From the Babylonian period to the twentieth century, strictly observant Jews have depended on a non-Jew, or shabbes goy to perform work that was forbidden on the Sabbath. The author traces the role of the shabbes goy through the centuries. Katz affords the shabbes goy the central role in this fascinating case study on the larger question of the adapatability of halakhah to the ever-changing circumstances of life.
- ISBN10 0827603207
- ISBN13 9780827603202
- Publish Date 1 January 1992 (first published 11 December 1989)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 16 April 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Jewish Publication Society
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 253
- Language English