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On the Times Commonly Presented for Birkat HaL’vana: Part 2
By Avi Grossman
Continued from here
The Truth About The Beth Yosef’s Position
A while ago I received this from a disputant (I have not edited any of his writing):
In the Shulkhan Arukh (chapter 426 paragraph 3) it was ruled that one has to wait till seven days have passed, and the Rema did not override the halachik ruling … Read More...
Correction and Apology For an Earlier Post
A few months back we featured a fascinating two-part post about newly discovered documents from Rav Herzog’s Archive.
One of the discoveries of the post was a document about Meir Kahane written to Rav Herzog by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik in the summer of 1984 which was surprisingly supportive of Kahane.
A careful examination of the document by the family of Rabbi … Read More...
When Rav Kook Was the Kana’i (Zealot) and His Opponent the Melits Yosher (Advocate)[1]
By Bezalel Naor
In 1891, there appeared in Warsaw an anonymous work[2] entitled Hevesh Pe’er,[3] whose sole objective was to clarify for the masses the proper place on the head to don the tefillah shel rosh or head-phylactery. According to halakhah, the tefillah must be placed no lower than the hairline and … Read More...
Book Announcement: The Lost Library by Dan Rabinowitz
By Eliezer Brodt
Its with great pleasure that I announce the recent publication of an important work, that I am certain will be of great interest to readers of the Seforim Blog – The Lost Library by Dan Rabinowitz, founder and editor-in-chief of the Seforim Blog. This book is devoted to the legacy of the personal and expanded public library of Rabbi … Read More...
For a collection of posts on Purim see here. These deal with topics as diverse as Jewish humor and parodies, a series on the the origins of hamantaschen (and here and here), banging at the mention of Haman’s name, piyutim for Purim, mishcholot manot, identifying the personalities of Megliat Ester in secular sources, how to approach the story of Ester with children by the late Elliot … Read More...
A Short Note Regarding an Illustrated Title Page and A Possible Unicum
There are a series of books, Seder ha-haʻarakhah ve-haHanhagah, that record the tax law and taxes paid by the Mantuan community and were published in Mantua. [1] The taxes were calculated by communally elected assessment formulators. The taxes were used to support the entire communal infrastructure, including the administration of communal organizations and funds … Read More...
שלמה זאב פיק
מחבר ספר “אהבת שלמה”
הנשר הגדול
לקראת יום פטירתו של הרמב”ם בכ’ טבת, רציתי לברר מניין הביטוי “הנשר הגדול” ביחס לרמב”ם, מתי התחילו להשתמש בו, ואם כינוי זה מצוי רק ברמב”ם בלבד. אחרי שחקרתי את הנושא וכתבתי רשומות ידידי הרב ד”ר רועי ז’ק הפנה את תשומת לבי למאמרו של ד”ר מיכאל ריגלר, “‘הנשר הגדול’ – גלגולו של כינוי כבוד”, המעין, תמוז תשס”ו [מו, ד], עמ’ 68-73, שכבר … Read More...
Legacy Judaica will be holding its latest auction on April 4th. The auction includes a few lots regarding agunot and comprehensive attempts to annul marriages. In the early 20th century, especially in the aftermath of WWI, some tried to find global solutions to the massive agunah problem. To those books offering solutions were those who disputed the validity of those solutions. There is a lot of ten historic books … Read More...
The Lost Library by Dan Rabinowitz and the “Burial of Souls” by Yehuda Leib Katznelson: Different Expressions of the Same Sentiment
By Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD
Having just completed Dan Rabinowitz’s superb book, The Lost Library, about the Strashun Library in Vilna, I am reminded of a remarkable, little-known short story written by a man who lived during the creation of the famous Strashun Library. He, like Rabinowitz, laments … Read More...
Hebrew printing in Altdorf: A brief Christian-Hebraist Phenomenon
By Marvin J. Heller[1]
Altdorf is remembered in Jewish history, when it is recalled at all, for the small number of Hebrew, Hebrew/Latin books printed there, beginning in the seventeenth century. Our Altdorf (old village), Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Bavaria, is one of several communities so named, others elsewhere in Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, and even one Altdorf in the United States.[2] … Read More...
Book announcement: Special sale
By Eliezer Brodt
In this post I would like to briefly describe three new works printed by Schocken Institute, two of which were printed in the past year and the third is hot off the press – out just three days. For a short time, copies of these three works can be purchased through me for a special price. Contact me at Eliezerbrodt@gmail.com.
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