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…
Upcoming Kestenbaum Auction #51 – Alphonse Cassuto Collection Part 2.
…replacing with “corrected” pages. Third, lot 159, is R. Ya’akov Emden’s polemic against the Frankist movement, Sefer Shimush, Altona c. 1758-62. This work too was banned by the Va’ad Arba…
Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל
…that oneg involves the five senses while simcha involves only the heart/mind [lev]…and from simcha one arrives at dancing as is written in the Sefer Hakuzari, and the Maharal explains…
The Seven Nations of Canaan
…rendered as Hormah or “Destruction;” see Milgrom, ibid., Numbers, pp.172, 456-48. According to Judges1:17, Hormah was destroyed later; see Tigay, Deuteronomy, p. 348, n. 121. [12] See Yehezkel Kaufmann, Sefer Yehoshua…
Dorshei Yichudcha: A Portrait of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson
…Hermeneutics, Theosophy and Theurgy (Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 2000). [17] Elliot R. Wolfson, The Book of the Pomegranate: Moses de Leon’s Sefer ha-Rimmon (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988). About this edition,…
Towards Decoding Ha-Yeriah Ha-Gedolah (The Great Parchment), A Cryptic 14th Century Italian Kabbalistic Text
…Talmud, Midrash, and other medieval sources.[31] YG mentions the messianic figures of Menachem ben Amiel and Nehemiah ben Hushiel,[32] who appear in early medieval works, such as the apocalyptic Sefer…
Elul Sale Announcement: Twelve Seforim recommendations
…from academic journals such as Kiryat Sefer, Tarbiz, Sidra, Alei Sefer, Assufot, Teudah, Kovetz Al Yad and also in many prominent Chareidi rabbinic journals such Yeshurun, Yerushaseinu, Chitzei Giborim, Moriah,…
god or God: A Review of Two Works on the Names of God
god or God: A Review of Two Works on the Names of God Eliezer Brodt Last week I picked up a new sefer titled Nekadesh es Shimcha. What caught my…
Self-Censorship in the Arukh ha-Shulhan, ArtScroll’s Latest Betrayal, and Other Assorted Comments
…responsum like this one can have value. I am very happy that it was translated and included in the sefer, so that it can now be part of the public…
Sotheby’s upcoming Important Judaica auction
…of Radak.) The Mahzor Le-Kol Ha-Shanah Ke-Minhag Ashkenaz; Sefer Tehilim (Ashkenazi Prayer Book For The Entire Year; Book Of Psalms—est. $550/750,000). This is the second work ever created by Aryeh…
The Maharsha’s Map of Yerushalayim – A Taus Sofer? Berakhot 61b
…of Rav Tziyon Kohen Yehonatan (Djerba 1872-1931) in his Sefer Sha’arei Tziyon ( Dejerba 1932) courtesy of hebrewbooks.org ולענד״ן שטאות סופר נפל בציור וצריך לצייר בענין שתהיה ירושלים כולה נכנסת…
Guide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part I
…that many of other websites draw on. For example of interesting sefer found there, see R’ Heiman’s Toldot Tana’im VeAmora’im. I recently used Wikitext’s transcription to do various analyses of…
Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts
…how it has been practiced.[12] In his sefer Am Mordechai, R. Willig, like R. Feinstein, takes as a certainty that latitude must be a determinant in applying the approach of…
Disputatious Divorces: Public Controversies over Gitten and Couple Relations
…her a bill of divorcement (Sefer Keritut, get), hands it to her, and sends her away from his house (Deuteronomy 24:1). The Bible makes clear that the normal relationship is…
Woe Is Unto Whom?
…unsatisfactory.[9] B. Supersessionsism A hint at what I believe is the true reason for the change in our text is found in a book called Sefer HaZikuk. This book was…