Tracing the history of eating milchigs on Shavuos
…from? The Rambam, Tur, and Shulchan Aruch do not make any mention of it. In this article, I will trace some of the earliest known sources that we have for…
Towards a Bibliography of seforim related to Shavuos and Megilas Rus (both new and old) – updated
…and Keriyas Hatorah. The only custom he mentions that is unique to Shavuos is saying Azharot. Rabbi Yosef Caro in both of his works, Beis Yosef and Shulchan Aruch pretty…
The Cup for the Visitor: What lies behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu?
…literature that we have from the Geonim and Rishonim. Neither is there mention of it in the Tur, Shulchan Orach, Rema, or other early commentators on the Shulchan Orach. One…
Daily Birkat Cohanim in the Diaspora
…the Sefer ha-Miktzoot, or even every Shabbat, as is mentioned in the Mateh Efraim. Finally, we may cite the words of R. Yehiel Michel Epstein, in his Aruch ha-Shulhan, Orah…
China and the Answer to the Last Quiz
…a seminal discharge on Yom Kippur, most poskim, including the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim 613:11, hold that he cannot go to the mikveh on this day. However, there are a…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin, Kitniyot, R. Judah Mintz, and More
…who live in Israel are to follow the practices of the Shulhan Arukh but he doesn’t insist on this when it comes to Ashkenazim. If R. Joseph Karo is the…
