Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetary of Frankfurt

Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetary of Frankfurt

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Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt by Shnayer Leiman On Wednesday, April 5, 1617 (= 29 Adar Sheni, 5377), birkat ha-hammah was recited throughout the Jewish world. Two witnesses – both were present in Frankfurt on that day – left accounts of the ceremony as it was commemorated in Frankfurt.[1] The first witness is R. Yosef Yuzpa Hahn (1570-1637), in his Yosef Ometz[2] (Frankfurt, 1723):[3] לסוף כל מחזור גדול ביום ד’ הראשון בחודש ניסן שבו התקופה נופלת…

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על ספר קידוש החמה לר’ יונה בר”י בוקסבוים

על ספר קידוש החמה לר’ יונה בר”י בוקסבוים

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על ספר קידוש החמה לר' יונה בר"י בוקסבוים Posted by: Dan Rabinowitz, March 30, 2009 10:37 PM | Comments (7) | Link to this post | Print this post עקביא שמש, Book Reviews, בעברית, Birkat ha-Chamah, Censorship על ספר קידוש החמה לר' יונה בר"י בוקסבויםפעיה"ק שיכון סקווירא יע"א, תשס"ט מאת: עקביא שמש תופעה ידועה היא כי מיד לאחר חג הפורים מתמלאות חנויות הספרים בספרי הגדות של פסח כמים לים מכסים. אין לך שנה דומה לחברתה בהגדותיה, והמעיין עומד משתאה ונבוך, ואינו יודע…

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A Preliminary Bibliography of Recent Works on Birkat ha-Chamah

A Preliminary Bibliography of Recent Works on Birkat ha-Chamah

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A Preliminary Bibliography of the Recent Works on Birkat ha-Chamah by Eliezer Brodt & Ish Sefer There are many works and articles on this topic and, as such, this is merely a preliminary attempt to deal with this burgeoning area of Jewish literature. [See also here]. For a great bibliographic note on the development of Seder Birkat ha-Chamah, including publications relating to birkat ha-chamah, see R. J. D. Bleich, Birkat ha-Chamah, pp.128-133. JNUL has put up a many of the editions of relating…

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Review: The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History, and Commentary

Review: The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History, and Commentary

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Book Review: The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History, and Commentary by Elli Fischer  Rabbi Elli Fischer is a freelance translator living in Modiin, Israel.  He maintains the “On the Contrary:Judasim with Comments Enabled ” blog.  This is his second contribution to the Seforim blog. Given the thousands of haggadot that have been published over the years, and the dozens of new ones published each year, it is not easy for any single haggadah to separate itself from the others on the market….

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Upcoming Auctions

Upcoming Auctions

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There are three upcoming auctions, Kestenbaum , Asufa, and Jerusalem Judaica.  The first two have their catalogs online while the final one is only available in hardcopy.  Kestenbaum has two very rare and thus highly prized pieces, one the 1526 Prague Haggadah. (Lot number 124) This edition, which is the first complete (there were some leaves found in a binding containing illustrations that may or may not be earlier, but, in all events, it was not a complete copy), illustrated…

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R. David Nieto’s Matteh Dan, Life on Other Planets and Jewish Reactions to Copernicus

R. David Nieto’s Matteh Dan, Life on Other Planets and Jewish Reactions to Copernicus

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R. David Nieto’s Matteh Dan, Life on Other Planets and Jewish Reactions to Copernicus by Eliezer Brodt   R. David Neito and the Mateh Dan R. David Nieto was born in 1654 in Venice and died in England in 1728. Aside for being a tremendous talmid hakham, Nieto also had degrees in science, philosophy, and was a medical doctor. He was a Rav, Dayan and Darshan in Leghorn for a while. He then was hired to be Rav of the…

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