The 1526 Prague Haggadah and its Illustrations
…referred to as the colophon. On the printers see Chaim Friedberg, Toldos Hadefus Haivri, pp. 1-10. On various aspects about printing in these years in Prague, see Hebrew Printing in…
Half Faith, Half Heresy: Between S.Y. Agnon and Gershom Scholem
…Aviv (now part of Beit Ariella) and was a distinguished Torah scholar. The current librarian, R. Avishai Elbom, published a column “Rabbi Reuven Margolies vs. Professor Gershom Scholem” (Am HaSefer…
The Strange Shape of the Marcheshet Pan
…contain diagrams. [4] Printing the Talmud: A History of the Earliest Printed Editions of the Talmud, Marvin J. Heller, Im Hasefer 1993 p.6 states as follows: “Rabbinovicz attributes the dearth of…
An Obscure Diagram in the Bomberg Shas
…For more background on this, please see Marvin J. Heller, Printing the Talmud (A History of the Early Printed Editions of the Talmud )Im Hasefer, Brooklyn, NY 1992, pages 167-180…
Was Professor Saul Lieberman “Orthodox” or “Conservative”? [1]
…at JTS should be sh’lomei emunei yisrael and that the students and graduates should beshomrei torah u-mitzvot ka-rauy v’khayaut.” Lieberman did not care about labels but rather about substance, and in this…
Shnayer Leiman – The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations
…in the Middle Ages (Hebrew); Wine of Non-Jews (Hebrew); Responsa as Historical Sources (Hebrew). Some of his shorter essays (e.g.“Three Themes in Sefer Hasidim”; “Rupture and Reconstruction”) have stimulated more…
The Satmar Rebbe and a Censored Mishnah Berurah, and R. Baruch Rabinovich of Munkács
…hatred. Again I ask, if such a video surfaced from a leftist camp, there would be no hesitation in labeling it anti-Semitic. So why are people hesitant to conclude that…
Of Clowns, Giants, Mules, and Centaurs: The Enigmatic Anah
…to his edition of Sefer Hayashar. [43] Translated from קופים. There are variants of Sefer Hayashar. See M.M. Noah, The Book of Jashar, pg. 108, who translates it as keephas….
Response to Criticism, Part 3
…he is unaware of the structure of the Mishneh Torah. The entire work is an expansion of the 613 Mitzvos: The entire work is introduced by Rambam’s Sefer haMitzvos which…
Another “Translation” by Artscroll, the Rogochover and the Radichkover
…translation of Sefer ha-Hinukh, no. 467. In discussing the prohibition to gash one’s body as idol-worshippers so, Sefer ha-Hinukh states: אבל שנשחית גופנו ונקלקל עצמנו כשוטים, לא טוב לנו ולא דרך חכמים ואנשי…
Review: ספר קושיות (Rabbi Yaakov Stal)
…about. The sefer comes included with an extensive index; with just a quick perusal one is appraised to the many interesting topic there are in the sefer. I would like…
A Gift for Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulay: On R. Yaakov Shimshon Senigallia, author of the Machshirei Pischa haggada, and his relationship with Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulay,‘the Chida’.
…you examine the individual characteristics of the sefer, the personalities involved with the sefer – whether it be the author or previous owner or the like – verily come alive…
Eliezer Kallir – Updated
…use of gematria. Specifically, Mehlsack wrote Sefer ha-Ravyah, Ofen, 1837, against Shir. Mehlsack was a prolific author, he supposedly authored some 72 seforim, but the only published sefer was this…
A Printing Mistake and the Mysterious Origins of Rashbi’s Yahrzeit*
…not having accorded respect to each other. Because this is deemed a mourning period, we refrain from shaving, taking haircuts, dancing, listening to music, and making weddings.[2] Sefer Ha- Tadir[3]…
A Preliminary Bibliography of Recent Works on Birkat ha-Chamah
…work, Sefer ha-Iyun. See Yodeah Sefer, letter Bet, no. 224, and letter Mem, no. 1208. The only sefer of Kunitz that escaped Rosenthal’s wrath is Kunitz’s Ha-Matzref, although Rosenthal doesn’t…