…Zalman Margolis highlighted the importance of studying this sefer for those learning shechita, and yet, due to the sefer having been published as an addendum to the sefer, Sha’arei Dura,…
…rather than commands. Supporting these with scriptural proof texts, he labels them with the solo term mitsvah, a label that he also uses to designate rabbinical directives. The scriptural mitsvot…
Rambam The Poet? Ovadya Hoffman Most readers are familiar with the general character and productivity of Maimonides, I will therefore keep the preamble to a minimum. The indelible legacy left…
…according to the Sefer Hakrisus. According to the Sefer Hakrisus, even had Rabbeinu Hakadosh not wanted to include the story of Chanukah for some reason, it was not only his…
…context. [13] Gries, pp. 120-21; Ya’akov Shemu’el Shpiegel, Amudim be-Toldot ha-Sefer ha-Iṿri: hadar ha-meḥaber: be-Sha’ari ha-Defus (Jerusalem, 2014), pp. 25-26 [Hebrew]. [14] Gries, p. 21. [15] In a private correspondence,…
…Yaakov Shmuel Spiegel, Amudim b’Toldot Sefer HaIvri, Haghot u’Maghim, pp. 279-85.] There are at least three articles discussing exactly how one should edit seforim. Each of these articles contribute different,…
