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Contents
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Introduction
i; Torot
ii; Edot
22 Prohibition of Work and Eating on Yom Kippur and Prohibition of Work on Rosh Hashanah
23 Prohibition of Work on Pesach, Shavuoth, Sukkoth, Shemini Atzereth
26 The Prohibition Against the Enjoyment, Use and Possession of Chametz and the Commandment to Remove Chametz
iii; Mishpatim
46 Respect for Human Property; Prohibition of Stealing, Robbery, Withholding [Possessions]
55 Cursing
iv; Chukim
59 Otho Ve'eth Beno
63 Regarding the Body as the Instrument of the Spirit Exclusively Consecrated to God
v; Mitzvot
82 Gittin
87 The Agricultural Worker's Right in Relation to the Produce on which He Labours
89 Vengeance
vi; Avodah
110 Piyutim
113 Language
About This Text
Author: Samson Raphael Hirsch
Composed: Oldenburg, Germany, 1835 CE
Horeb: Essays on Israel’s Duties in the Diaspora is a 19th-century work of Jewish philosophy and practice, written by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch as part of his effort to preserve traditional Judaism, especially among intellectual youth. The work divides Jewish law into six categories, based on the author’s unique classification, and discusses their details and underlying meanings. It was first translated from the original German into Hebrew in 1893 and then into English in 1962.