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,…
