The Proselyte Doth Protest Too Much
…1674 at Strasburg, having formerly borne the name of Baruch as Hazzan at Bruchsal. After having occupied for twenty years the chair of Semitic studies at the University of Leipsic,…
Sixty Years Since Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Yacov Weinberg, the Seridei Eish: A Fire the World Still Needs
…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…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Some Remarks On Aristotle, Dante Alighieri, Immanuel of Rome, R. Moshe Botarel and Bertrand Russell
…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…
Marc B. Shapiro – Responses to Comments and Elaborations on Previous Posts II
…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…
Everything is Illuminated: Mining the Art of Illustrated Haggadah Manuscripts for Meaning
…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…
Tracing the “Footsteps of the Messiah”: From Li-Nevukhei ha-Dor to Maamrei ha-Rayah
…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…
A Tribute to Rav Shlomo Elyashiv, Author of Leshem Shevo v-Achloma: On his Ninetieth Yahrzeit
…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…
Assorted Matters
…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…
Was Avraham a Lamdan?
…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…
Hidden Treasures in Jewish Medical History at the British Library: A Post Cyber-Attack Homage
…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…
The Haftarot for Behar and Behukkotai
…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”…
Book Announcement-Sale: Iggrot Shmuel, by Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi
…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…
Avunculate Marriage in the Bible
…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…
The Religious-Zionist Manifesto of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Don Yahya
…(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,…
Should we celebrate birthdays or not? Is it better to ignore them?
…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…