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Chaim Saiman

Chaim Saiman is the chair in Jewish law at the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University and the author of Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law (Princeton 2018).

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  1. Response ·

    Keeping Kosher in the Age of AI

    By Chaim Saiman

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Keeping Kosher in the Age of AI
  2. Response ·

    The Zoom-Seder Ruling Reveals New Fractures and Coalitions in the World of Jewish Orthodoxy

    By Chaim Saiman

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Zoom-Seder Ruling Reveals New Fractures and Coalitions in the World of Jewish Orthodoxy
  3. Monthly Essay ·

    In Rejecting the Zoom Seder, What Did Orthodox Jews Affirm?

    By Chaim Saiman

    What the headline-making rabbinic showdown over online seders reveals about Jewish law and its limits.

    In Rejecting the Zoom Seder, What Did Orthodox Jews Affirm?
  4. Observation ·

    What Happens in Heaven? Study. Of What? Jewish Law.

    By Chaim Saiman

    "In heaven there will be no law," an American legal giant once wrote. For Jews, it's exactly the opposite.

    What Happens in Heaven? Study. Of What? Jewish Law.
  5. Response ·

    The Paths Not Taken

    By Chaim Saiman

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Paths Not Taken