Announcement: Musings of a Book Collector podcast
…The second free episode, on new and old Seforim related to Chanukah, titled Sefer Makabi’im, Sdei Chemed and other Chanukah related seforim was just recorded and is available for listening…
How the “Songs of the Day” Were Chosen
…the issue as well. It is from Dr. Cohen’s letter that I learned of Rabbi Mantel’s sefer, as well as the above-mentioned article of Rabbi Hadari. Dr. Cohen’s letter also…
A Survey of Contemporary Electronic Resources: Two Hard Drives of Hebraica
…etc. Generally, you will find what you are looking for, however, as with almost any library or hard drive, this does not have every sefer printed, but if it is…
An Illustrated Life of an Illustrious Renaissance Jew Rabbi Doctor Shimshon Morpurgo (1681-1740)
…Moshe Hakohen and Diamante Hakohen. [43] This sefer is part of the Shimeon Brisman Collection in Jewish Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/brisman/item/6997 (accessed April 16, 2021). [44]…
The Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam: A Jewish Convert
…u’Ma’ariv 5 (1931), 323-325. On converts who were involved in other aspects of Hebrew books, see A. Ya’ari, Mehkere Sefer (Jerusalem 1958), 245-255. The picture of R. Yitzhak as well…
The Gaon’s Impact on the Interpretation of both Primary Sugyot in Zemanim
…footnote 5. [9] This seminal point was made explicitly by R. Chaim Sonnenfeld in teshuvah 33 (an approbation to a sefer on zemanim) in a recently published volume of his…
