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Strife Between Men

Strife Between Men

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Strife between Men By Rabbi Shnayor Burton This is an excerpt from his forthcoming book [אורות יעקב [דרושים נבחרים על חיי האבות, Oros Yaakov [selected essays on the forefathers].  This essay, entitled ריב בין אנשים (Strife between Men), deals with Lot and Avraham – their own changing relationship and the relationship of the nations descended from them. It demonstrates that the complex treatment of Amon and Moav, and Ruth’s role therein, are rooted in the Sodom narrative, Lot’s connection to…

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The American Yekkes

The American Yekkes

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The American Yekkes[1] By Yisrael Kashkin As I march around town grasping my Hirsch Siddur, I sometimes am asked, “Are you a Yekke?” to which I answer, “I am an American Yekke.”[2]  This statement draws puzzled looks as if I had said that I were an Algonquin Italian. “America is a Germanic country and my family has lived here for a century,” I say, attempting to explain but provoking usually even more puzzlement. For those who want to hear more,…

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Rav Kook’s Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal

Rav Kook’s Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal

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Rav Kook’s Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal By Rav Eitam Henkin, Hy”d  (Translated into English by Rachelle Emanuel) This article originally appeared in Hebrew in HaMayan 51:4 (2011), pp. 75-90. Today is the yahrzeit of the Rav Eitam and Naama Henkin, who were cruelly murdered one year ago. May Rav Eitam’s important writings, surely with us only thanks to Naama’s support, be an aliyat neshama for both. Hy”d. ·         “It is well known that the person who…

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Jews in Wonderland

Jews in Wonderland

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Jews in Wonderland John M. Efron John M. Efron is the Koret Professor of Jewish History at the University of California-Berkeley and author of German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic (Princeton University Press, 2016). This is his first contribution to the Seforim Blog. Although an important sesquicentennial anniversary took place on September 5, 2016, few people outside of Berlin, and not even that many there will have paid much attention to it.  As generally happens with selective historical…

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אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפלך

אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפלך

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אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפלך מאת דוד פרקש* במדבר רבה (ט:מח) מטרונה שאלה את ר”א מפני מה חטייה אחת בעגל והם [בני ישראל] מתו בה ג’ מיתות, אמר לה אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפלכה דכתיב וכל אשה חכמת לב בידיה טוו. אמר לו הורקנוס בשביל שלא להושיבה דבר אחד מן התורה איבדה ממנו ג’ מאות כור מעשר בכל שנה? אמר לו, ישרפו ד”ת ואל ימסרו לנשים. קושייות המטרונה יותר ברורה בהמקביל ביומא (יומא סו:) שם הגירסא “שאלה אשה חכמה את…

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Book week 2016

Book week 2016

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Book week 2016 By Eliezer Brodt Book week just began in Eretz Yisrael. As I have written in previous years every year in Israel, around Shavous time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah Hasefer – Book Week (for previous years lists see here, here, here, here, here, here, here,  here and here). Many of the companies offer sales for the whole month. Shavuah HaSefer is a sale which takes place all across the country in stores, malls and special places rented…

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