Tehumin Explained

Tehumin
Abbreviation:	Tehumin
Discipline:	Jewish law and modernity
Language:	Hebrew
Publisher:	Zomet Institute
Country:	Israel
History:	1980–present
Frequency:	Annual
Website:	https://www.books.zomet.org.il/

Tehumin (Hebrew: תחומין, Tehumin being an acronym for Torah Hevrah UMedINa (Hebrew: תורה חברה ומדינה), lit. Torah, Society and State) is a Hebrew-language annual journal of articles about Jewish law and Modernity.

History

Tehumin is published in Israel by the Zomet Institute. It has appeared every year since its creation in 1980. Selected articles From Tehumin have been translated into English and published as Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World.^[1]

The journal deals with:

• Shabbat and Jewish holiday^[2]
• Law and Justice^[3]
• Army and Security.^[4]
• Medicine and Medical ethics^[5]
• Marriage and Family law^[6]

External links

• An online database of Tehumin

Notes and References

1. http://library.ohio-state.edu/search?/Xtehumin&SORT=D&searchscope=7/Xtehumin&SORT=D&searchscope=7&SUBKEY=tehumin/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=Xtehumin&SORT=D&searchscope=7&1%2C1%2C# Tehumin
2. https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/tfila/frimer2.htm Women's Megilla Reading
3. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-115834108.html Advocacy and compassion in the Jewish tradition
4. http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/kiteze/zol.html Do Priests go to War?
5. http://www.telerom.co.il/szmc/index.asp?id=97&top=1&page_id=230 The Laws of Saving Lives: The Teachings of Rabbi S. Z. Auerbach
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20080829002451/http://www.law.emory.edu/fileadmin/faculty_documents/cv/broyde_cv.pdf Error in the Creation of Marriage