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A Note Regarding Rav Simcha Zelig Reguer’s Position on Opening a Refrigerator on Shabbat

November 5, 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

A Note Regarding Rav Simcha Zelig Reguer’s Position on Opening a Refrigerator on Shabbat By Yaacov Sasson The purpose of this note is to correct an error that appeared in a widely-read journal nearly 25 years ago; the error is of sufficient consequence that it necessitates a correction, even after so many years. In their article, “The Use of Electricity on Shabbat and Yom Tov”, by Rabbis Michael Broyde and Howard Jachter (Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, No….

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Assorted Comments on R. Jacob Emden, Ashkenazic Views of Sephardic Gedolim, and More

November 2, 2015 admin Comments 1 comment

Assorted Comments on R. Jacob Emden, Ashkenazic Views of Sephardic Gedolim, and More by Marc B. Shapiro 1. Since I have discussed R. Jacob Emden in many posts, let me add the following. If you examine Emden’s Birat Migdal ha-Oz you find that he refers to himself as הסריס. Here is the Berditchev 1836 edition of the work, p. 135a.[1] I think all would agree that this is a strange title to give oneself. In this work, p. 116a, he also calls himself שלו….

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עקידת יצחק בראי הלכה

October 30, 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

עקידת יצחק בראי הלכה מאת יחיאל גולדהבר There have been numerous articles and even entire books about the Akedah. Here is a new collection of material on the subject from Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber. הניצוץ הפנימי המתנצנץ ובוער בלב כל נפש ישראל פנימה, ייסודו ומקורו מאותו עמוד לבת אש קודש שיקד והאיר את העולם ואת העולמות כולם, נשגב ונעלם מהשגת אנוש, טמיר ומכוסה אף משרפי מעלה ומלאכי מרום. רשפיה רשפי אש, מעמד העקידה הקדושה שעקד אברהם את יצחק בנו יחידו לה’….

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Hot Tears For A Close Friend: Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D

October 28, 2015 admin Comments 25 comments

Hot Tears For A Close Friend: Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D by Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber translated by Daniel Tabak I shall never forget when I first met Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D three years ago. At the time I had begun preparing a study on the parting of minds in the kollels of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem 150 years ago. I managed to get my hands on a lot of rare sources, but the morass of material only beclouded the depths…

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David Assaf – A Farewell to Eitam Henkin

October 26, 2015 admin Comments 1 comment

A Farewell to Eitam Henkin by David Assaf Professor David Assaf is the Sir Isaac Wolfson Chair of Jewish Studies, the Chair of the Department of Jewish History, and the Director of the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations, at Tel-Aviv University. A Hebrew version of this essay appeared at the Oneg Shabbat blog (6 October 2015) (http://onegshabbat.blogspot.co.il/2015/10/blog-post.html), and was translated by Daniel Tabak of New York, with permission of Professor David Assaf. This is his…

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Avunculate Marriage in the Bible

October 25, 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

Avunculate Marriage in the Bible By Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew [available here]. His book is available online and in bookstores throughout the world. Rabbi Klein published articles in various journals including Jewish Bible Quarterly, Kovetz Hamaor, Kovetz Chitzei Gibborim, and Kovetz Kol HaTorah. He studied at premier Yeshivas including the Mir in Jerusalem and BMG in Lakewood. He was most recently a fellow at the Tikvah Institute for Yeshiva Men (Summer 2015)…

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