How Jewish Laws and Customs Develop Over Time: A Fascinating Explanation by Rabbi Edward M. Gershfield

How have Jewish laws developed over the last 1,000 years? How do Jewish laws develop differently than those in other legal systems? How do Jewish customs relate to Jewish laws? When do Jewish customs take on the force of law? How do Jewish customs start and how do they stop? Is there such a thing as a good custom or a bad custom?

These questions are considered and answered in this very approachable book based on a lecture given by the late Rabbi Edward M. Gershfield in the early 1970's. Many...