Response to Criticism Part 4; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and the Hazon Ish
…to him (including R. Ahron Soloveichik, Parah Mateh Aharon, Sefer Mada, p. 194[17]), never saw what Maimonides wrote in Guide 1:36 where he explains why an honest error in matters…
Legacy Judaica Auction, Cremation, R. Kook, and Other Items
…a Jewish audience. For one of the more bizarre travelogues, it is hard to surpass Sefer ha-Brit ha-Hadasha im ha-Nehar Sambatyyon be-Medinat China (lot 141). After receiving permission from President…
Breaching the Walls of History with Postscript
…identify himself by his own well-known name without drawing attention, particularly given that the sefer of his grandfather, Rabbeinu Chaim Halevi, was already catalogued in that very library. Nor could…
Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 2): Sanhedrin, Dateline, the Rav on Kahane, and More
…Hershel Schachter brought in Shiurei Ha-rav (Sanhedrin), page 37, footnote 35. [3] Shenaton Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri 14-15, page 235, footnote 77 [4] Dr. Revel did cite statements of other rishonim that…
The First Artichoke Controversy of 2012
…used as Maror. However, the textual evidence is weak. Sefer Ha’arukh is a dictionary, not a responsum, a legal code or a gloss to one, like Hagahot Maimoniyot which identifies tamkha as horseradish – chrayn, associated with…
Demythologising the Rabbinic Aggadah: Menahem Meiri
…the article by I. Ta-Shema in the Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 11, pp. 1257-1260 and Saperstein. op. cit., index ‘Menahem Meiri’. [7] This reference is given in Sefer Ha-Middot Le-Ha-Meiri, ed….
