Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan
Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan Conducted by Baruch Pelta on December 22, 2008 at the 40th Association for Jewish Studies Conference Transcribed Using the Services of Olivia Wiznitzer Co-edited by…
The Rogochover and More
…need.[7] (This heter is not recorded in the Shulhan Arukh, but this would not have concerned the Rogochover.[8]) Yet it is important to remember that as far as we know the Rogochover never cited this passage in…
The History behind the Ashkenazi/Sephardi divide concerning lighting Chanukah candles
…of how lighting Chanukah candles has been practiced and attempt to explain why in fact Ashkenazim and Sephardim do as they do. The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 671:2) records the…
Pandemic Bibliopenia: A Preliminary Report of Disease Eradication
…Arukh. While the Shulhan Arukh was only first printed in 1565 in Venice, the colophon of each volume reflects the date and place of its completion. Colophon at end of…
Marc B. Shapiro – Rabbis and Communism
…הקנטאָניסטין [7] See Zikhron Yaakov, vol. 1, 122f [8] R. Barukh Epstein describes how his grandfather stood up to the chappers. See Mekor Barukh, vol. 2, 964ff. I see no…
Barukh Dayan Ha-Emet: Rabbi Dr. Noah Rosenbloom
For those who have not seen the obituary notice in the New York Times (Aug 14, 2007; B6), the Seforim blog records the passing of Rabbi Dr. Noah Rosenbloom, a…
R. Reuven Margulies I
…death dates of Tzadikim 16) Vikuach HaRamban (Lemberg, 1928) 17) Yalkut Peninim (Lemberg, 1929), derashot 18) Butzna d’Nehora HaShalem (Lemberg, 1930), about R. Barukh of Metzerich 19) Gevurot Ari (Lemberg,…
The Perils of Ignoring Precedent: Alterations in the Kaddish Prayer
…of the Shulhan Arukh. They erroneously claim this comment appears in his Sha’ari Teffilah. This appears no where in the Sha’ari Teffilah. Instead, it seems the editor of this edition…
Mysteries of the Magical Fifth Passover Cup (II): The Great Disappearing Act
…discussion in R. Joseph Karo’s monumental Bet Yosef the fifth cup disappeared completely in his Shulḥan Arukh. Following the order of Tur, R. Karo gave names to all of the…
Abraham Rosenberg, R. Chaim Heller, R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach on Conversion, Abortion, Mercy Killings, and new pictures and videos of R. Jehiel Jacob Weinberg
…answers: 1. There are two se’ifim in the Shulhan Arukh that only contain two words. 2. There is one siman in the Shulhan Arukh whose number is the gematria of…
Keser vs. Kesher: What’s In A Name?
…“Kesher Bogdim” means a band of traitors, and can be found in Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah Hilkhot Sanhedrin 2:14, Shulhan Arukh Hoshen Mishpat 3:4, and according to the Vilna Gaon (note 22 there) the expression is…
Screen for the Spirit, Garment for the Soul
…lack of authenticity. This is the reason the Shulhan Arukh – not internal spirituality – is the basis for our religious obligations, it is the absolute cornerstone of our lives….
Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn – A Multi-faceted Erudite Scholar
…the Shulhan Arukh. Dueren, a German halakhic authority, resident in Dueren in Germany, was an authority on the laws of issur ve-hetter (dietary laws).. The Rema’s purpose in writing Torat…
Will the Real Shas Kattan Please Stand Up
…an over-representation of topics belonging to Aggadah and the halakhot that appear in the Shulhan Arukh, as opposed to halakhot dealing with sacrifices and ritual impurity. With all its faults,…
New Book: The Living Tree: Studies in Modern Orthodoxy by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
…works such as the Kitzur Shulhan Arukh of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, which records only one authoritative opinion – unlike the original Shulhan Arukh, which includes the opposing views of Rabbi…