Pesach Journals, Had Gadyah, Plagiarism & Bibliographical Errors

Pesach Journals, Had Gadyah, Plagiarism & Bibliographical Errors

Two journals have put out special collections devoted to Pesach. The first, Moriah, has continued their holiday specific journals and collected their third volume of articles devoted to Pesach. Yeshurun, for the first time has also collected choice articles related to a specific holiday and published a volume devoted to Pesach as well. Yeshurun’s effort, being their first, is the focus of this post. This volume is much smaller than their typical volumes. Usually, each volume of Yeshurun is huge…

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A Behind the Scenes Look at the Banning of HaGaon

A Behind the Scenes Look at the Banning of HaGaon

It appears that at least one controversial book can not escape being criticized even after a significant passage of time. In this case, R. Dov Eliach’s book the R. Elijah, Gaon of Vilna, published five years ago and, at the time, subject to some harsh criticism, is the subject of a new magazine – אמת מול שקר (Truth Against Lies) published by “the Institute for Truth and Faith.” That is, the entire purpose of this magazine is to disproving and…

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Eliezer Brodt: Review of Halikhot Shlomo, by R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Eliezer Brodt: Review of Halikhot Shlomo, by R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Review of Halikhot Shlomo, by R. Shlomo Zalman AuerbachBy Eliezer Brodt There is a well known joke which claims that some gedolim have actually been “writing from their graves.”[1] The most famous person to be “guilty” of this charge is R. Moshe Sofer (Hatam Sofer) as he printed nothing[2] in his lifetime and yet we have volumes and volumes of his Torah on literally every area and – to this day – they continue to be published.[3] Obviously, all of…

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Second Annual Dr. Asher Siev Memorial Lecture at YU

Second Annual Dr. Asher Siev Memorial Lecture at YU

The Second Annual Dr. Asher Siev Memorial Lecture will be delivered by A Non-Orthodox Traditional Approach:Reflections on the Authorityof the Moroccan Rabbinate Dr. Marc B. Shapiro (University of Scranton) Tuesday, March 20th 8:00 PMRubin Shul – Yeshiva University Wilf CampusRefreshments will be served Sponsored by the Torah u-Madda Lecture Series,Center for Jewish Future For more information, please contact mbutler@yu.edu Dr. Marc B. Shapiro is the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies and director of the Weinberg Judaic Studies…

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Marc B. Shapiro: Obituary for R. Yosef Buxbaum zt”l

Marc B. Shapiro: Obituary for R. Yosef Buxbaum zt”l

Obituary: R. Yosef Buxbaum zt”lby Marc B. Shapiro The Torah world lost a very important figure earlier this month, with the passing of R. Yosef Buxbaum at age 62. In fact, I can’t think of anyone, in the entire history of Torah publishing, who achieved as much as he. There is a lot that can be said about Rabbi Buxbaum, but for the purposes of the Seforim blog his relevant achievement is the founding, and directing for many years, of…

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Upcoming Kestenbaum Auction and FREE sefer!

Upcoming Kestenbaum Auction and FREE sefer!

Kestenbaum & Company will be holding a auction on March 22 and their catalog is available online here. For those interested in a free sefer, someone is offering the KeMotzei Shalal Rov for free[!], you can contact them at avadar21-at-gmail.com.