…study his writings – but to recognize how deeply the world still misses him, and how desperately it still needs leaders formed in his image. Yehi zichro baruch, and may…
…toward Aristotle found in our tradition. R. Moshe Botarel R. Baruch Halevi Epstein makes the odd claim that Aristotle is esteemed by the Kabbalists, citing R. Moshe Botarel as swearing to his great love of…
…following my last post on Rabbis and Communism, so let me add a few further comments. R. Baruch Oberlander called my attention to Likutei Sihot, vol. 33, pp. 248-249. Here…
…seems odd to a modern viewer (and, again, apparently did not to the then contemporary reader). And, while admittedly not exactly the same, the 14th century R. Samuel ben Baruch of…
…Rav Kook contributed this essay to Ha-Nir in 1909. The newspaper only began that year. See bibliographical information at the National Library of Israel here: https://www.nli.org.il/he/journals/NNL-Journals990020183190205171/NLI [19] https://il.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/baruch/source/search/auction/64815/lot/46964/%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%A1-%D7%95?lang=en [20] Images…
…been reprinted by two separate editors, both appending their own footnotes and clarifications; Yehoshua Lipschitz, Hakdamot u-Shearim im Likkut Meir HaLeshem (Jerusalem, 2014) and Menachem Makover, Hakdamot u-Shearim: ha-Aruch ve-ha-Mevu’ar…
…be purchased at Biegeleisen, is dedicated to R. Ovadiah Yosef and is full of worthwhile articles. Particularly noteworthy are the contributions by R. Meir Mazuz, R. Baruch Simon (focusing on…
…A sefer by a nephew of R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, R’ Baruch Rakovski, called Birchas Avos (Yerushalayim 5750), is completely devoted to questions on the Avos’s actions, as is the…
…great esteem by both the medical and Jewish communities. His youngest son was Benedict (also known as Benedictus a Castro, Baruch Nahmias or Benito).[31] Benedict was a physician to nobles…
…for Behar. [15] Parshat Behar plays a unique role in the Ashkenazic liturgy for the Omer period. In the Western rite, R. Baruch of Mainz’s “Aharei Nimkar Geula Tihyeh Lo”…
…Menachem Butler, initiated a campaign to raise funds to publish R. Ashkenazi’s letters. Baruch HaShem, and thanks to the help of some readers, enough money was raised to go to…
…marry his sororal or fraternal niece (see his glosses to the Shulhan Aruch, Even Ha’Ezer §2:6; 15:25). The Rabbinic View regarding Forbidden Relationships Rabbinic Judaism extends the meanings of the…
…(This truly fascinating correspondence was brought to my attention a generation ago by Baruch Thaler.) Regarding the publication of Likkutei Torah (Vilna, 1884), see further Hayyim Meir Heilman, Beit Rabbi,…
…Taavos ? Baruch Hashem I am not dependent on any material Taava ; so what do I lack ? What I lack … is being “a Jew”! I feel like…
…printed. Other sections deal with R. Eliyahu Weintraub and R. Baruch Solomon. There is a great section devoted to R. Dovid Tzvi Hillman (hopefully in future volumes more material from…