An Obscure Chumash Changes the Sefer HaChinuch Forever
…printed edition of Sefer HaChinuch.[6] In placing the מצוות עשה first and then the מצוות לא עשה, the author of the Sefer HaChinuch is following the model of the Sefer…
The Anonymous Author of Tikkunei Zohar and Ra‘ya Mehemna: An Antinomian or a Radical Maimonidean?
…Ya‘akov Spiegel, ‘Ammudim be-Toledot ha-Sefer ha-‘Ivri, vol. 2 (Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan, 2005), p. 442; and lately, Hayyim Eliezer Ashkenazi, “Heker ve-‘Iyun be-Sifrei Rishonim (4),” Yeshurun, vol. 40 (Nisan 5779),…
Rabbis &: History A Review of the Koreh HaDorot, Ahavat Shalom ed
…any sefer or name is mentioned)! Finally, the edition also has a retyped set, making the sefer more readable and clearly marking paragraph and topic breaks. They were also kind…
Review of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky’s Taharas Yisroel
…for someone studying either Maseches Niddah or Shulchan Aruch (although Rav Grodzinsky’s own sefer does mostly follow the organization of the Tur). Without this index, the sefer would be much…
On the History of the Custom to Announce Upcoming Fasts in the Synagogue on the Shabbat Preceding the Fasts
…of Toledo, Spain, authored an Arabic work known as Sefer Mitzvot Zemaniyot around the beginning of the 14th Century. It was translated into Hebrew not long after his death by…
The Pros and Cons of Making Noise When Haman’s Name is Mentioned: A historical perspective (updated)
…Midrash saying that one should erase Amalek from wood and stones.[9] The Sefer HaAsufot cites another Midrash (which we don’t have) to show that the children banged on the wall…
