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…
What Became of Tychsen?: The Non-Jewish ‘Rabbi’ and his “Congregation” of Jewish Medical Students
…[42] This was perhaps a relative of Binyamin Mussafia, a famous graduate of the University of Padua in 1625, and author of Musaf HaArukh, a commentary of the Sefer HaArukh.…
Towards A Reappraisal of the Recent Works of Rabbi Shelomoh Luriah (Maharshal)
…of the Maharshal see Iggerot S’dei Chemed, vol. 1, siman 11, pp. 24-25; see also R. Barukh haLevi Epstein, Mekor Barukh, Introduction, pp. 89-93. [5] For more on the Maharshal’s…
Teffilah Zakah: History of a Controversial Prayer
…According to R. Barukh haLevi Epstein, (Mekor Barukh, vol. 3 p. 1260 [end of chapter 21]), R. Danzig titled the book Hayye Adam to avoid any attempt to abridge it…
Cherubim: Winged Celestial Beings on the Title-Pages of Early Hebrew Books
…an ethical work; He’arot le-Sefer he-Arukh (Venice, 1553), textual references for the Arukh of Nathan ben Jehiel; and, his most important title, Arugat ha-Bosem (Venice, 1602) a grammatical work in…
Some Highlights of the Upcoming Taj Art Auction
…was well-versed and regularly studied an impressive array of Jewish books. Epstein, in his Mekor Barukh, attempts to place Rayna as less of an anomaly but more as one within…
Maccabean Psalms? (and more)
…two hundred years.”[3] R. Samuel Barukh Rabinkow also felt that “the religious value of any of the Psalms is independent of the time of its composition or any historical consideration…
Censorship: The Autobiography of R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz, ADeReT
…that he “decided to refrain from deciding law in way that runs counter to Shulchan Orach and thus would appear strange to the public.” 1983 ed. 52; Jer. ed. at…
Review: Bekurim with the Gra’s Commentary
…ha-Gra on Shulchan Orach which has been worked on by many like the Demsek Eliezer, as well as R. Kook and more recently R. Rakover. These works are extensive commentary…
New Hard Drive
…is a testament to. Aside from the Copy Corner collection, the drive is heavy in She’elot u’Teshuvot as well as commentaries on the Shulchan Orach, haggadot, and journals. Every book…
Machnisei Rachamim and Plagerism
…the same debate regarding the stanza asking the angels for a blessing. R. Jacob Emden in his Siddur as well as his commentary on the Tur/Shulchan Orakh actually offers the…
Snow: A Review of Ha-Noten Sheleg
…that is entirely devoted to snow and halacha. This book, which is on Orach Hayyim and volumes on the other sections of Shulchan Orach are planned. Indeed, the author in…