The Festivals in Halachah: An Analysis of the Development of the Festival Laws, Vol. 1

by Shlomo Yosef Zevin, Shlomo Fox-Ashrei (Translator), Uri Kaploun (Editor)

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos, Yom Tov

Genres: Jewish

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin zt”l was born on Hanukkah 1888, in the city of Kazimirov, in the Minsk region of Belarus.

After his father’s death, Rabbi Zevin was appointed to take his place in the city of Kazimirov, despite the fact that he was only seventeen years old at the time. From 1905-1935 he served in the rabbinates of Kazimirov, Klimon, Mglin, and Novozybkov. In all these places he taught Torah while also performing many acts of kindness and enhancing religious education, for which he was greatly admired and beloved by the public.

In 1919, with the establishment of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, the rabbi was appointed as a member of the Ukrainian parliament. In 1919 he joined the Jewish Council of Ukraine, and in 1920 became a member and officer of the parent body of Jewish communities in Ukraine. In 1935 Rabbi Zevin left the Soviet Union and arrived in Israel where he settled in Tel Aviv.