New Seforim and books 2014
New Seforim and books 2014by Eliezer BrodtAlthough the world, has been shifting more and more to E- books, seforim and books are still being printed in full force in the Jewish world. What follows is a...
View ArticleCrafting the Commandments
Albert D. Friedberg’s Crafting the Commandments has just appeared. The Seforim Blog is happy to present the following excerpt from the book’s conclusion.Scholars have ascribed far too much importance...
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A Mild Case of Plagiarism: R. Abraham Kalmankes’ Ma’ayan Ha-Hokhmah
A Mild Case of Plagiarism: R. Abraham Kalmankes’ Ma’ayan Ha-Hokhmahby Shnayer Z. Leiman1. The Accusation.Rabbi Joseph Samuel ben R. Zvi (d. 1703) – more popularly known as ר'שמואל ר'חיים ר'ישעיה'ס –...
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Fixing a Typesetting Error in Order to Understand The View of the Mishnah...
Fixing a Typesetting Error in Order to UnderstandThe View of the Mishnah Berurah on Women Wearing Tefillinby Michael J. Broydembroyde@emory.eduPlease note that this piece isn't meant to be construed...
View ArticleTracing the history of eating milchigs on Shavuos
Tracing the history of eatingmilchigs on Shavuosby Eliezer BrodtIn this post I would like to deal with tracing the early sources for the minhag of eating milchigs on Shavuos. A version of this article...
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The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1
The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1Marc B. Shapiro1. Here is a short piece I wrote a right after the appearance of the Pew Report. (The endnote is not part...
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Assorted Comments
Assorted CommentsMarc B. Shapiro1. In this post I mentioned the strange comment of R. Shabbetai Bass in his Siftei Hakhamim, Exodus 33:13, that God joked with Moses.[1] A few readers emailed me that in...
View ArticleBook week 2014
Book week 2014By: 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 ArticlePublish and Perish or Digital death
Publish and Perish or Digital deathBy: Yaakov RosenesAbout the author: Yaakov Rosenes made Aliya from Canada after graduating from Trent Univ. and U of I Chicago Circle. In the 70's he held various...
View ArticleWhen was the Afar of the Para Adumah lost?
When was the Afarof the Para Adumah lost?By Eliezer BrodtA few years ago (2009) for Parshas Chukas I posted a chapter from my sefer Ben Kesseh Le’assur about when was the Afer of the Para Adumah lost....
View ArticleDemythologising the Rabbinic Aggadah: Menahem Meiri
The Seforim Blog thanks Ivor Jacobs for sending us this unpublished article by his father.Demythologising the Rabbinic Aggadah: Menahem Meiriby Louis JacobsMany of the mediaeval Jewish teachers, partly...
View ArticleA Response to Yaakov Rosenes
A Response to Yaakov Rosenesby Menachem LazarMenachem Lazar is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, studying applied mathematics and materials science. He has previously...
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Assorted Comments
Assorted CommentsMarc B. Shapiro1. In this post I mentioned the strange comment of R. Shabbetai Bass in his Siftei Hakhamim, Exodus 33:13, Moses thought that God was joking with him.[1] A few readers...
View ArticleWhat is Bothering the Aruch Hashulchan? Women Wearing Tefillin
What is Bothering the Aruch Hashulchan?Women Wearing TefillinMichael J. Broydembroyde@emory.eduPlease note that this piece isn't meant to be construed one way or another as the view of the Seforim...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Turning Judaism Outward by Chaim Miller
Chaim Miller’s Turning Judaism Outward, a comprehensive biography of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, has recently appeared. The Seforim Blog is happy to present this excerpt from pages 98-103 Some truly...
View ArticleThe Yeshivah and the Academy: How We Can Learn from One Another in Biblical...
Hayyim Angel’s latest book, Peshat Isn’t so Simple,has just been published. The Seforim Blog is happy to present this excerpt.The Yeshivah and the Academy:How We Can Learn from One Another in Biblical...
View ArticleShe'ot Hityahadut – Review Essay
She'ot Hityahadut– Review Essayפאני נוידא, שעות התייחדות – ספר תפילה ומוסר לנשות ישראל ולבנותיה לתפילה בציבור וביחידוּת ולכל הזדמנות בחיי אישה, מבוא: עליזה לביא, תרגום מגרמנית: קטיה מנור, הוצאת ידיעות...
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Upcoming lecture: Shai Secunda at the Library of Congress, Tues., July 22
The Seforim Blog is pleased to announce that Dr. Shai Secunda is lecturing at the Library of Congress this Tuesday, July 22. Open to the public. Come if you are around - and enjoy!
View ArticleBook review: Asaf Yedidya, Criticized Criticism – Orthodox Alternatives to...
אסף ידידיה, ביקורת מבוקרת: אלטרנטיבות אורתודוקסיות ל'מדע היהדות' 1956-1873, 415 עמודים, ירושלים תשע"גAsaf Yedidya, Criticized Criticism – Orthodox Alternatives toWissenschaft des Judentums 1873 –...
View Article"Ask Rabbi Google"!! ??
"Ask Rabbi Google"!! ?? By Yaakov Rosenes Continued from hereWhen Rav Yisreal Gustman Zts"l eulogized Harav Moshe Feinstein Zts"l beside his grave at Har Menuchot he mourned the loss of the last real...
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