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…
