Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn – A Multi-faceted Erudite Scholar
Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn – A Multi-faceted Erudite Scholar By Marvin J. Heller[1] Jewish history and literature is replete with individuals of stature, men of repute, leaders in their generation,...
View ArticleDaf Yomi: Seforim on Chagigah
Daf Yomi: Seforim on Chagigah By Eliezer Brodt Daf Yomi just began learning Masseches Chagigah. Earlier this week I had a conversation with Rabbi Moshe Schwed of All Daf. The purpose of the...
View ArticleThe Image of the Menorah in the Early Printed Hebrew Book
The Image of the Menorah in the Early Printed Hebrew Book By Dan Rabinowitz The menorah is one of the most recognizable Jewish symbols. Today it has been adopted by the State of Israel as her official...
View ArticleArmin Wilkowitch about Shabbes Shekolim in his youth in Russia
Armin Wilkowitch about Shabbes Shekolim in his youth in Russia by Gabriel Wasserman and Phillip Minden Shabbes Shekolim (Shabbat Sheqalim) is the first of the four special Sabbaths in or near the month...
View ArticleBook Announcements: Five recent works
Book Announcements: Five recent works By Eliezer Brodt This post serves a dual purpose; first, to describe some new, very interesting seforim and thereby making the Seforim Blog readership aware of...
View ArticleAppreciations of Gedolei Yisroel
Appreciations of Gedolei Yisroel By Avraham Willner From conversation with Harav Shmaryahu Shulman zt’l. Rav in Jersey City and Norwich Ct. Member of the Agudas Harabbonim. Author of Be’er Sarim, Ohr...
View ArticleTorah Genius, Infallibility and Augmented Intelligence
Torah Genius, Infallibility and Augmented Intelligence by Avinoam Fraenkel For details of Avinoam Fraenkel’s new book, Shomer Emunim: The Introduction to Kabbalah, and his previous two-volume Nefesh...
View ArticleDaf Yomi: Seforim on Yevomos and R’ Eliyhau Gutmacher
Daf Yomi: Seforim on Yevamos and R’ Eliyhau Gutmacher By Eliezer Brodt Daf Yomi just began Yevomos Masseches. This week I had a conversation with Rabbi Moshe Schwed of All Daf. The purpose of the...
View ArticleTalmud Batra, R. Yudel Rosenberg, R. Mordechai Elefant, and Sexual
Talmud Batra, R. Yudel Rosenberg, R. Mordechai Elefant, and Sexual Abuse Marc B. Shapiro 1. Recently an amazing book was published. It is called Talmud Batra Uktzin and is authored by Rabbi Yisrael...
View ArticleReview of Mavericks, Mystics, & False Messiahs: Episodes from the Margins of...
Mavericks, Mystics, & False Messiahs: Episodes from the Margins of Jewish History by Rabbi Pini Dunner (Toby Press, 2018) Reviewed by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein The first chapter of this book sets...
View ArticleGuide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part I
Guide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part I By Ezra Brand Ezra Brand is an independent researcher based in Tel Aviv. He has an MA from Revel Graduate School at Yeshiva University in Medieval...
View ArticleNew Seforim Lists & Book Sale
New Seforim Lists & Book Sale By Eliezer Brodt This is a new series which I hope to post monthly. The post (and series) hopes to serve a few purposes. It has a list of about one hundred items. The...
View ArticleThe Recently Published Photographs of Rav Yisrael Salanter: Real or Imaginary?
The Recently Published Photographs of Rav Yisrael Salanter: Real or Imaginary? By Shnayer Leiman As early as 2006, and continuing through 2022, a flurry of photographs, purporting to bear the likeness...
View ArticleSome Notes on Verifying the Authenticity of the Alleged Rav Yisrael Salanter...
Some Notes on Verifying the Authenticity of the Alleged Rav Yisrael Salanter Photographs By Shnayer Leiman There are some who claim that the photographs of R. Yisrael Salanter’s sons can be used for...
View ArticleKitniyot and Mechirat Chametz: Paradoxical Approaches to the Chametz Prohibition
“Contemporary Rabbis don’t bother to interrogate the sources of law and custom; instead, their purpose is to traffic in chumrot and create new prohibitions. They are unable to appreciate their...
View ArticleLectures on Hagadah Shel Pesach and about Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZTZ”L’s...
Lectures on Hagadah Shel Pesach and about Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZTZ”l’s Seforim By Eliezer Brodt Earlier this week I had a conversation with Rabbi Moshe Schwed of All Daf, about the Hagadah....
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Eruv Tavshilin: A Scribal Error or Deliberate Reformation?
Eruv Tavshilin: A Scribal Error or Deliberate Reformation? by: Dan Rabinowitz The Washington Haggadah was written by the scribe Joel ben Simon, and is currently housed at the Library of Congress in...
View ArticleNew Seforim lists, Seforim sale, Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale.
New seforim lists, Seforim sale, Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale. By Eliezer Brodt This is a the second in a new series which I hope to post monthly. The post (and series) hopes to serve a few...
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Legacy Judaica: Astrological Title Pages, R. Hutner, and Other Items of Note
Legacy Judaica‘s Spring auction is on May 8, 2022. The catalog includes some especially rare first editions, Siddur ha-Shelah, (no. 119), Mesilat Yesharim (no. 45), a volume of the Bomberg edition of...
View ArticleGuide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part II
Guide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part II By Ezra Brand Ezra Brand is an independent researcher based in Tel Aviv. He has an MA from Revel Graduate School at Yeshiva University in Medieval...
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