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More About Rashbam on Genesis Chapter 1 and Further Comments about ArtScroll
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An Honest Account of a Contemporary Jewish Publishing Odyssey
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Rabboni Jesus – Confirmation from the Talmud?
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The Netziv, Reading Newspapers on Shabbos in General & Censorship (Part Three)
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Truth be Told[1] Comments on Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism...
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ArtScroll and More
ArtScroll and MoreMarc B. ShapiroIn an earlier post here I discussed ArtScroll’s use of a censored talmudic text.[1] This happens quite a bit and it is not always clear if the translators were aware...
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THE SEVEN NATIONS OF CANAAN[1]By Reuven KimelmanThis study deals with the war and the seven Canaanite nations.[2] It complements my previous post on Amalek of March...
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Waiting Six Hours for Dairy- A Rabbanite Response to QaraismBy Tzvi H. Adamstzviha@gmail.comQaraites are a Jewish group that began around 760 CE. They rejected the Talmud and rabbinic Judaism and...
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Easing the Donkey's Burden: Nitkatnu Hadorot or Nitgadlu?By Rabbi Simcha Feuerman“If the earlier generations were like angels, we are like humans. But if they were like humans, then we are like...
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The Man who Tried to Put it All Together: A Hesped for Rav Kook on His Eightieth Yahrzeit By Yehudah Mirsky Yehudah Mirsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies...
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An (almost) Unknown Halakhic Work by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi and an...
An (almost) Unknown Halakhic Work by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi and an attempt to answer the question: who punctuated the first edition of the Shulhan Arukh? by Chaim KatzChaim Katz is a database...
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