Book Announcement: New Work on the Kabbalah of the Ramban
Book Announcement: New Work on the Kabbalah of the Ramban
By Eliezer Brodt
פירושי וחיבורי תלמידי הרשב“א על קבלת הרמב“ן, תש“ט עמודים, מוסד הרב קוק
One of the most important classical commentaries on the Torah is that of R. Moses Nachmanides, Ramban (See here). In addition to his more straightforward comments, the commentary contains significant kabbalisitic ones as well. Usually, these will be introduced by ועל דרך האמת. Many skip these parts when learning the work. Almost immediately after the composition of the commentary, students of kabbalah, most notably those of the school of the Rashba, devoted entire works to explain those sections of the Ramban. A new volume collects all of these works. This volume, edited by Joshua Sternbuch, Rabbi Dovid Kamenetsky and others, are republished from manuscripts with notes, in one beautifully printed volume, by Mossad Ha-Rav Kook. (Previously most of these works were printed in various places, but not easy to find or use).
The volume includes a very useful introduction about the works in the volume (A PDF of it is available upon request) and includes numerous indexes.
Here is the Table of Contents:
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Where can this be purchased in the U.S.?
I live in Jerusalem
Hiw can I buy the book?
So it’s only in Ivrit? No English translation?
In Jerusalem: You can get the book in Mossad haRav Kook, tomorrow Sunday 11. April is the last day of their annual sale. Or any other Kodesh bookstore carriing MhK books, e.g. the one next to Yeshivat Mir or Manny’s in Mea Shearim.
In the US Biegeleisen in Boro Park or you can order it in any Judaica bookstore.
How can I get the PDF of the introduction?
Thank you.
Another important new book on Ramban that has just appeared is this volume by Oded Yisraeli, a terrific scholar. Details and a PDF of the introduction are available here
https://www.magnespress.co.il/book/ר'_משה_בן_נחמן-7107
I agree.
After Yisrael Ta-Shma’s chapter on the Ramban in his groundbreaking study “haSifrut haParshanit laTalmud” and Moshe Halberthal’s study on the Ramban called “Al Derech haEmet”, this study by Oded Yisraeli “R. Moshe ben Nahman” is one of the most important publication on the general thought of the Ramban and his position in the history of thought of the Jewish people.