
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LECTURE SERIES
- A Study of Halachic and Cultural Responses to Jewish Crisis and Tragedy
- American Jewish Translations of the Torah
- Biblical Studies
- Court Jews: Jews and Judaism on Trial Throughout the Centuries
- Crime: Does It pay?
- Development of Jewish Law
- Glimpses into the religious Lives of Early Modern European Jewry
- Halakhah in the Post-Shulhan Arukh Period
- History and Theology: The Thirteen Principles of Rambam
- History of the Yeshivot in LIthuania
- How Did the Rabbis of Early Modern Times Interpret the Bible?
- Jewish History
- Jewish Theology
- Jews and Hollywood
- Jews and Hollywood: Part II
- Jews in New York
- Judaism Confronts Modernity: Jewish Experiences in the Nineteenth Century
- Manhattan Stories: The Historical and Cultural Impact of Jews in Manhattan
- Medieval Biblical Commentators Respond to the Torah and Their Surroundings
- Prayer
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Rabbinic Narratives
- Rabbinical Semiaries in America
- Survey
- West Side Stories
- Yeshivot in the Land of Israel
