…pages are given parenthetically in the text. Readers of The Seforim Blog may already be familiar with his work through his review in Marc Herman, “Review of ‘Ha-Sefer ha-Kollel (Kitāb…
New Sefer Announcement by: Eliezer Brodt I just printed a small sefer, Likutei Eliezer, it is 120 pages and paperback. The sefer consists of four chapters each with many parts….
…use god’s name, only a word, that in this context refers to god only if read incorrectly. See also Ya’akov Shmuel Spegiel, Amudim be-Toldot Sefer ha-Ivri: Ketivah ve-Hatakah, Bar Ilan…
…escutcheon. [9] Rabbinovicz, pp. 95-6. [10] Rabbinovicz, p. 129 no. 1. Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel, Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri: Hagahot u-Megihim (Ramat-Gan, 1996), pp. 404-05 [Hebrew] adds that the Vilna Gaon learned from and made annotations on…
…in Israel 3 (Tel Aviv, 1986), cols., 867-69; [Hebrew]; Tzvi M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (Northvale, London, 1996, pp. 239-40. [10] Ya’aḳov Shemuʼel Shpigel, ʿAmudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri: be_Sha’are…
…is also applied to making textual emendations. See, e.g. R. Y. Landau, Noda be-Yehuda Kama, Even ha-Ezer, 32; this issue is discussed by Y.S. Spiegel, Amudim be-Tolodot Sefer ha-Ivri Haghot…
…report. In 1888, when Rav Kook he was 23 years old, he published the first issue of a periodical entitled ‘Ittur Sofrim’.[6] This sefer had many impressive Haskomot from Gedolei Yisroel, among…
…is not the focus of this article. On the history of literature written during times of plague, see Abraham Yaari, biOhalei Sefer (Reuven Mass, 5699), 82-90. The other essays in…
…(ibid); Z. Gris, Hasefer Kesochen Tarbus, p.172 and here. Another custom which women are involved in on Simchat Torah is the throwing of the fruit to the children. On this…
Responses to Comments and Elaborations of Previous Posts III by Marc B. Shapiro This post is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Chaim Flom, late rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Ohr…
…Edition of Sefer Hamaskil of R. Moshe Ben R. Eliezer Hacohen,” Yerushaseinu (2006), pp. 218–220. 46. Magen Avraham, ad loc., 14. 47. Sefer Hamaskil, Jerusalem 2004, pp. 48–49. 48. M.T.,…
…wife. [16] It appears that the Arukh ha-Shulhan derived reason 2 from a formulation in the Sefer Agudah. However, R. Yosef Goldberg argues that the Arukh ha-Shulhan is mistaken and that the Sefer Agudah cannot be seen as…
…has been updated here), any of Ta-Shma’s works, Amudim be-Tolodot Sefer ha-Ivri by Y.S. Speigel, A. Grossman’s works on the Rishonim, or Shivrei Luchot by Y. Emmanuel. These omissions allows for…
…Yakkov Shmuel Speigel, Amudim be-Tolodot Sefer ha-Ivri: Ketivah veha-Atakah (Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2005), 241-97; Marc Shapiro, Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites History (Oxford: Littman Library…
…of the Gra. Earlier this year (2018) R’ Dovid Kamenetsky published a very important manuscript related to the Maaseh Rav. This work sheds light on how this important sefer of…