Nahum Rakover

Nahum Rakover (Hebrew: נחום רקובר b. 13 November 1932), professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University, is a former Deputy Attorney General in Israel,

Rakover is a leading researcher in the area of applying traditional Jewish rabbinic law to Israel’s state legal system.

He is a prolific author on Jewish law and associated with the Mishpat Ivri movement, and is the author of over 30 books and 200 articles. In addition to important monographs, he has compiled several bibliographies on the use of Jewish law in Israeli judicial opinions, legislative deliberations, and scholarship.

Awards

Rakover's work has won him numerous awards, including:

• In 2002, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish thought.
• In 2010, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award from the city of Jerusalem.

Selected written works

• Law and the Noahides: law as a universal value
• Guide to the Sources of Jewish Law
• Multi-Language Bibliography of Jewish Law
• Commerce in Jewish Law (HaMischar b'Mishpat HaIvri)
• Copyright in Jewish Law (Zchut HaYotzrim baMekorot haYehudiyim)
• The Rule of Law in the Jewish Sources (Shilton haChok b'Yisrael)
• Unjust Enrichment in Jewish Law (Osher v'Lo b'Mishpat)
• Human Dignity in Jewish Law (Gadol Kvod haBriot)
• Ends that Justify the Means (Matara haMekadesheket et haEmtzaim)
• Sacrificing One to Save Many (Mesirut Nefesh - Hakravat haYahid l'Hatzalat haKlal)
• Environment and Judaism, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (Eichut haSeviva)

Rakover also was the editor of the following works:

• Jewish Law in the Israeli Courts (HaMishpat HaIvri b'Psikat Batei HaMishpat b'Yisrael) 2 volumes. (English translation published as: Modern Applications of Jewish Law; Resolution of Contemporary Problems According to Jewish Sources in Israeli Courts)
• Jewish Law in the Debates of the Knesset (HaMishpat HaIvri b'Chakikat HaKneset) 2 volumes.
• Jewish Law and Current Legal Problems, Jerusalem: The Library of Jewish Law

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients