The Kabbalah of Relation by Rabbi Bezalel Naor book review
Book Review[1]by Dovid SearsBezalel Naor, The Kabbalah of Relation (Spring Valley, NY: Orot, 2012)Before discussing Rabbi Naor’s new book, I must say that anything with his name on the cover should be...
View ArticleIdentifying Achashverosh and Esther in Secular Sources
Identifying Achashverosh and Esther in Secular Sources By Mitchell First This article is a summary of a longer article to appear in Essays for a Jewish Lifetime: The Burton D. Morris Jubilee Volume,...
View ArticleTalmudic Humor and Its Discontents
Talmudic Humor and Its Discontentsby Ezra BrandIn honor of Purim, I’d like to discuss a few aspects of humor in the Talmud[1]. But first, a short overview of topic of Jewish humor in general. A lot has...
View ArticleNew seforim, books and some random comments
New seforim, books and some random comments[Updated]By: Eliezer BrodtHere is a list of some new seforim and books printed in the past few months. 1. מערכת האלקות כולל פירוש מנחת יהודה להר' יהודה...
View ArticleTwo New Seforim for sale
Two New Seforim for sale1By: Eliezer BrodtIt is with great pleasure that I announce two seforim I have just printed:כוסו של אליהו הנביא, נפתולי מנהג בהתרקמותו, ר' יהודה אבידע זצ"ל, נדפס לראשונה...
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Torah mi-Sinai and More
Torah mi-Sinai and Moreby Marc B. Shapiro1. Some people have requested that I do more posts on theological matters, as I have done in the past. So let me begin with what I think will be a three-part...
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A Few Comments Regarding The First Woodcut Border Accompanying The Prague...
A Few Comments Regarding The First Woodcut Border Accompanying The Prague 1526 HaggadahThe Prague 1526 edition of the Haggadah is one of the most important illustrated haggadot ever published. It is...
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The Cup for the Visitor: What lies behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu?
The Cup for the Visitor: What lies behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu?By: Eliezer Brodt In this post I would like to deal with tracing the early sources for the Kos Shel Eliyahu. A version of this article was...
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Borders, Breasts, and Bibliography
Borders, Breasts, and BibliographyBy Elliott HorowitzDan Rabinowitz has provided us which a characteristically learned pre-Passover post on the Prague 1526 Haggadah, specifically concerning the...
View ArticleIsrael ben Shabtai [Hapstein]. ‘Avodat Yisrael - Book review by Bezalel Naor
Israel ben Shabtai [Hapstein]. ‘Avodat Yisrael (B’nei Berak: Pe’er mi-Kedoshim, 5773 / 2013). 66, 738 pages. Reviewed by Bezalel Naor Rabbi Israel ben Shabtai Hapstein, the Maggid of Kozienice (or more...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Special shiur by Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber
The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a shiur that will be taking place Thursday night [8 Iyaar; 18th April] at 9PM. The shiur will be given by the noted author Rav Yechiel Goldhaber of...
View Article‘Masa’ot Yerushalayim’ and the ‘Sabba Kaddisha’ R. Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari
‘Masa’ot Yerushalayim’ and the ‘Sabba Kaddisha’ R. Shlomo Eliezer AlfandariBy: Moshe MaimonOne of the greatest and most unique Torah scholars, Sephardic or otherwise, of the past 100 years was R....
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Rav Kook’s Missing Student
Rav Kook’s Missing Student[1]by Bezalel NaorRecent years have seen a breakthrough regarding the elusive identity of “Monsieur Chouchani,” the mysterious vagabond who in the capacity of mentor, exerted...
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Deciphering the Talmud: The First English Edition of the Talmud Revisited....
In honor of the publication of Marvin J. Heller’s new book, Further Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book (Leiden, 2013), the Seforim Blog is happy to present this abridgment of chapter 13....
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Partnership Minyanim and More
Partnership Minyanim and MoreMarc B. Shapiro1. A few people have wanted me to comment on the recent debate between Rabbis Barry Freundel and Zev Farber about the so-called Partnership Minyanim in which...
View ArticleBook week 2013
Book week 2013By: Eliezer BrodtBook week just began in Eretz Yisrael. As I have written in previous years every year in Israel, around Shavous time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah...
View ArticleThe Kabbalat Shabbat Memorandum by Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
The Kabbalat Shabbat Memorandum Sivan 5773by Rabbi Prof. Daniel SperberThe recent rather acrid debate on women leading the Kabbalat Shabbat service appeared, at first, to be primarily a halachic...
View ArticleSummer of 2013 Book Sale
Summer of 2013 Book Sale By Eliezer BrodtThis list consists of a few parts. Part one is composed of seforim and books printed by the Iggud. The rest of the list is composed of seforim and books which I...
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ביקורת ספרים: מסורת התורה שבעל פה, הרב פרופ' שלמה זלמן הבלין
ביקורת ספרים: מסורת התורה שבעל פה, הרב פרופ' שלמה זלמן הבליןמאת: רב צעירהספר "מסורת התורה שבעל פה – יסודותיה, עקרונותיה והגדרותיה" שהוציא לאור לפני כשנה הרב פרופ' שלמה זלמן הבלין, בהוצאת מכללת...
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Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet
Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on KoheletbyMarc B. Shapiro1. A story recently appeared alleging plagiarism in the writings of R. Yonah Metzger.[1] Such accusations are nothing new and the...
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