by Rabbi Ephraim Halivni
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ניסוח הלכה בהשפעת ניסוחה של הלכה סמוכה?
This article published by Rabbi Ephraim Halivni in Optima studies instances where the formulation of a halakha is influenced by the formulation of an adjoining halakha, including an explanations of the different ways in which the formulation of one halakha can be influenced by that of an adjoining halakha. An English abstract of the article appears here.
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Ephraim Bezalel Halivni was born in New York in 1959. He has a BA from Columbia, 1981; an MA from the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1982; a Ph.d from Bar-Ilan University, 1992. He studied for a few years at Yeshivat Har Etzion and received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, 1993. He taught at the Institute for Traditional Judaism, 1994-1996. Since 1996 he has been working at the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Halivni has published the following books: