Assorted Comments
…להטעות הפתיים Although by now R. Tam’s emendation is the standard version recited by Ashkenazim and Sephardim, neither R. Joseph Karo nor R. Moses Isserles, Shulhan Arukh, Even ha-Ezer 34:1, refer to it….
The Vilna Gaon, part 3 (Review of Eliyahu Stern, The Genius) by Marc B. Shapiro
…the Shulhan Arukh. Here is a similar story recorded about R. Yisrael Salanter.[6] Whether these stories actually happened is not important. What is important is that they were regarded…
The Writings of R. Hayyim Gulevsky, Part 2
…in order to create one communal standard, yet there is nothing in the Shulhan Arukh about a Vaad, and R. Teitz is as reliable as anyone. Yet all I got…
A Bizarre Case of Censoring the Besamim Rosh
…a reprint of the Piskei Teshuvot was done, with reset type and organized according the Shulhan Arukh’s divisions. For some reason, however, this teshuva does not appear. In the earlier…
Zafenat Pane’ah—A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books
…(shulhan arukh) with all the savory food from which all the house of Jacob will be fed and nurtured. And I say concerning it, “fortunate is he who comes here…
Marc B. Shapiro: Thoughts on Confrontation & Sundry Matters Part I
…it is unimaginable that people today will, as in the past express satisfaction at the death of a mamzer.[53] A difficulty with the sympathetic approach is the Shulhan Arukh‘s ruling…
A Note on R. Bezalel Alexandrov’s משכן בצלאל and its Prenumeranten
…of 20.[3] R. Bezalel’s second book, ילקוט בצלאל expands the polemic to other public manifestations of disregard for the rules of the Shulhan Arukh , such as the disregard of the mitzvot of ציצית, תפילין, מזוזה, and Sabbath observance.[4]…
Marc B. Shapiro: A Tale of Two Lost Archives
…and Apfel turned to Toledano for his opinion.[3] Toledano points out that while Apfel is correct that a non-Jew may cook for a holeh she-ein bo sakanah, (see Shulhan Arukh,…
Concerning the Zohar and Other Matters
…to me at shapirom2 at scranton.edu 1. Tell me the only place in the Shulhan Arukh where R. Joseph Karo mentions a kabbalistic concept? I am referring to an actual concept…
Rav Kook’s Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal
…in Shulĥan Arukh, Yore Dei’a, 248:1-2. If this is the case in all charities, all the more so is it the case concerning charity for strengthening Eretz Yisrael, for this…
A Preliminary Review of The New Koren Talmud Bavli: A Goldilocks edition
…Notes on the Talmudic discussion, Background on material, Halakha (which references the Shulhan Arukh and Rambam), Language and Personalities. These notes are supplemented with high quality color illustrations (although only…
Answers to Quiz Questions and Other Comments, part 2
…and is the background of R. Moses Isserles, Shulhan Arukh, Yoreh Deah 265:11, declaring that a woman cannot be a sandak, because it is peritzut.[15] Yet despite Rama’s comment, my…
“Seeing the Infinite in Torah” A Memorial to the Gaon Rabbi Shelomo Fisher (Author of Beit Yishai)
…event, there exploded in Tsefat in the sixteenth century a burst of unparalleled creative energy. In a single generation, there was produced both Rabbi Joseph Caro’s Shulhan ‘Arukh and the…
Summary of Jordan Penkower on reading Zekher or Zeikher Amalek
…Ha-Cohen, otherwise known as the Hafetz Hayyim, came out with his Mishnah Berurah on the Shulhan Arukh. Since the special reading of Parshat Zakhor is a command from the Torah,…
New Book on Rabbinic Authority
…extends this prohibition against arguing against earlier ones and says this is applicable to the pronouncements of the Shulhan Arukh and the Rama. He appears to be unaware that R….