Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros

Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros

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Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros Based on a homily by R. Hayyim Elazar Shapira of Munkacz (1872-1937)[1] in Sha’ar Yessakhar, volume 2, p. 481-482 Translation[2] and Commentary by Shaul Magid Professor Shaul Magid is the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Chair of Jewish Studies at Indiana University. This text was originally prepared for a text-study at a Tu Bishvat Seder at Temple Emunah in Lexington, MA on January 27, 2002. Sincere thanks goes out to Gloria Greenfield…

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The Greatest Story in the Annals of Jewish Book Collecting

The Greatest Story in the Annals of Jewish Book Collecting

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The Greatest Story in the Annals of Jewish Book Collecting  By Jeremy Brown Jeremy Brown is the author of New Heavens and a New Earth; The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought. He writes on science, medicine and the Talmud at Talmudology.com  As we approach the end of Masechet Yevamot in the Daf Yomi cycle, it seems appropriate to reflect on a legendary story in the annals of Jewish bibliography. This story involves King Henry VIII, the laws of Yevamot, and the…

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עד היום הזה, הרב אמנון בזק, הוצאת ידיעות ספרים

עד היום הזה, הרב אמנון בזק, הוצאת ידיעות ספרים

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עד היום הזה, הרב אמנון בזק, הוצאת ידיעות ספרים מאת: רב צעיר   הרב אמנון בזק עשה חסד עם לומדי וחובבי תנ”ך רבים בהוציאו לאור את ספרו “עד היום הזה”. הספר מרכז את שאלות היסוד שלומדי התנ”ך נפגשים בהם, שאלות שהעיסוק בהם בבית המדרש הינו דל יחסית, ודווקא במסדרונות האקדמיה רבתה העיסוק בהן. כך מתאר המחבר את החשיבות שבעיסוק בשאלות אלו: “בשנים האחרונות אני נתקל באופן אישי במצוקתם של יותר ויותר בוגרים ובוגרות של מערכת החינוך הדתית, בעיקר כאלו שהגיעו…

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The Rav as a Mechadesh Halacha: One Small Example From Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

The Rav as a Mechadesh Halacha: One Small Example From Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

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The Rav as a Mechadesh Halacha: One Small Example From Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Michael J. Broyde In the Koren Rav siddur, in the minhagim of the Rav, in the section dealing with the halachic rules of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, זצ”ל it is written: The Rav posited that if one forgot to recite Ya’aleh VeYavo on Rosh Hodesh during Shaharit, one should not repeat the Amida, but should rather rely upon the reference to the holiday that will be made…

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ArtScroll’s Response and My Comments

ArtScroll’s Response and My Comments

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 ArtScroll’s Response and My Comments by Marc B. Shapiro  My recent post here was more popular than my typical post. I base this statement on the fact that I received more emails from readers than usual and the post was picked up by a variety of different websites. The part dealing with the censorship of Rashbam was translated into Hebrew here (with one of the commenters calling for a herem to be placed on ArtScroll)[ and see also here. ArtScroll has now issued its response….

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Abraham’s Chaldean Origins and the Chaldee Language

Abraham’s Chaldean Origins and the Chaldee Language

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ABRAHAM’S CHALDEAN ORIGINS AND THE CHALDEE LANGUAGE by Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the newly published Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew [available here]. His book is available online and in bookstores in Israel and will arrive to bookstores in America in the coming weeks. Rabbi Klein published articles in various journals including Jewish Bible Quarterly, Kovetz Hamaor, and Kovetz Kol HaTorah. He is currently a fellow at the Kollel of Yeshivas Mir…

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