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How Dare You Translate Kabbalah!

November 10, 2021 admin Comments 23 comments

How Dare You Translate Kabbalah! by Avinoam Fraenkel Avinoam Fraenkel’s new book, Shomer Emunim: The Introduction to Kabbalah (Urim Publications, 2021), is a full facing page translation and expansive commentary on Shomer Emunim by R. Yosef Ergas, together with an extensive Kabbalah Overview systematically explaining key concepts of Lurianic Kabbalah in the context of a revolutionary framework of scientific understanding (see here). His previous two-volume Nefesh HaTzimtzum (Urim Publications, 2015), is a full facing page translation and expansive commentary on…

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Dr. Samuel Vita Della Volta (1772-1853): An Underappreciated Bibliophile and his Medical “Diploma”tic Journey

November 5, 2021 admin Comments 1 comment

Dr. Samuel Vita Della Volta (1772-1853): An Underappreciated Bibliophile and his Medical “Diploma”tic Journey Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD I came upon the name Samuel Vita Della Volta through my usual historical pathway, the world of Jewish medical history, and my continued quest for medical diplomas of Jewish physicians from the premodern era. While the lion’s share of the diplomas I have identified come from the University of Padua,[1] there are some extant Jewish diplomas from other Italian universities, including Siena,…

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Shiur Announcement: Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber in Brooklyn, 11/1/21 & 11/3/21

October 31, 2021 admin Comments 6 comments

Shiur Announcement: Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber R’ Yechiel Goldhaber will be visiting the United States for a few weeks. The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a lecture by the noted author, Rav Yechiel Goldhaber whose respected research and scholarship is well-known to Seforim Blog readers. He will be giving a shiur tomorrow night, Monday, 11/1, at 7:30 PM. The address is at: Rabbi Rabinowitz 1454 54th Street This shiur will be in Yiddish Wednesday night, 11/3, he will…

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Rosh Hashana 23b – The Missing Map – Were We Deprived of a Map Drawn by Rashi?

October 27, 2021 admin Comments 2 comments

Rosh Hashana 23b – The Missing Map – Were We Deprived of a Map Drawn by Rashi? Eli Genauer The Mishnah on Rosh Hashana 22b discusses the signal fires which were lit to inform the residents of Bavel of the Kiddush HaChodesh in Yerushalayim. מַתְנִי׳: בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיוּ מַשִּׂיאִין מַשּׂוּאוֹת….. MISHNAH: Initially, after the court sanctified the new month they would light torches on the mountaintops, from one peak to another, to signal to the community in Babylonia that the month…

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Interview with Rabbi Moshe Maimon About his Edition of R. Avraham b. HaRambam’s Peirush on Chumash

October 22, 2021 admin Comments 16 comments

Interview with Rabbi Moshe Maimon About his Edition of R. Avraham b. HaRambam’s Peirush on Chumash By Eliezer Brodt Last year I wrote: The second volume of R. Avraham b. HaRambam’s peirush on Chumash Shemot was released (832 pp.). This new edition was edited by Rabbi Moshe Maimon and was published in a beautiful edition by Machon Aleh Zayis. Last year, Rabbi Maimon published the first volume (678 pp.) I hope to publish very shortly, on the Seforim Blog, an…

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New book announcement: Chochmo Ba’goyim Taamin, By Rabbi Yonason Rosman

October 18, 2021 admin Comments 8 comments

New book announcement: Chochmo Ba’goyim Taamin, By Rabbi Yonason Rosman By Eliezer Brodt I would like to announce a concise new work which deals with some topics that are sure to be of interest to many of the readers of the blog. The sefer is titled Chochmo Ba’goyim Taamin, written by Rabbi Yonason Rosman (182 pp.). The goal of the book is to deal with the famous issue of to what extent has Jewish thought and religion been influenced by…

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