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The Collected Writings of Moshe Reines Kickstarter

The Collected Writings of Moshe Reines Kickstarter

The Collected Writings of Moshe Reines Kickstarter Moshe Reines was a polymath: Talmudist, Hebraist, historian, investigative reporter, social commentator – a prolific and influential thinker, writer, and author. The son of Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Reines, Moshe Reines died tragically in 1891 at the astonishingly young age of twenty-one.  The obituary which appeared in Hamagid had this to say about the young Reb Moshe z”l: “He excelled amazingly in his absolute mastery of Shas…” The volume (compiled and edited by Eliezer…

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Artwork and Images in Synagogues 

Artwork and Images in Synagogues 

Artwork and Images in Synagogues  By: Eliezer Brodt This article originally appeared in the Hebrew Kulmos magazine of Mishpacha, Shavous 2017. I hope to return to this subject in the future. מה דמות תערכו לו? על אף ההרחקה היתירה שהרחיקה תורתנו הקדושה מצורות ופסלים, מנהג ישראל קדושים מאז ומעולם היה לעטר את כתלי בתי הכנסת בעיטורים, הכוללים דמויות כוכבי השמים וצורות חיות ובהמות / לשם מה נועדו העיטורים? / מהו ההיתר לעשותם? וכיצד ניתן לעטר את בית הכנסת מבלי לגרום…

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God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presence in a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua Heschel

God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presence in a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua Heschel

God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presence in a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua Heschel Ariel Evan Mayse joined the faculty of Stanford University in 2017 as an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies, after previously serving as the Director of Jewish Studies and Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts, and a research fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from Harvard University…

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The Universalism of Rav Kook

The Universalism of Rav Kook

The Universalism of Rav Kook by Bezalel Naor Copyright © 2018 Bezalel Naor Stereotypes are difficult to overcome. Until recently, the stereotype of Rav Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen Kook (1865-1935) was of a nationalist (perhaps even ultranationalist) who lent his rabbinic aegis to the Zionist enterprise in the first third of the twentieth century. In his seminal work Orot [Lights] (Jerusalem, 1920), the very first section of the book is entitled “Erets Yisrael.” The punchline of the first chapter reads: The…

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Lecture Announcement – R. Yechiel Goldhaber – January 4, 2018

Lecture Announcement – R. Yechiel Goldhaber – January 4, 2018

EDIT 1.4.2018:Unfortunately due to the inclement weather this lecture has been canceled. An update will be posted it that changes. The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a lecture by the noted author, Rav Yechiel Goldhaber (link), whose respected research and scholarship is well-known to Seforim Blog readers.  The shiur will be taking place Thursday, January 4, 7:30 PM at Khal Bnei Avrohom Yaakov, 2701 Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY. Rabbi Goldhaber’s speech will be delivered in English. The…

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New Auction House – Genazym

New Auction House – Genazym

New Auction House – Genazym by  Dan Rabinowitz, Eliezer Brodt There is a new auction house, Genazym, that is holding its inaugural auction next week Monday, December 25th.  The catalog is available here.  The majority of the material are letters and other ephemera with a few dozen books. The books include a number with vellum bindings (71-75).  Appreciation of bindings has been brought to fore with the recent wider availability of books from the Valmadonna collection after it was broken up;…

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