Rabbi Chaim Volozhin’s Motivation to Write Nefesh HaChaim
…Chaim’s son, R. Yitzchak, in his introduction to Nefesh HaChaim. Nefesh HaChaim was subsequently published in 1824. [3] Most of the Yeshivot which include the study of Nefesh HaChaim as…
A Final Word to Chaim Rapoport
A final word to Chaim Rapoport’s continuing need to comment on our book by: Menachem Friedman & Samuel Heilman While we hoped our last posting would be our last word…
The Physicians of the Rome Plague of 1656, Yaakov Zahalon and Hananiah Modigliano
…2 vol (Berlin, 1895-1896), 212-213. [22] Sosland, op. cit., 25. [23] Some years ago, Chaim Reich, a”h, of Renaissance Hebraica, produced a high-quality reproduction of Otzar HaHayyim. I thank Rabbi…
WHEN HISTORY IS HIS STORY A Review of R. Dovid Kamenetsky’s “Rabeinu Chaim Ozer: Raban Shel Kol B’nei Ha’golah”
…the Chafetz Chaim, requesting that he pray for the girl’s recovery. Purportedly, the Chafetz Chaim refused to offer any hope, attributing his reluctance to the fact that R. Chaim Ozer…
How Dare You Translate Kabbalah!
…published what they claim is a translation of Nefesh HaChaim, where in the translator’s introduction it states “Please note: The sections of Nefesh HaChaim dealing with Kabbalistic subjects have been…
Mayim Hayyim, the Baal Shem Tov, and R. Meir the son of R. Jacob Emden
…the responsa of R. Hayyim HaKohen Rapoport (1772-1839), was published by R. Hayyim’s son, R. Yaakov HaKohen Rapoport. R. Yaakov HaKohen Rapoport included material from other relatives as well (i.e.,…
