Daniel Sperber
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Daniel Sperber (Hebrew: דניאל שפרבר; born 4 November 1940) is a British-born Israeli academic and Orthodox Jewish rabbi. He is a professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and an expert in classical philology, history of Jewish customs, Jewish art history, Jewish education, and Talmudic studies.[1]
Biography
Daniel Sperber was born in Gwrych Castle, Wales.[2] He studied for rabbinical ordination at Yeshivat Kol Torah in Israel, earned a doctorate from University College, London, in the departments of Ancient History and Hebrew Studies.[1]
He is married to Phyllis (Hannah) Magnus, a couples therapist, originally of Highland Park, Illinois. They have ten children.[1] One of their daughters, Abigail, is the founder of Bat Kol, Israeli Jewish religious[3] lesbian group.[4]
Academic and rabbinical career
He is the Milan Roven professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he is also the President of the Ludwig and Erica Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies.[5] He also served as rabbi of Menachem Zion Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. In 2010, Sperber accepted an appointment as honorary Chancellor of the non-denominational Canadian Yeshiva & Rabbinical School in Toronto.[6][7]
Sperber is the author of Minhagei Yisrael: Origins and History on the character and evolution of Jewish customs. He has written extensively on many issues regarding how Jewish law can evolve, and has evolved.[1] This includes a call for a greater inclusion of women in certain ritual services, including ordination.[8]
He has been critical of particular contemporary expressions of halachic observance. Regarding kitniyot, he has said, "The attitude in the last few decades has changed and become stricter, to the point of absurdity", pointing out that non-kitniyot items have been added to the list, including "cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil, and even hemp".[9]
Sperber explains his rationale for allowing a greater role for women in Orthodox practice: "The first is that in the same way it is forbidden to permit that which is forbidden, it's also forbidden to forbid that which is permitted. The second is that it is not forbidden to permit that which is permitted, even if it wasn't practiced in the past, because halakha is dynamic, and when cultural circumstances change, one has to face up to these changes and accommodate them. The third principle is that if you can find a position of leniency, you should do so. So, when things are permitted, they should be encouraged."[10]
He has been condemned for not explaining the source of his personal authority to dislodge the views of prior voices in Jewish law, such as the Shulchan Aruch and the view of Maimonides, both of which are universally accepted in orthodox circles as the strongest, most authoritative halachic works.[11]
Awards and recognition
In 1992, Sperber won the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[12]
Published work
- Material Culture in Eretz Israel during the Talmudic Period, Vol. 1 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Bar-Ilan University Press, 1993.
- Minhagei Yisrael: Origins and History. Mossad Harav Kook, 1998–2007, 8 vol..
- Masekhet Derekh erets zuṭa u-Fereḳ ha-shalom (3rd Edition) [in Hebrew], 1994. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Magic and Folklore in Rabbinic Literature Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Bar-Ilan University Press, 1994. Template:ISBN
- Great is Peace, Jerusalem, 1979. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Roman Palestine 200-400: Money and Prices Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Bar-Ilan University Press, 1974; second edition with supplement 1991 . Template:ISBN
- [1] Script error: No such module "webarchive".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daniel Sperber (1978). Roman Palestine, 200-400, the land : crisis and change in agrarian society as reflected in rabbinic sources. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University. OCLC 5222104.
- [2] Script error: No such module "webarchive".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daniel Sperber (1984). A dictionary of Greek and Latin legal terms in Rabbinic Literature. Ramat-Gan, Israel: Bar-Ilan University Press. ISBN 965-226-050-9.
- Nautica Talmudica Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Bar-Ilan University Press and E.J. Brill, 1986. Template:ISBN
- A Commentary on Derech Eretz Zuta Script error: No such module "webarchive". Chapters 5-8, Bar-Ilan University Press, 1990. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sperber, Daniel (1998). The City in Roman Palestine. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-585-25475-3.
- Essays on Greek and Latin in the Mishna, Talmud and midrashic 1982
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David Sperber (1992). Re'ayot ha-Re'iyah : masot u-meḥḳarim be-torato shel ha-Rav Ḳuḳ. Yerushalayim: Bet ha-Rav. OCLC 34010082.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chana Sperber; Daniel Sperber; Jeffrey Allon (1995). Ten Best Jewish Children's Stories. New York: Pitspopany. ISBN 0-943706-58-0.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sperber, Daniel (1999). Why Jews Do What They Do. New York: Ktav Pub. House. ISBN 0-88125-604-8.
- Nautica in Talmudic Palestine. Mediterranean History Review, vol. 15, 2001
- Paralysis in Contemporary Halakhah? Tradition 36:3 (Fall 2002), 1-13.
- Tarbut Homrit Be'eretz Yisrael Beyemai Hatalmud (Material Culture in Eretz-Israel during the Talmudic Period Script error: No such module "webarchive".), Vol. 2, Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi & Bar Ilan University
- The Path of Halacha, Women Reading the Torah: A Case of Pesika Policy, Rubin Mass, Jerusalem, 2007 (Hebrew)
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daniel Sperber (2002). Resh Kalah u-mai ḥupah. Yerushalayim. OCLC 57331845.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Serber, Daniel (2010). On Changes in Jewish Liturgy: Options and Limitations. Jerusalem: Urim Publications. ISBN 978-965-524-040-5.
- The Jewish Life Cycle: Custom, Lore and Iconography—Jewish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave Script error: No such module "webarchive". (Oxford UP and Bar-Ilan UP, Aug. 2008)
- Why Jews Do What They Do: The History of Jewish Customs Throughout the Cycle of the Jewish Year by Daniel Sperber and Yaakov Elman, (KTAV, Jan 1999).
- Women and Men in Communal Prayer: Halakhic Perspectives by Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber, Rabbi Mendel Shapiro, Professor Eliav Shochetman and Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, (KTAV, 10 Mar 2010).
- Greek in Talmudic Palestine Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Bar-Ilan University Press, 2012.
- Contributor to the Talmud El Am on Kiddushin.
- The Paths of Daniel: Studies in Judaism and Jewish Culture in Honor of Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber Script error: No such module "webarchive". Edited By: Adam S. Ferziger, Bar-Ilan University Press, 2017.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Daniel Sperber". Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Udasin, Sharon (17 August 2010). "For Orthodox Lesbians, A Home Online". New York Jewish Week. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."To know a woman". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Author Page - Daniel Sperber - Bar-Ilan University Press- Bar-Ilan University Press". Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kraft, Frances (23 December 2011). "First Mainstream Canadian Seminary Opens Officially". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Roles for Orthodox women take leap forward with graduation of maharats - Jewish World Features". Haaretz.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Orthodox passover rebels do away with Ashkenazic ban on legumes - News". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Just don't call the rabbi "feminist" - Jewish World Features". Haaretz.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Women and Halacha Panel 14th June 2017". montefioreendowment.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1992 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 13 February 2010.
External links
- Erica and Ludwig Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies
- Sherman Lectures, University of Manchester, 2004
- Sperber, D., "Congregational Dignity and Human Dignity: Women and Public Torah Reading" Script error: No such module "webarchive". (pdf) Edah 3:2, 2002
- Bar-Ilan University Talmud Department
- Sperber, D. "'Friendly' Pesaq and the 'Friendly' Poseq" (pdf) Edah 5:2, 2006
- Daniel Sperber speaker information, Edah
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