Laws of Ishut from Sefer Nidchei Yisrael

The English translation of the relational laws between men and women appearing in Sefer Nidchei Yisrael authored by the Chafetz Chayim in Hebrew

ISBN: 978-1-7923-3919-6
By: Chafetz Chayim, Chofetz Chaim

ABOUT THE BOOK

Sefer Nidchei Yisrael (Israel dispersed) was published in 1893 in Hebrew by the Chafetz Chayim as a 45-chapter guide to the Torah's laws of everyday life (Orach Chayim) composed specifically for Jews emigrating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to other countries where Torah life had not yet been established. Nine of these chapters - twenty percent of the book - are devoted to the laws of relationships between men and women - the Laws of Ishut - as because of the importance of these laws it is the single most-discussed topic in the book.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chofetz Chaim Chafetz Chayim

The Chafetz Chayim was the pre-eminent Rabbi of the Jewish people in his generation, authoring dozens of books of Torah law and advocating for European Jewry to the heads of Europe's governments. He passed away at age 94 in 1933, in the city where he lived in Radin which is now in the country of Belarus.