Response to Criticism, Part 3
Response to Criticism, Part 3 Marc B. Shapiro Continued from here. Let me continue with Rabbi Herschel Grossman’s review. [1] This post will complete my response to around a quarter…
Torah & Rationalism – Writings of the Gaon Rabbenu Aaron Chaim HaLevi Zimmerman zt”l
…not refer to Mahzor Vitri, Eshkol or Shulhan Shel Arba. Yet, even the Yalkut is only cited by Ratner on the preceding piece of Yerushalmi “מי שתוכף לסמיכה שחיטה”. On…
Ghosts, Demons, Golems and their Halachik Status
…Shulhan Orach Even haEzer quotes this law of R. Meir of Lublin (Even haEzer 6:17). The question of intercourse with a demon seems to have come up without respect to…
Caught in the Act: An Unknown Admission of Plagiarism
…Tzvi Landau discussing Landau’s book Shulhan Melachim (Beregovo, 1931). In his comments on Landau’s book, Schwartz discusses plagiarism in general and notes that he is a victim of plagiarism and…
Churches, Ronald McDonald, and More
…my attention by Mirsky). [24] Rav Kook (New Haven, 2014), p. 172. [25] Yad Shaul (Tel Aviv, 1953), p. 18. [26] Netivot Olam, ed. Pardes (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 508. [27] Shulhan Shlomo (Jerusalem, n.d.), p. 249. [28] John…
Names of Seforim I
…and Turei Zahav commentaries on the Shulhan Orakh most are not aware who actually wrote these works. Instead, one would say “(the) Shach says” etc. Now if we were to…
