Review of a new edition of the Sefer Chasidim
…four volumes) of the Sefer Hassidim. In this post I would like give some background on Mechon Otzar haPoskim, the Sefer Chassidim in general and this recent version in particular….
Marc B. Shapiro – Clarifications of Previous Posts
…very strongly to this statement.[29] Prof. Yaakov Spiegel, in his book Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri: Ketivah ve-Ha’atakah, pp. 244ff., discusses the phenomenon of denying the authenticity of responsa. Sometimes the…
R. Chaim Vital and his Unknown Work Sefer ha-Pe'ulot
…and Alchemy As Reflected in Sefer ha-Pe’olot As is clear from R. Vital’s works, he was very involved with alchemy. For example, in his Sefer ha-Chizyonot he writes:וחכם גדול בשרטוטי…
The Mysteries of Hoshana Rabbah
…Yaakov Spiegel, Amudim Betoldot Hasefer Haivri, BiSharei Defus, pp. 35-36. [30] Zecher L’mikdash, p. 19. See also Seder Eliyahu, Nefesh Dovid, p. 139. [31] Seder Eliyahu, Nefesh Dovid, p. 139….
The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction?
…by Adam Shear, “The Later History of a Medieval Hebrew Book, Studies in the Reception of Judah Halevi’s Sefer HaKuzari” (PhD dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 2003); soon to be printed…
Eliezer Brodt – A Lively History of Reprinting Rabbeinu Yeruchem
…of error – too many to count”); Y.S. Speigel, Amudim B’Tolodot Sefer HaIvri : Hagahot U’Magimim p. 247 n.121 for additional sources. [3] idem. [4] Pirush Sifri, Rabbenu Eliezer Nachum,…
Shavuah ha-Sefer 2008: A Recommended Reading List
…is a period of about ten days called Shavuah Hasefer-book week. Shavuah HaSefer is a sale which takes place all across the country in stores, malls and special places rented…
One more Book on Stam Yayin
…that teshuva see Ziv, pages 66-67 and now Y.S. Spiegel Amudim b’Tolodot HaSefer haIvri – Kitiva v’Hataka p. 273 (also see his footnotes for more on the controversy generally); Daniel…
A Comprehensive (or close to it) List of New Seforim
…the print as the earlier edition is almost impossible to read. The editors of this edition did not, however, include notes of any sort on the sefer. Sefer Al Esek…
Review of Professor Daniel Sperber’s Netivot Pesikah
…based on on Professor Speigel works Amudim b’Tolodot Sefer HaIvri, but he adds many excellent sources to those of Speigel. Specifically, he shows how many gedolim disagreed with the Hazon…
Sefer HaNer on Mesechet Bava Kamma
…the Lost Commentary to the Second Part of the Tractate based upon Cairo Genizah Fragments and Citations in the Rishonim’ (1993) Ph.D. [31] See Y. S. Spiegel, Amudim bToldot Hasefer…
The Custom of Azharot on Shavous
…Gabriel’s contemporaries also held him in high regard. The Ravad (Sefer Hakablah pg 81) Meiri (Sefer Hakablah, Ofek ed., pg 136) Avudraham and Yechsin all call him a great chacham….
The Origins of Hamentashen in Jewish Literature (Revisited)
…comedies written throughout the ages. One such was R. Avraham Mor, Kol Bo LePurim (Lemberg, 1855), which is a complete sefer all about Purim written to be humorous. Included therein…
A Tribute to Rav Shlomo Elyashiv, Author of Leshem Shevo v-Achloma: On his Ninetieth Yahrzeit
…and annotations from the editor, Yehoshua Lipschitz, Leshem Shevo v-Achloma: Drushei Olam HaTohu im Likkut Meir HaLeshem (Jerusalem, 2016). [20] Ibid., “Maamar Klali al Yesod haSefer,” 3-12. [21] Gershom Scholem’s…
Midrash Lekah Tov, part Deux
…this question see Yisrael Ta-Shema pp. 266-7 n. 25; on the various edition of Rashi’s commentary to the Talmud see Y. S. Speigel, Amudim B’Tolodot Sefer HaIvri Kitva V’Hataka, pp….