God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presence in a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua Heschel
God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presencein a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua HeschelAriel Evan Mayse joined the faculty of Stanford University in 2017 as an assistant professor in the Department of Religious...
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Artwork and Images in Synagogues By: Eliezer BrodtThis article originally appeared in the Hebrew Kulmos magazine of Mishpacha, Shavous 2017. I hope to return to this subject in the future.מה דמות...
View ArticleKickstarter Book Announcement: the Collected Writings of Moshe Reines
The Collected Writings of Moshe Reines KickstarterMoshe Reines was a polymath: Talmudist, Hebraist, historian, investigative reporter, social commentator - a prolific and influential thinker, writer,...
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Towards a Bibliography About Realia and Chumash, specifically related to the...
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View ArticleTorah Reading for Zochor and Parah
Torah Reading for Zochor and ParahBy Eliezer BrodtThe following is a chapter of my PHD dissertation related to the upcoming Torah Reading for Zochor and Parahקריאת פרשת זכור ופרשת פרה דאורייתא*מאת...
View ArticleThe Origins of Hamentashen from the Evidence of Jewish Literature: A...
The Origins of Hamentashen From the Evidence of Jewish Literature: A Historical-Culinary Survey Revisited (yet again)By: Eliezer BrodtEleven years ago I wrote about the origins of Hamentashen in Jewish...
View ArticleLegacy Judaica Auction March 6th: A Sampling of Forgeries and other Eclectic...
Legacy Judaica's next auction will occur on March 6, 2018. The 220 lots include very rare books such as the first edition of the Yerushalmi and a letter from R. Tzvi Ashkenazi (Hakham Tzvi) (the...
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New Sefer Announcement: The Collected Writings of R’ Moshe Reines
New Sefer Announcementby Eliezer BrodtIt is with great pleasure that I announce a sefer that I just printed, The Collected Writings of R’ Moshe Reines.ר'משה ריינס מבחר כתבים, אוסף חיבוריו מאמרים...
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Rare Letters, Controversial & Valuable Hasidic Books - at Genazym Auction
Genazym Auction is holding a sale on March 21st that includes many important letters and manuscripts and a small number of books. Many of the books are Hasidic or owned by well-known Hasidic figures....
View ArticleBirchas Ha-ilanos in Nissan
Birchas Ha-ilanos in Nissan By Eliezer Brodt The Following article originally appeared in Yeshurn 32 (2015) [Eventually it will be updated]. For another part of this series see here. הלכות ברכת...
View Articleכעומד לפני השכינה בשעת ער לערנט: Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein on the Divide...
כעומד לפני השכינה בשעת ער לערנט:Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein on the Divide Between Traditional and Academic Jewish Studies By Shaul Seidler-FellerShaul Seidler-Feller strives to be a posheter yid(link)...
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The 1526 Prague Haggadah and its Illustrations
The 1526 Prague Haggadah and its IllustrationsBy ELIEZER BRODTThis piece was originally printed in Ami Magazine's Kunteres 9 Nisan 5777 - April 5, 2017The topic perhaps most written about in Jewish...
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Jews, Baseball, and The Yiddish Press
Jews, Baseball, and The Yiddish PressBy Eddy PortnoyDr. Eddy Portnoy is Senior Researcher and Director of Exhibitions at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. He is the author of the...
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Passover with Apostates: A Concert in Spain and a Seder in the Middle of the...
Passover with Apostates:A Concert in Spain and a Seder in the Middle of the OceanBy Eliezer WieselForverts (22 April 1957) [Yiddish][Translated into English by Shaul Seidler-Feller (2018)]If someone...
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Some Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2018
Some Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2018By Eliezer BrodtFor over thirty years, starting on Isru Chag of Pesach, Mossad HaRav Kook publishing house has made a big sale on all of their...
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The Humble Artichoke
The New York Times recently discussed a novel ruling of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. The Rabbanut held that artichokes fall into the category of prohibited foods. This is not because they are listed...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Humble Artichoke in Ancient Jewish Sources
The Not-So-Humble Artichoke in Ancient Jewish SourcesSusan WeingartenSusan Weingarten is an archaeologist and food historian living in Jerusalem. This is an adapted extract from her paper 'The Rabbi...
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New Book Announcement: Some New Works by Professor Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel
New Book Announcement: Some New Works by Professor Yaakov Shmuel SpiegelBy Eliezer Brodtעמודים בתולדות הספר העברי, הדר המחבר, 521 עמודיםוישמע קולי, 385 עמודיםI am very happy to announce the recent...
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Augsburg and its Printers
Augsburg and its Printers: Printer of the Tur in Ashkenaz: Fragments Censored at the Beinecke's Augsburg MahzorBy Chaim MeiselmanChaim Meiselman catalogs rare books for the Joseph Meyerhoff Collection,...
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