An Unpublished 1966 Memorandum from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Answers Questions on...
An Unpublished 1966 Memorandum from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Answers Questions on Jewish Theology Marc B. Shapiro and Menachem Butler Professor Marc B. Shapiro holds the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Chair in...
View ArticleAbraham Menahem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) Ashkenazi: A...
Abraham Menahem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) Ashkenazi: A Renaissance Rabbi of Interest[1] by Marvin J. Heller R. Abraham Menahem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) is a...
View ArticleThe “Doctored” Medical Diploma of Samuel, the Son of Menasseh Ben Israel:...
The “Doctored” Medical Diploma of Samuel, the Son of Menasseh Ben Israel:[1] Forgery or “For Jewry”? Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD Menasseh ben Israel is a prominent figure in Jewish history known for his...
View ArticleHirschian Humanism After the Holocaust: An Analysis of the Approach of Rabbi...
Hirschian Humanism After the Holocaust: An Analysis of the Approach of Rabbi Shimon Schwab By Rabbi Shmuel Lesher Rabbi Shmuel Lesher is a Machon Beren Kollel fellow at RIETS / Yeshiva University....
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Book Announcement: New Work on the Kabbalah of the Ramban
Book Announcement: New Work on the Kabbalah of the Ramban By Eliezer Brodt פירושי וחיבורי תלמידי הרשב“א על קבלת הרמב“ן, תש“ט עמודים, מוסד הרב קוק One of the most important classical commentaries on the...
View ArticleResponse to Criticism Part 4; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and the Hazon Ish
Response to Criticism Part 4; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and the Hazon Ish Marc B. Shapiro Continued from here. 1. In Limits,p. 14 n. 55, I write I should call attention to a significant philosophical and...
View ArticleR. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, views...
Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, Views of Women, and More Marc B. Shapiro 1. In an earlier post I wrote about R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and the famous essay about how...
View ArticleLegacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction
Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction By Dan Rabinowitz and Eliezer Brodt Legacy Auction Judaica is holding its Spring auction on May 30th (link) and it provides us the opportunity to discuss some...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Ayelet Ha-Shaḥar at Tehillim 22:1
The Meaning of Ayelet Ha-Shaḥar at Tehillim 22:1 By Mitchell First MFirstAtty@aol.com The phrase השׁחר אילת is found at Tehillim 22:1. The entire verse reads: “la-menatzeaḥ al ayelet ha-shaḥar mizmor...
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Book Announcement: New edition of the Seder Hadorot
Book Announcement: New edition of the Seder Hadorot By Eliezer Brodt ר’ יחיאל היילפרין, סדר הדורות, מאנסי תשפא, חלק שני: סדר התנאים והאמוראים, ב’ חלקים, [אות א, 820 עמ’\ אותיות ב-ט, 717 עמ’] This...
View ArticleBook Week 2021
Book Week 2021 By Eliezer Brodt Book week just began in Eretz Yisrael. Continuing with my now fourteenth year tradition, every year in Israel, around Shavuos time, there is a period of about ten days...
View ArticleBook Week Sale 2021
Book Week Sale 2021 By Eliezer Brodt This Book list of over four Hundred titles, from many different companies. I have attempted to put them in some sort of categories to make it easier to use. Most of...
View ArticleAn Illustrated Life of an Illustrious Renaissance Jew Rabbi Doctor Shimshon...
An Illustrated Life of an Illustrious Renaissance Jew Rabbi Doctor Shimshon Morpurgo (1681-1740) By Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD Shimshon (AKA Samson or Sanson) Morpurgo is a classic Italian Renaissance...
View ArticleRav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius
Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius By Eliezer Brodt This Monday night is the first yahrzeit marking the passing of a unique Talmid Chacham, R’ Shmuel Ashkenazi of Yerushalayim, at the age of...
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Sukkah 4a “What’s Wrong with This Picture?”
Sukkah 4a “What’s Wrong with This Picture?” By Eli Genauer This post is is l’zecher nishmas my uncle and rebbe, Rabbi Sam Genauer ZT”L whose yahrtzeit is the second day of Av. Rabbi Genauer was a...
View ArticleZafenat Pane’ah—A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books
Zafenat Pane’ah—A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books by Marvin J. Heller[1] Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zafenat Pane’ah and he gave him Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, chief of On, for a...
View ArticleWhich Direction is North?, Geographical Mistakes, and our Woke Universities
Which Direction is North?, Geographical Mistakes, and our Woke Universities Marc B. Shapiro 1. Numbers 34:15 states: “Two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance on the side of the Jordan by...
View ArticleIn Praise of the Soncino Talmud
In Praise of the Soncino Talmud By David S Farkas* Not long ago one of our local schools hosted a Giveaway day in its library, making many of the older seforim in its considerable collection free to a...
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Book Announcement: Mitchell First’s, “Links to Our Legacy: Insights into...
Book Announcement: Links to Our Legacy: Insights into Hebrew, History, and Liturgy by Mitchell First By Eliezer Brodt The Seforim Blog is proud to announce the publication of our frequent contributor...
View ArticleDaf HaYomi: Seforim on Masseches Rosh Hashanah
Daf HaYomi: Seforim on Masseches Rosh Hashanah By Eliezer Brodt Daf HaYomi just started learning Masseches Rosh Hashanah this week. This past Monday evening I had a conversation with Rabbi Moshe Schwed...
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