Menachem Elon was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in Mishpat Ivri, an Orthodox rabbi, and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law . He was the head of the Jewish Law Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Elon served as a justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1977–1993, and as its Deputy President from 1988–1993. In 1983, he was a candidate for the President of the State of Israel. Wikipedia
see: Menachem Elon, English translation of Jewish Law : History, Sources, Principles / Jewish Publication Society, 1994
“The body of the legal system needs a soul and sometimes even an additional soul”
see: Neshama yeterah ba-mishpaṭ / Mozaiḳah, 2003
