Eliezer Brodt: Corrections and Clarifications
…all. First I would like to clarify there have been many many articles written about the Mekor Baruch showing plagiarism and mistakes he made. Others have shown that he…
Adam Mintz — Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin: A Forgotten American Posek
…The tide began to turn in the late 1950’s as many Orthodox leaders declared their opposition to congregations with mixed-seating. A major step in this direction was introduced by Baruch…
R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot: A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro
…Inbal, Norman Solomon and most prominently, Baruch Shmuel Deutsch. This reading of R. Hayyim has widespread support because it is so striking that he is knowingly using a faulty text…
The Kabbalah of Relation by Rabbi Bezalel Naor book review
…Rebbes in the Habad lineage, but this last Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l had a positive relationship with a few artists: Jacques Lipschutz, Yakov Agam, Baruch Nachshon, and born-and-raised Lubavitchers Hendel Lieberman…
Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926 – Review I
…is worth more to you than the tens and hundreds of dollars you spend on tuition for your children.” (No. 97) N’gintoh Baruch Schorr, which contains songs by the noted…
Parshat Tetzaveh. Greek letter Chi and Tav in Paleo-Hebrew
…Yevanit. [3] See additions to Aruch by R. Benjamin Mussafia (Erech כי יונית) and Tiferet Yisrael on Menachot 6:3 and after the last Mishna in the 10th perek of Zevachim….
The Meaning of the Word Eduyos in מסכת עדיות
…הסרה removed is thus common to all these explanations. Stated otherwise, the word עד or perhaps עדי means something cast aside. As noted by Radak (as well as the Aruch;…
The Netziv, Reading Newspapers on Shabbos in General & Censorship (Part Three)
…to note ten: About the Netziv’s letters see; Mekor Baruch, 4, pp. 2000-2010. Moshe Tzinovitz writes: בקשר לכתיבת מכתביו יש לציין, כי בכל מכתב ומכתב היה כותב פרט מיוחד מפרשת השבוע,…
Review: Kehilot Hungary
Rabbi Baruch Oberlander is the rabbi in Budapest, Hungary, since 1989, and is the editor of Tel Talpiot. He has published many articles in the journal Ohr Yisroel and is…
על שיבושי הצנזורה שנמצאים בהדפסות החדשות של התלמוד
על שיבושי הצנזורה שנמצאים בהדפסות החדשות של התלמוד הרב ברוך אבערלאנדער אב”ד הבד”צ דקהילות החרדים דבודאפעסט ורב דקהילת חברה ש”ס – ליובאוויטש בהמשך לרשימה שהופיעה ב’ספרים-בלוג‘ אודות הצנזורה הנני מפרסם…
Initial Bibliography of Important Haggadah Literature
…a few years back is R. Weingarten’s three volume Seder Ha-aruch. The first volume is all about the halachaic aspects relating to the seder. The second volume discusses the aggadic…
The Missing Nun Verse in Ashrei
…Most noticeable is that each verse is followed by a refrain: Baruch adonay uvaruch shemo leolam vaed – Blessed is God and blessed is His name forever. Finally, there is…
Approbations and Restrictions: Printing the Talmud in Eighteenth Century Amsterdam and Two Frankfurts
…book, R. Jacob Barukh ben Judah Landau’s (15th cent.) concise halakhic compendium, Sefer Ha-Agur (Naples, 1487), one of seven approbations, that of R. Judah ben Jehiel Rofe (Messer Leone, 15th cent.) stating he has examined ha-Agur,…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, views of women, and more
Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, Views of Women, and More Marc B. Shapiro 1. In an earlier post I wrote about R. Shlomo Yosef…
‘And How Can One Behold a Sefer Torah in Distress?’ On the Relationship between Rabbi Chaim Heller and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
‘And How Can One Behold a Sefer Torah in Distress?’ On the Relationship between Rabbi Chaim Heller and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik by Aviad Hacohen and Menachem Butler This…