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A Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life
21st-century English book by Dr. Deena Zimmerman on the laws that govern Jewish marital life
Care of the Critically Ill
20th-century translations of Rav Moshe Feinstein’s responsa on care of the critically ill.

Contemporary Halakhic Problems

20th and 21st-century multi-volume book of halakhic reasoning on modern issues.
From Sinai to Ethiopia
21st-century work exploring the history, customs, and law of Ethiopian Jewry (Beta Israel).

Gray Matter

21st-century multi-volume book of articles about contemporary halakhic questions.
HaHalakhah; Kochah VeTafkidah
On the role of halakhah in contemporary times, addressing the relationship between eternal halakhah and changing realities

Peninei Halakhah

21st-century multi-volume, easily accessible, and thorough presentation of practical halakhah.
Berakhot
Blessings
Days of Awe
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Family
Family Purity
Festivals
Kashrut
Dietary laws
Likkutim I
Assorterd laws
Likkutim II
Assorterd laws
Pesach
Festival of Passover
Prayer
Shabbat
Shemitah and Yovel
The 7th and 50th years of the Jewish agriculutral cycle
Simchat Habayit U'Virkhato
Marriage, sexuality, and procreation
Sukkot
Festivle of Tabernacles
The Nation and the Land
Laws relating to the land of Israel
Women's Prayer
Zemanim
Minor holidays, like Chanukah, Purim, and Yom Ha'atzmaut.

Rabbinic Authority Series

21st-century work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority and Jewish courts of law.
Rabbinic Authority I
Contemporary work about the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority and the workings of Jewish courts.
Rabbinic Authority II
On the legal identity of an investment broker, the propriety of a civil will, domestic violence, and the role of a rabbinical advocate in the court process.
Rabbinic Authority III
On Jewish divorce, focusing on the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband’s recalcitrance.
Rabbinic Authority IV
Family, children's welfare, and the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband’s recalcitrance.
Rabbinic Authority V
On utilizing the technique of the double halakhic doubt (“sefek sefeika de’dina”) as a vehicle to void a marriage where necessary.
Shaleach Teshalach
21st-century work on the commandment to send away a mother bird before taking her young or her eggs.
Tenai BeNissuin Uveget
20th-century effort to propose halakhic solutions to the plight of women chained to dead marriages, by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Berkovits
Torat HaHiggayon BaHalakhah
20th-century analysis of talmudic and halakhic concepts through the lens of logic by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Berkovits

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