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Who is Buried in the Vilna Gaon’s Tomb? A Contribution Toward the Identification of the Authentic Grave of the Vilna Gaon
Who is Buried in the Vilna Gaon’s Tomb? A Contribution Toward the Identification of the Authentic Grave of the Vilna Gaon by Shnayer Leiman 1. Prologue This essay attempts to identify the authentic grave of the Vilna Gaon (d. 1797).1 As will become apparent, it surely is not the grave that Jewish pilgrims are shown today when they visit Vilna. We shall attempt to identify his authentic grave by applying the biblical rule: על פי שני עדים יקום דבר “a matter is…
On some new seforim, Copernicus, saying Ledovid , Moses Mendelssohn and other random comments
On some new seforim, Copernicus, saying Ledovid , Moses Mendelssohn and other random comments By Eliezer Brodt Here is a list of recent seforim and books I have seen around in the past few months. This is not an attempt to list everything or even close to it; rather it’s just a list of seforim and books on many random topics, which I have seen while shopping for seforim. I enumerated a few titles which I have a Table of…
What’s Wrong With Wealth and Honor?
What’s Wrong With Wealth and Honor? by Eli Genauer Below, we will present some timely notes regarding an English/Hebrew Machzor for Rosh Hashana which was printed in England in 1807. We will touch upon a variety of issues, and thus first present general backgrounds regarding Hebrew…
Introduction to The Song of Songs (An Excerpt) by Amos Hakham
Introduction to The Song of Songs (An Excerpt) by Amos Hakham Translated by David S. Zinberg Amos Hakham passed away on August 2, 2012 at the age of 91. The following is an unofficial translation of an excerpt from the Introduction to his commentary on the Song of Songs, published in 1973 by Mossad Harav Kook, in the Da’at Mikra series of Bible commentaries. The selection below is an outstanding example of Hakham’s distinct approach, in both his Introduction and commentary,…
The Book of Disputes between East and West
The Book of Disputes between East and West or A Treasury of Alternate Customs from the Land of Israel and from Babylon Translated and Annotated by Leor Jacobi Based primarily on the Margulies Edition with additions from the Appendices of the Miller and Lewin Editions Menahem Av, 5772 Jerusalem After the translation of the text itself, various additional items are added, some of them never before published. Also included is a translated summary of major sections of Margaliot’s introduction, along…