New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 3
…with his sefer Meor Einayim . . . and he said that maybe the chachmei ha-Gemara were wrong in history . . . many rabbanim were so upset they wanted…
The Princess and I: Academic Kabbalists/Kabbalist Academics
…according to Sefer Yetsirah“[20]), contraction and expansion, saying and the unsaid, straightness ( =shura) and song ( =shira). Words that stumble in the dark, seek in the murky mist, for…
New Book Announcement: Mesoras Torah Sheba’al Peh by Harav Professor Shlomo Zalman Havlin
…such as Kiryat Sefer, Sidra, Alei Sefer as well as many prominent Charedi rabbinic journals such a Yeshurun, Moriah and others. Another point unique to Havlin’s writings, besides his familiarity…
The Creative Craftsman: Adorning The Torah, One Crown At A Time
…Sefer HaYashar [The Book of the Righteous] which also requires explanation. Sorotzkin argues that the entire Torah is from God and anyone who suggests that even one verse was…
Reuven Elitzur, Saul Lieberman, and Response to Criticism, part 2
…the very first page of his commentary to Sefer ha-Madda, R. Rosenthal also notes the point I made, that the Thirteen Principles as a unit are never mentioned in the…
The Letter of the Maharal on the Creation of the Golem
…in the printed editions of Sefer Yetzirah. Alas, no such permutations and combinations appeared in any of the printed editions of Sefer Yetzirah until 1883 (פירוש הר”א גרמיזא על ספר…
