Book Review: Pischei Tefilah u-Mo’ad by Y. S. Spiegel

Book Review: Pischei Tefilah u-Mo’ad by Y. S. Spiegel

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Book Review by Eliezer Brodt פתחי תפילה ומועד, יעקב שמואל שפיגל, ירושלים תש”ע, 540 עמודים. Pischei Tefilah u-Mo’ad, Y. S. Speigel, Jerusalem: 2010, 540 pp. Professor Speigel is one of the most prolific writers in the Jewish academic scene, as the author of over 160 articles and 18 books (16 of those are publications for the first time of works which remained in manuscript. The other two are his own original and important studies; one of the latter is reviewed…

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Seforim sale

Seforim sale

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Seforim sale by Eliezer Brodt This list consists of two parts. Part one is composed of seforim and books which I came across while hunting for seforim. Most of these titles are very hard to find. Some of the prices are better than others, but all in all I think they are fair. Almost all the books are in great shape. There is only one copy of most of these titles so they are being sold on a first come,…

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New Seforim list – Elul 2011

New Seforim list – Elul 2011

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New Seforim list – Elul 2011 by Eliezer Brodt As a courtesy to our readers, below I provide a list of some new seforim and books that I recently have purchased or become aware of. Some are brand-new, others have been out already for a few months בית היין על הלכות יין נסך, הרב צבי הירש גראדזענסקי, ש”ט עמודים. אגרת משה חלק ט. [עדיין לא הגיע לארץ ישראל ולכן לא ראיתי]. גנזים ושו”ת חזון איש, תכ”ד עמודים. ירושלים במועדיה, ירח…

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The Head Movements of Shema’

The Head Movements of Shema’

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THE HEAD MOVEMENTS OF SHEMA’ by Bezalel Naor Rabbi Bezalel Naor is a multifaceted scholar, recognized as the leading interpreter of R. Kook in the English language. His newest book is The Limit of Intellectual Freedom: The Letters of Rav Kook. It can be purchased from his website, www.orot.com. The most important utterance in Judaism is the Shema’: Shema’ yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai ehad. (Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.) This declaration of the absolute…

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New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 5

New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 5

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New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 5 by Marc B. Shapiro Continued from here. The next post (or perhaps the one following) will return to my analysis of R. Kook’s recently published Li-Nevokhei ha-Dor with which this series began. Yet before doing so, there are a number of other points I would like to make and respond to some comments and questions. 1. In previous installments I have mentioned how R. Kook compares the Torah scholars and…

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The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction & the Cairo Genizah

The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction & the Cairo Genizah

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The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction & the Cairo Genizahby Eliezer Brodt A few years ago on the Seforim Blog I dealt with the famous legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s death (link). More recently in Ami Magazine (# 32) I returned to this legend and related topics. This post contains new information as well as corrections that were not included in those earlier articles. R. Yehuda Halevi was born in the year 1075 in Toledo, Spain,…

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