‘Yikar Sahaduta Dipum Bidatta’ R. Tzvi Hirsch Levin, the Besamim Rosh and the Chida
…sefer Besamim Rosh]. Besamim Rosh in the Chida’s Shem HaGedolim Once on the topic of the Besamim Rosh and R. Levin’s letter of defense of it, I would like to…
Who can discern his errors? Misdates, Errors, Deceptions, and other Variations in and about Hebrew Books, Intentional and Otherwise: Revisited
…approbation for the 1984 edition of Besamim Rosh.[31] How influential was Besamim Rosh? Fishman writes that “Besamim Rosh is of itself cast as a work of rabbinic literature, a Trojan…
The Enigma of the Besamim Rosh – Solved by an Amateur – Not!
…to the CD) quotes the Besamim Rosh and the person points out this should be impossible as R. Landau died the very year the Besamim Rosh was published – 1793….
Benefits of the Internet: Besamim Rosh and its History
…however, that Seyfried’s pleas were not acted upon.[8] The Publication of Besamim Rosh With this background in mind, we can now turn to the Besamim Rosh. Prior to publishing the…
Besamim Rosh
…the Besamim Rosh. As mentioned above, the Besamim Rosh was first published in 1793, however, it was not republished until 1881, nearly 100 years later. In this edition, two teshuvot…
A Bizarre Case of Censoring the Besamim Rosh
…Besamim Rosh issue. R. Bornstein writes: I believe that the person [the author and editor of the Besamim Rosh – R. Saul Berlin] is not one who is worthy of…
Partnership Minyanim and More
…one time this book was attributed to Ramban because he thinks that R. Akiva Eger is citing a responsum of Ramban in Besamim Rosh. Yet Besamim Rosh was never attributed to Nahmanides nor…
The Case of the Missing Books: Besamim Rosh in Berlin and St. Petersburg
…Books: Besamim Rosh in Berlin and St. Petersburg by Benjamin Richler There are two sources concerning the Besamim Rosh that researchers would like to consult but cannot find. One is…
Special book offer: Besamim Rosh
Special book offer: Besamim Rosh By Eliezer Brodt One of the most famous forgeries in Jewish literature is the Shu”t Besamim Rosh. This work was brought to print by Saul…
Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process
…not of falsely ascribing forgery where there is none, but accepting as authentic that which is actually a forgery. The classic example is, of course, Besamim Rosh. There is no…
The Besamim Rosh’s Son What Can Be Gleaned from an Introduction
…The editor was the son of R. Saul Berlin, the latter who is perhaps most well-know for editing/authoring the Teshuvot Besamim Rosh. (For earlier discussions of the Besamim Rosh at…
R. Hayyim Hirschensohn, Can One Kill an Am Ha’aretz on Shabbat? Physical Punishments and Lots More
…the Rashba’s responsum in Besamim Rosh was authentic. I have many notes to Besamim Rosh which I will one day turn into an article. The entire volume is one big…
Review of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky’s Taharas Yisroel
…supercommentary to Rashi on the Torah. Another noteworthy reference is Rav Grodzinsky’s discussion of a comment by the “Besamim Rosh,” (p. 215) attributed to R. Asher b. Yechiel (“the Rosh”)…
“Ha’Rotzeh Lichanek, Hitaleh B’Ilan Gadol”: Notes on some Literary forgeries of Jewish works in the the Late Modern Period (1756-1965)
…and bibliography Divrei Gad Ha’Chozeh Leopold Immanuel Jacob van Dort 1756 10 Mishle Asaf (haskamot) Isaac Satanov 1783-1791 11 Besamim Rosh Saul Berlin 1793 12 Ramschak Chronicle Marcus Fischer 1828…
On the History of the Custom to Announce Upcoming Fasts in the Synagogue on the Shabbat Preceding the Fasts
…they regularly announced Tzom Gedaliah on Rosh Hashanah, even when Rosh Hashanah coincided with the Shabbat prior, or the reverse. Both this source and general topic requires much further study…