How Jews of Yesteryear Celebrated Graduation from Medical School:...
How Jews of Yesteryear Celebrated Graduation from Medical School: Congratulatory Poems for Jewish Medical Graduates in the 17th and 18th Centuries: An Unrecognized Genre Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD...
View ArticlePsalms 117:1-2: Why Are the Goyim Praising God?
Psalms 117:1-2: Why Are the Goyim Praising God?[1] By Mitchell First MFirstAtty@aol.com In Hallel, has only two verses: 1) Praise Hashem all goyim; Laud him all the umim. 2) For his ḥesed is great[2]...
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Book week 2022 By Eliezer Brodt Book week just began in Eretz Yisrael. Continuing with my now fifteenth year tradition B”h, every year in Israel, around Shavuos time, there is a period of about ten...
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Book Week Sale 2022 By Eliezer Brodt This Book list of one Hundred twenty-five titles, is a collection from many different companies. Most of these titles were printed in the past few years and are not...
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Tarnopol: A short-lived early 19th century Hebrew press
Tarnopol: A short-lived early 19th century Hebrew press by Marvin J. Heller[1] The blossoms have appeared in the land, The time of your song has arrived, and the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our...
View ArticleGuide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part III
Guide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part III 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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Rashi BaMidbar 22:9- “Taut Sofrim” or “Agadot Chalukot?”
Rashi BaMidbar 22:9- “Taut Sofrim” or “Agadot Chalukot?” By Eli Genauer Summary: Here we find polar opposite approaches to a Stirah in Rashi’s commentary to the Torah. One approach maintains that Rashi...
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New book Announcement
New book Announcement After being out of print for several years, a new edition of Rav Yehuda Herzl Henkin z”l’s Shu”t Bnei Banim Vol. 1 was just published. The volume remains as relevant, original,...
View ArticleThe Etymology of “Onah”
The Etymology of “Onah” by Mitchell First (MFirstAtty@aol.com) I thought it would be useful if everyone would have a better understanding of how the root ענה, occurring at Exodus 21:10 in the form...
View ArticleNew Books & Book sale 2023
New Books & Book sale 2023 By Eliezer Brodt The post hopes to serve a few purposes. The first section lists some new interesting seforim and thereby making the Seforim Blog readership aware of...
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“Milta De’Bedichuta”: Some Playful Parodies of the Talmud in the Modern Period
“Milta De’Bedichuta”: Some Playful Parodies of the Talmud in the Modern Period By Ezra Brand 6-Mar-23 Ezra Brand is an independent researcher based in Tel Aviv. He has an MA from Revel Graduate School...
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When Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Father Translated the Torah
When Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Father Translated the Torah By Yosef Lindell Yosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and lecturer living in Silver Spring, MD. He has a JD from NYU Law and an MA in Jewish history...
View ArticleSpecial Italian Haftarah for the “Shabbat Kallah”
Special Italian Haftarah for the “Shabbat Kallah”[1] By Eli Duker Many communities in Europe and beyond had the practice of reciting a special haftarah from Isaiah 61–62 in honor of a groom on the...
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New Book Announcement
New Book Announcement Eliezer Brodt The Minchas Chinuch on Pesach Volume One, A deeper perspective on the Mitzvos of Leil Haseder (31+268 pp.) The Minchas Chinuch on Pesach volume Two, A deeper...
View ArticleThe Longest Masechta is …
The Longest Masechta is … By Ari Z. Zivotofsky As Jews, we are often intrigued with trivia about our holy books, and the more esoteric and harder to verify, the better. An example of such trivia is the...
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Pesach, Haggadah, Art & Sundry Matters: A Recap of Important Seforimblog...
Pesach, Haggadah, Art & Sundry Matters: A Recap of Important Seforimblog Articles Among the more interesting aspects of the history of Haggados, is the inclusion of illustrations. This practice...
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 & Beta Version of My New Podcast Musings of Book Collector By Eliezer Brodt The post hopes to serve three purposes. The...
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New Book Announcement: Mesoras Torah Sheba’al Peh by Harav Professor Shlomo...
New Book Announcement: Mesoras Torah Sheba’al Peh by Harav Professor Shlomo Zalman Havlin By Eliezer Brodt ר‘ שלמה זלמן הבלין, מסורת התורה שבעל פה, יסודותיה, עקרונותיה והגדרותיה ב–ג [ב‘ חלקים], 1048...
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The Porto family: Eminent Sages, Scholars, and Prolific Seventeenth Century...
The Porto family: Eminent Sages, Scholars, and Prolific Seventeenth Century Authors by Marvin J. Heller[1] Among the illustrious families that have contributed to and enriched Jewish culture and...
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Final Response
Final Response By Marc B. Shapiro In response to Rabbi Herschel Grossman’s strong criticisms of my Limits of Orthodox Theology, I wrote four responses on the Seforim Blog. You can view them here,...
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