Tracing the History of Shavuos Night Learning
Tracing the History of Shavuos Night LearningBy Eliezer BrodtThis article will trace some of the earliest sources for the Minhag observed by many to stay up learning Torah throughout the entire night...
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Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 1 of 2): Giyus, Professor Lieberman and...
Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 1 of 2):Giyus, Professor Lieberman and MoreBy Yaacov SassonA tremendous resource that will be of great interest to Seforim Blog’s readers has been made available to...
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Approbations and Restrictions: Printing the Talmud in Eighteenth Century...
Approbations and Restrictions:Printing the Talmud in Eighteenth Century Amsterdam and Two Frankfurtsby Marvin J. HellerApprobations designed to protect the investment of printers and their sponsors...
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The First Artichoke Controversy of 2012
The First Artichoke Controversy of 2012By Leor JacobiRecently a kashrut controversy surrounding traditional Italian fried artichokes has received major media coverage in the New York Times and the...
View ArticleNew Book sale 2018 : Part One
New Book sale 2018 : Part OneBy Eliezer BrodtThis list consists of a few parts. Many of these titles are very hard to find. Some of the prices are better than others, but all in all I think they are...
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Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 2): Sanhedrin, Dateline, the Rav on...
Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 2):Sanhedrin, Dateline, the Rav on Kahane, and MoreBy Yaacov SassonThis post continues from Part 1, here.V Renewal of SanhedrinAnother important file in Rav...
View ArticleBook Week 2018
Book Week 2018By Eliezer BrodtBook week just began in Eretz Yisrael. As I have written in the past, every year in Israel, around Shavous time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah Hasefer...
View ArticleNew Book sale 2018 : Part Two
New Book sale 2018 : Part TwoBy Eliezer BrodtThis list consists of a few parts. All the books are brand new. Email your order to eliezerbrodt@gmail.com. I will than send you a bill based on what is...
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The Satmar Rebbe and a Censored Mishnah Berurah, and R. Baruch Rabinovich of...
The Satmar Rebbe and a Censored Mishnah Berurah, and R. Baruch Rabinovich of MunkácsMarc B. Shapiro1. In my recent interview in Der Veker, available here, I said that I hope to discuss how the Satmar...
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Another “Translation” by Artscroll, the Rogochover and the Radichkover
Another “Translation” by Artscroll, the Rogochover and the RadichkoverMarc B. Shapiro1. As I discuss in Changing the Immutable, sometimes a choice of translation serves as a means of censorship. In...
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Book announcement: Two books on Karlin-Stolin Chasidim
Book announcement: Two books on Karlin-Stolin ChasidimBy Eliezer Brodtבנימין בראון, כספינה מיטלטלת, חסידות קרלין בין עליות למשברים, 659 עמודים, מרכז זלמן שזרר'אברהם אביש שור, כתבים,פרקי תולדות ועיון...
View Articleמצות ישיבת ארץ ישראל
מצות ישיבת ארץ ישראלבצלאל נאורא]רבי אבא הוה קא משתמיט מיניה דרב יהודה, דהוה קא בעי למיסק לארעא דישראל, דאמר רב יהודה, כל העולה מבבל לארץ ישראל עובר בעשה, שנאמר "בבלה יובאו ושמה יהיו עד יום פקדי אותם...
View ArticleThe Ze’enah –Re’enah and its Author
The Ze’enah –Re’enahand its AuthorMorris M. Faierstein, Ph.D.It has traditionally assumed that Rabbi Jacob ben Isaac of Yanova was the author of the Ze’enah U-Re’enah. Every edition of the Ze’enah...
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Book Announcement
Book AnnouncementBy Eliezer Brodtספרות חז"ל הארץ-ישראלית, מבואות ומחקרים, המערכת מנחם כהנא, ורד נעם, מנחם קיסטר, דוד רוזנטל,ב'חלקים, 732 עמודים.I am very happy to announce the publication of an...
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New book announcement
New book announcementBy Eliezer Brodtיצחק לנדיס, ברכת העבודה בתפילת העמידה, עיונים בנוסחיה ובתולדותיה, 170 עמודיםThis recent work written by Yitz Landes, of the Talmud Blog looks rather impressive and...
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Genazym Auctions: Illustrations & the Friendship Between the Hazon Ish and R....
Genazym Auction: Illustrations and the Friendship between the Hazon Ish and R. ZevinThe auction house, Genazym, is holding its third auction (the catalog is available here) this week Thursday, August...
View ArticleA Conversation With Professor Marcin Wodziński on Hasidism
A Conversation With Professor Marcin Wodziński on HasidismBy Rabbi Yitzchok FrankfurterThis article appeared in Ami Magazine July 11, 2018/ 28 Tamuz 5778 and is reprinted here with permission.This is...
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New Book Announcement: Ginzei Chag HaSuccos
New Book Announcement: Ginzei Chag HaSuccosBy Eliezer Brodtגנזי חג הסוכות| אסופת גנזים מתורתם של ראשונים בענייני חג הסוכות היוצאים לאור לראשונה מכתבי-יד עם מבואות, ביאורים והערות, עיונים ומפתחות,...
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A Compromise in Halacha - On Menachot 33a
A Compromise in Halacha - On Menachot 33aBy Eli GenauerA common D’var Torah delivered at a wedding goes something like this: “Dear Chatan and Kallah. You are standing beneath a Chupah which is...
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