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New Sefer Announcement

September 2, 2010 admin Comments 0 Comment

New Sefer Announcement by: Eliezer Brodt I just printed a small sefer, Likutei Eliezer, it is 120 pages and paperback. The sefer consists of four chapters each with many parts. Although portions of each chapter appeared on the blog, each has been significantly expanded – over double the amount of new material – as well as corrections and updates. All the pieces are in Hebrew. The first chapter starts out with a discussion of various possible sources regarding the well-known…

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מסכת אבות – ספרי ראשונים, ספרי ליקוטים ומהדורת ‘עוז והדר’

August 27, 2010 admin Comments 0 Comment

מסכת אבות: ספרי ראשונים, ספרי ליקוטים ומהדורת ‘עוז והדר’ עקביא שמש סקירה כללית קצרה מסכת אבות והגדה של פסח בחלקה העיקרי, הם שני חיבורים המכילים את תורתם של התנאים. אין קשר בין שני החיבורים הללו בתוכן הפנימי שלהם. אבל יש דמיון חיצוני בין שניהם. למרות ששניהם חיבורים קטנים, הרי שנתחברה סביבם ספרות פרשנית רבה ביותר, שככל הנראה אין דומה לה בהיקף. והנה בעוד שביחס להגדה של פסח נתחבר ספר מיוחד שנרשמו בו כל ההגדות שיצאו לאור למיניהם, והוא מעודכן כמעט…

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Dovid Bashevkin – Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin on his 110th Yahrzeit

August 19, 2010 admin Comments 4 comments

Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin on his 110th Yahrzeit by Dovid Bashevkin Reb Zadok ha-Kohen Rabinowitz of Lublin (hereafter: “Reb Zadok”) was born in 1823 into a noted rabbinic family. From a young age, we are told, he displayed signs of astonishing genius.[1] While many of these stories are questionable, it is evident that by the time he celebrated his bar mitzvah he was extremely thoroughly familiar with the standard rabbinic corpus and could…

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Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part IV

August 3, 2010 admin Comments 0 Comment

Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part IVby: Dr. William Gewirtz This is the last of four posts based on a forthcoming monograph by Dr. William Gewirtz that addresses the period of bein hashemashot, the most fundamental area of dispute in the area of zemanim. The previous post summarized the main sections of the monograph; this post summarizes some of the areas of innovation and is followed by concluding observations. Much of what was proposed tacitly made two basic…

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August 2, 2010 admin Comments 0 Comment

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Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part III

July 20, 2010 admin Comments 1 comment

Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part III by: Dr. William Gewirtz This is the third of four posts, from a draft of a forthcoming monograph by Dr. William Gewirtz that addresses the period of bein hashemashot, the most fundamental area of dispute in the area of zemanim. What is proposed is an astronomically accurate hybrid position between the diametrically opposed conceptual views of the geonim and Rabbeinu Tam. That position justifies, to varying degrees, the practice of countless…

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