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Seforim for Sale, List II

Seforim for Sale, List II

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Seforim for Sale, List II by: Eliezer Brodt This is the second list of out-of-print seforim.  At the end of the list I provide suggestions, divided by subject matter.  Additionally, where appropriate I have provided information about specific titles. Most of the titles mentioned here are out of print and, for some of the listed titles; there are only a few copies available. For example, for-some of the titles there are only two copies available for sale while others there…

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Seforim For Sale – List 1

Seforim For Sale – List 1

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Seforim For Sale – List One Eliezer Brodt We will be introducing a new feature to the seforim blog. From time to time we will be offering some hard-to-find seforim and academic books for very reasonable prices. Most of the titles mentioned here are out of print and, for some of the listed titles, there are only a few copies available. For example, for-some of the titles there are only 5 copies available for sale while others there are many…

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Shavua HaSefer sale on Hardrives

Shavua HaSefer sale on Hardrives

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 Annual Shavua HaSefer sale on computerized (digital) Seforim Libraries. 1) Otzar HaChochma This year the sale will be 30% off the regular price. The sale will be from June 7 thru June 27. The prices are as follows:Full version (30,300 vol.) reg. 1920 sale $1299Bnei Torah version (29,000 vol.) reg 1720 sale $1175Library version (30,300 vol.) reg 1120 sale $820There are also TWO additional optional sections that can be added to any of the above versions:Seforim from Machon Yerushalayim (340…

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New Books from Biegeleisen – May 2009

New Books from Biegeleisen – May 2009

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See here for the previous lists. Halkhot Gedolot, Berlin-Hildesheimer ed., Otzreinu, Toronto, 2009, 2 vol., 22, 162, [3]; 652 pp.: This is a reprint of the important Geonic work based upon a different manuscript than the other printed editions.  Additionally, it includes a new brief introduction and additions to the Seder Rav Amram Goan also published by Otzeinu. Kol Brisk, Jerusalem, 2009, 797 pp. This is a controversial work that explores the Brisk school and attempts to locate the current…

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New Books from Biegeleisen

New Books from Biegeleisen

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New Books from Biegeleisen While Eliezer is in the midst of preparing a comprehensive list of new seforim issued in the past months, I wanted to provide a shorter list of new seforim that I have recently received from Biegeleisen.  All of these are of course available at Biegeleisen in Boro Park (and I assume elsewhere as well) and some will be reviewed in greater detail in the coming months.  Batim le-Vadim, Yaakov Mosowitz, Beni Brak, 2008, 663 pp. a…

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Review: Macsanyuh Shel Torah

Review: Macsanyuh Shel Torah

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Review: Me'achsanya Shel ha-Torahby Eliezer Brodt Me'achsanya Shel ha-Torah, Rabbi Moshe Hubner, ed., New York, 2008, 297 pp.   As mentioned in the past, there is an austounding amount of seforim being published.  One genre, that is bursting at the seams, is sefarim on Chumash. There are seforim printed from famous people; some are still with us, while others have been gone for many years. These seforim focus on all kinds of topics: mussar, machashavah, pshat, kabbalah, d'rush, and halachah. In…

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SEFORIM HARD DRIVES SALES UPDATE etc.

SEFORIM HARD DRIVES SALES UPDATE etc.

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SEFORIM HARD DRIVES SALES UPDATE etc.The Otzrot HaTorah (AKA “The Morgenstern Library”) is now ON SALE thru June 30.The library contains 13,000 volumes in the “regular” version and 14,000 volumes in the “expanded” edition.The SALE prices are as follows:Expanded edition: Reg. price $1990 SALE price: $1480.Standard edition: Reg. price $1480 SALE price: $1160.There is a payment plan of (up to) 20 monthly payments. Payments can be made by cash, check or credit card.For those making a one time payment by…

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Shavuah ha-Sefer 2008: A Recommended Reading List

Shavuah ha-Sefer 2008: A Recommended Reading List

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Shavuah ha-Sefer 2008: A Recommended Reading List by Eliezer Brodt Book week just began in Eretz Yisroel. As I wrote last year Every year in Israel, around Shavous time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah Hasefer-book week. Shavuah HaSefer is a sale which takes place all across the country in stores, malls and special places rented out for the sale. There are places where strictly “frum” seforim are sold and other places have most of the…

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Sale On Hebrew Book Harddrives

Sale On Hebrew Book Harddrives

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This year the sale will be 33% off the regular price of Otzar HaChomah. The sale runs from May 13 through June 7. The prices are as follows:Full version (25,800 vol.) reg. 2275 sale 1520Bnei Torah version (24,500 vol.) reg 2050 sale 1370Gemara v’Halacha (18,700 vol.) reg 1525 sale 1020Tanach u’Midrash (17,200 vol.) reg. 1525 sale 1020also an additional 2,400 from Kehos Publishing is $70All of the above include a “search engine” which is very good. It also has the…

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Books Sale and New Auction Catalogs

Books Sale and New Auction Catalogs

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Henry Hollander Books is having a 50% off sale on selected books. There are a significant number of books on sale, covering many different genres. The catalog is available online and the sale runs through the end of January. There are two auction catalogs online. The first, Asufa, who is having their auction on Janaury 24 is available here. The second, Baranovich, is having their auction on the 23 of January and you need to first fill out a form…

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A Comprehensive (or close to it) List of New Seforim

A Comprehensive (or close to it) List of New Seforim

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A Comprehensive (or close to it) List of New Seforim by Eliezer Brodt In a recent Mishpacha article [November 28, 2007, ‘Seforim Supplement’, p. 48] they quote Shlomo Biegeleisen, of Biegeleisen Books, as saying that “they receive sixty new seforim every single week!” The seforim market has exploded in the past few years and continues to grow daily. While it is impossible to keep up with everything that comes out we hope to keep the readers updated from time to…

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New Book List December 2007

New Book List December 2007

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December 2007 New Book List By Eliezer Brodt As previously mentioned before from time to time we hope to write up lists of new seforim with a short description. Here is a list of some new seforim that came out in the past few weeks [some of these seforim will be the subject of their own longer posts]. Iggeret Hamussar (Jerusalem, 2007); 269 pages. This sefer is the last will and testament of the Rambam (with nikkud) that he wrote…

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New Books

New Books

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1. Machon Yerushalayim has begun to publish a new edition of the Ramban on the Torah. In this edition they include the Ramban, based mostly on the Lisbon, 1489 edition. The commentaries of the Techeles Mordechai, Kur HaZahav, Kesef Muzukkah, and R. Meir Arik’s are included. For an earlier post at the Seforim blog touching on the Chavel-Mossad HaRav Kook edition of the Ramban, see here. 2. The Onkelos translation has come out on Bereishit, I have previously discussed this…

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Kest-Leibowitz Seforim

Kest-Leibowitz Seforim

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The Kest-Leibowitz Seforim are available online at large discounts at www.torahlab.org Kest-Leibowitz republishes many interesting seforim in small or paperback format. New Seforim are added daily to the site. All questions welcome! Please email your questions to yhaber@torahlab.org

Shavuah HaSefer: A Recommended Reading List

Shavuah HaSefer: A Recommended Reading List

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Shavuah HaSefer: A Recommended Reading List by Eliezer Brodt Every year in Israel, around Shavous time, there is a period of around ten days called Shavuah Hasefer-book week. Shavuah HaSefer is a sale which takes place all across the country in stores, malls and special places rented out for the sale. There are places where strictly “frum” seforim are sold other places have most of the secular publishing houses. Every year we witness the publishing of hundreds of new seforim…

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