Lawrence Kaplan’s review of Eliyahu Stern, The Genius
…it was one thing to undermine the Shulhan ‘Arukh’s rulings in course of a commentary, another to simply set the Shulhan ‘Arukh’s rulings aside and directly offer competing rulings in…
The 1526 Prague Haggadah and its Illustrations
…writter source with the same idea.[11] Interestingly enough, the Aruch Hashulchan writes that we do not do this. The leader can pour the wine for himself, and there is no…
Of Clowns, Giants, Mules, and Centaurs: The Enigmatic Anah
…otherwise it would be obvious that they are non-kosher. Cf. Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, Aruch HaShulchan YD 83,10, who says that they definitely have fins and scales, but adds that…
Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet
…taking material from the Shulhan Arukh ha-Rav. He does mention in the introduction that the Shulhan Arukh ha-Rav is one of the sources from which his own commentary derives its material, and he…
Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction
…it has never been reprinted. Regarding this work, see Eitam Henkin, Ta’arokh le-fani Shulkhan, 123-139. Item #136’s description contains an interesting cryptic note about the copy of Pe’as Hashulchan: “Includes…
The Satmar Rebbe and a Censored Mishnah Berurah, and R. Baruch Rabinovich of Munkács
…Ner Baruch, which is a collection of Torah writings and letters from R. Baruch. He includes in the volume the haskamot written by R. Baruch. I examined new printings of…
Altering of Rabbinic Texts?, Shlomo Rechnitz and the Eighth Principle of Faith, R. Yair Hayyim Bacharach, the Ridbaz and “Chemistry,” and R. Yitzhak Barda
…the Shulhan Arukh’s ruling. (This statement is directed towards the Sephardic community as a whole, which follows the Shulhan Arukh. R. Barda personally follows Rambam, and since the Rambam does not record the…
Simchas Torah and its Customs Including an Appendix from: R’ Chaim Zev Malinowitz Zt”l Celebrating Simchas Torah All Year Round
…a good year and be privileged to celebrate again next year) repeated over and over again.[28] This minhag is noted as early as the Orach Hashulchan.[29] In 1824 a parody…
Ha-Osek be-Mitzvah Patur min ha-Mitzvah: The Case of Prayer and Torah Study
…engaged in one mitzvah is exempt from another is also the case when both could be carried out. (See Shulhan Aruch Orah Hayyim 38:8, and in the Beur Halachah, ibid.,…
Hasidism in America
…the Munkácser Rebbe’s famous 1930 trip to the Land of Israel, in which R. Baruch the future son-in-law accompanied him, R. Baruch snuck out at night to meet secretly with…
Some More Assorted Comments, part 1
…the Kitzur Shulhan Arukh. With regard to the Kitzur, we can see a reflection of the decline in Jewish learning in that abridgements of the Abridged Shulhan Arukh were published….
The Haftarah of Parashat Shemot
…but undesirable. In the Iberian peninsula, there were communities that retained the haftarah of Ezekiel 16. It is brought as the haftarah for Parashat Shemot by the Sefer Hashulhan, which…
R. Eliezer Waldenberg’s Hilkhot HaMedinah
…died the author of the Mesgeret haShulhan did exactly that – he republished the Kitzur with his own commentary. The Mesgeret haShulhan obtained haskamot to justify what he did, one…
Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל
…hayim section of the Shulchan Aruch with certain discussions regarding Yoreh Deah and Even He’ezer as well. The volume was first published in Lublin, at a printer only steps away…
Purim and Parodies
…520. [3] Sefer Zichronos pp. 61-64 [4] Aruch Ha-shulchan, 695:10 and 696:12. [5] Israel Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature, p. xix (available for free download here). [All of my quotes…