The American Yekkes
…as the primary 9 motivations for its stringent call to piety (Sefer Chasidim 62, 63), reference palpable concern over divine reward and punishment as well. For example, “Whatever you may…
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…of Kabbalah and were not antagonistic as some others (think certain groups of Yemenites). Additionally, for those interested in incunabula, R. David Kimchi’s (RaDaK) Sefer ha-Shorashim, Naples 1490 is for…
Torah Under Wraps
…Yehudah Zeivald, a Boyaner Hasid who is quite busy with philosophy and Hasidism; Yitzchak Rosenblum, who had to move from Kiryat Sefer to Bet Shemesh on account of the library…
Marc B. Shapiro – Rabbis and Communism
…ז”ל הגדירו תאר ע”ה בזה, באמרם בפרקי אבות, שלי שלך ושלך שלי עם הארץ ע”כ. הנה כללו את כל השטה הזו במלות קצרות, ע”כ. Returning to Graubart’s Sefer Zikaron, it…
Three New Books
…In an interview published in Ami Magazine and reprinted with updates on the Seforim Blog (here) Elizur was asked: Which sefer do you consider your biggest accomplishment— your magnum opus?”…
The Valmadonna Broadside Collection: a Review Essay
…customarily recited by women on Friday evening during the candle lighting ceremony. The illustration depicts a woman lighting eight candles. The Rishonim, including Italian sources, Shibolei Haleket (Siman 59) and Sefer Hatadir (p.196), only require…
The Yom Tov Lecture of R. Eliezer Hagadol
…teaching and principals. I believe it’s possible to clarify the positions of R. Eliezer based on writings of Maimonides. [16] Starting with Sefer Ha Mitzvot: ואחרי עיניכם – זו זנות…
The Meaning of the Name “Maccabee”
…having been sent by Judah on a mission to Rome. But this identification is only conjecture. [39] See Daniel Schwartz, Sefer Makabim ב (2004), p. 19, n. 23. Schwartz agrees…
On the Passing of Yeshayahu Vinograd, the Bibliographer and the Man
…authored Otzar ha-Sefer ha-‘Ivri (Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book), Otzar Sifrei ha-Gra (Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon), and (published) Siddur Ezor Eliyahu. The following reminiscences were written…
The sukkah on Shemini Atzeret controversy
…century, when Rav Isaiah Horowitz, the Shelah HaKadosh, was Rav, in his sefer Yosef Ometz was still able to state that a family, descendant of Troyes, who does not sit…
Assorted Comments on R. Jacob Emden, Ashkenazic Views of Sephardic Gedolim, and More
…appears in Tzitz Eliezer, vol. 20, no. 56. This is a very strange claim, as the responsum first appeared in 1978 in the Sefer ha-Zikaron for R. Yehezkel Abramsky. Are we supposed to…
Hebrew Dictionaries
The post below focuses on R. Elijah haBahor’s dictionary- Sefer haTishbi. There are, however, numerous other Hebrew Dictionaries. R. Elijah haBahor himself wrote another focusing on Aramic words from the…
Book Review: Pischei Tefilah u-Mo’ad by Y. S. Spiegel
…topics but also that his work has appeared in all types of publications running the gamut from academic journals such as Kiryat Sefer, Tarbiz, Sidra, Alei Sefer, Assufot, Teudah, Kovetz…
On the Plagiarism of a Tach-ve-Tat Chronicle
…edition is exceedingly rare. According to Ya’ari, there is but one complete copy extant. (See Ya’ari, Kiryat Sefer, (16) 1939-40). This edition was published by R. Shmuel ben R. Shimson…
Rashi Devarim 26:17-18….. הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ and הֶאֱמִֽירְךָ֣
…about face and says that he actually did find a comparable word in Tanach וּמָצָאתִי לָהֶם עֵד. The Sefer Yosef Da’as terms this a Stirah. The textual witness that Rashi…