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…
Summer 2020 Sale Announcement: Eight New (or newish) book recommendations
…of publishers on sale right now: Bialik, Bar-Ilan University Press, Magnes Press, Academy L’Lashon Haivrit, Mechon Shlomo Uman, Zichron Aron, Mechon Yerushalayim (catalog available upon request), and Ahavat Shalom (catalog…
New Book: The Living Tree: Studies in Modern Orthodoxy by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
…is the path of Torah, and “these and those are the words of the Living God.” (Elon, Mishpat HaIvri, 37) A fascinating contrast is to be found in the writings…
In Praise of Ephemera: A Picture Postcard from Vilna Reveals its Secrets More than One Hundred Years after its Original Publication
…as a pogrom. On the other hand, to label those events a mere “disturbance” does not begin to capture the malevolent intent of the perpetrators directed specifically against Jews, and…
