Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel’s new book has just appeared, as announced here. It is titled Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri: Be-Sha’arei ha-Defus. The Seforim Blog is happy to present this selection from…
…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….
…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…
…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…
…Agnon. As mentioned previously, we hope to provide comprehensive reviews of Y.S. Spiegel’s Tolodot Sefer HaIvri, in that vein, we came across the following footnote (vol. 1, p. 29 n.8)…
…books on this topic in a series called Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri. Volume one was first printed in 1996 and is called Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Ivri: Haghot u-Maghim. It was…
