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Rabbi Zeira – Forgetting the Teachings of Babylon
Rabbi Zeira – Forgetting the Teachings of BabylonBy Chaim KatzWe read in the Talmud (Baba Metziah 85a):R. Zeira, when he moved to the land of Israel, observed a hundred fasts to forget the teachings of...
View ArticleThe History and Dating of Onkelos
The History and Dating of OnkelosBy Israel DrazinThe Babylonian Talmud has the earliest report of the authorship and date of Targum Onkelos. It states that an individual named Onkelos composed the...
View Articleוְהָאֱמֶת וְהַשָּׁלוֹם אֱהָבוּ; On Changing the Immutable by Marc B. Shapiro
וְהָאֱמֶת וְהַשָּׁלוֹם אֱהָבוּ; On Changing the Immutable by Marc B. ShapiroBy Yitzchok StrohProfessor Marc Shapiro’s latest work, Changing the Immutable, contains considerable interesting and...
View ArticleReview of Dovid Bashevkin's Sefer Berogez Racheim Tizkor
By Rabbi Yitzchok OratzRabbi Yitzchok Oratz, a musmach of Beth Medrash Govoha, is the Rabbi and Director of theMonmouth Torah Links community in Marlboro, NJ.אהרן יצחק הלוי ארץכי הוא ידע יצרנו:הערות...
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ArtScroll and More
ArtScroll and Moreby Marc B. ShapiroContinued from here.1. As mentioned, I believe that on occasion ArtScroll is unaware that the text it is explaining is a censored text. Sometimes it might even be an...
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Lithuanian Government Announces Construction of a $25,000,000 Convention...
Lithuanian Government AnnouncesConstruction of a $25,000,000 Convention Centerin the Center of Vilna’s Oldest Jewish Cemeteryby Sid LeimanAccording to Russian statistics, Vilna had close to 200,000...
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על שיבושי הצנזורה שנמצאים בהדפסות החדשות של התלמוד
על שיבושי הצנזורה שנמצאים בהדפסות החדשות של התלמודהרב ברוך אבערלאנדעראב"ד הבד"צ דקהילות החרדים דבודאפעסטורב דקהילת חברה ש"ס – ליובאוויטשבהמשך לרשימה שהופיעה ב'ספרים-בלוג'אודות הצנזורה הנני מפרסם כאן...
View ArticleWhat Did the Willows Ever Do to Deserve Such a Beating? An Original...
What Did the Willows Ever Do to Deserve Such a Beating?An Original Explanation for a Perplexing CustomBy Steven Weiner Steven had the privilege and good fortune of learning from Rav Aharon Lichtenstein...
View ArticleThe Torah’s Jewish Sense of an Ending: A Yasher Koyach to Moses
The Torah’s Jewish Sense of an Ending: A Yasher Koyachto Mosesby James A. DiamondJames A. Diamond, Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Waterloo. He is currently a Fellow of...
View ArticleR. Yitchak Al-fasi’s Anti-Qaraite Legislative Activity
R. Yitchak Al-fasi’s Anti-Qaraite Legislative ActivityBy Tzvi H. AdamsR. Yitchak Al-fasi (1013 – 1103) lived in North Africa and Spain during the Golden Age of Qaraism. It is quite natural that we find...
View ArticleReview of James A. Diamond, “Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon”...
Review of James A. Diamond, “Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon” (2014)by Menachem KellnerMenachem Kellner is Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at Shalem College,...
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The Seforim Blog is proud to provide a platform for freewheeling debate in a productive spirit. We do not moderate comments, because there has been no need. While tongues sometimes get sharp, we...
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Announcement of new works of Rishonim
Announcement of new works of RishonimBy Eliezer Brodtמגנזי אירופה, כרך ראשון, ההדיר והוסיף מבואות: שמחה עמנואל, הוצאת מקיצי נרדמים, 512 עמודים.I am very happy to announce the publication of an...
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R. Zevin, R. Ovadia Yosef, Pras haRav Kook and a Minor Case of Censorship
R. Zevin, R. Ovadia Yosef, Pras haRav Kook and a Minor Case of Censorshipby Jacob D.At the end of R. Zevin's introduction to his Sofrim u-Sefarim [1] we read -In R. Zevin's footnote we see that one of...
View ArticleNachmanides Introduced the Notion that Targum Onkelos Contains Derash
Nachmanides Introduced the Notion that Targum Onkelos Contains DerashBy Israel Drazinwww.booksnthoughts.comPeople today read Targum Onkelos and search it for derash, halakhah, and homiletical...
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Rambam’s Response to the Inclusion of Chicken, Duck and Quail in Qaraite Cuisine
Rambam’s Response to the Inclusion of Chicken, Duck and Quail in Qaraite CuisineBy Tzvi H. AdamsIn “Waiting Six Hours for Dairy- A Rabbanite Response to Qaraism” (here) I posited that Rabbeinu Chananel...
View ArticleAvunculate Marriage in the Bible
Avunculate Marriage in the Bible By Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) KleinRabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew [available here]. His book is available...
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David Assaf - A Farewell to Eitam Henkin
A Farewell to Eitam Henkinby David AssafProfessor David Assaf is the Sir Isaac Wolfson Chair of Jewish Studies, the Chair of the Department of Jewish History, and the Director of the Institute for the...
View ArticleHot Tears For A Close Friend: Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D
Hot Tears For A Close Friend: Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”Dby Rabbi Yechiel Goldhabertranslated by Daniel TabakI shall never forget when I first met Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D three years ago. At the time I had...
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עקידת יצחק בראי הלכהמאת יחיאל גולדהברThere have been numerous articles and even entire books about the Akedah. Here is a new collection of material on the subject from Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber.הניצוץ...
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