Studies in Halakhah and Rabbinic History Professor Yoel Elitzur and Shavuot in Nusah Ashkenaz

and Shavuot in Nusah Ashkenaz

To Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz

the extraordinary prophet and miracle maker

a leading expert in the fields of Bible and Talmud

and the constraints of their time and place

Studies in Halakhah and Rabbinic History Professor Yoel Elitzur and Shavuot in Nusah AshkenazBy the time of his death at age 31, Rabbi Eitam Henkin Hyd had authored over fifty articles and four books. The scion of an illustrious rabbinic dynasty, he was acclaimed for both his halakhic writings and his mastery of the byways of the rabbinic world of the 19th and 20th centuries. Those who grasped his gifts forecast for him a future as a rabbinic luminary. Rabbi Eitam Henkin and his wife, Naama Hyd, were murdered by terrorists who attacked their