On Libraries, Bibliophiles & Images: Taj Auction 13
…catalog of his library, Yodeah Sefer. Despite the many rare books in the collections, there was at least one book he could not procure, at least a complete copy. In…
Partnership Minyanim and More
…על ידי זימון, או אם הוא עם הארץ להוציאו ידי חובתו כדרך שהאיש מוציאו. See also R. Asher Ben Hayyim, Sefer ha-Pardes, ed. Blau (New York, 1984), pp. 176-177, and also…
Israel ben Shabtai [Hapstein]. ‘Avodat Yisrael – Book review by Bezalel Naor
…of “Rashi” script (today unfamiliar to Hebrew readers without rabbinic training). About now the cognoscenti will chime in, “Afilu sefer torah she-be-heikhal tsarikh mazal” (“Even a Torah scroll in the…
Lag B’Omer through the eyes of a Litvak in 1925
…– “Feuerwerke”. In HaHar Hatov it is mistakenly transcribed as “Feueraserke”. [29] וכן המנהג שלנו. [30] See Sefer HaManhig הלכות אירוסין ונישואין סימן קו. [31] בית הבחירה יבמות סב, ב…
Torah mi-Sinai and More
…in the sentence. וְעָשִׂיתָ לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו, כָּכָה, כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר-צִוִּיתִי, אֹתָכָה One of the sources that refers to this text is Zev Grossman, Darkhei ha-Melitzah be-Sefer Tehillim. This is a very interesting…
Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926 – Review II
…were not erudite. In an apparent effort to help with this deficiency, in 1901, R. Dov Baer Abramowitz published his Sefer Ketubah. This book contains tear out, pro forma ketubot….
