What follows is an original contribution by noted scholar Benjamin Richler to the Seforim blog. Any typographical errors are my fault alone. — Dan Biographical blurb: Benjamin Richler was born…
Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University Library: NEJ Redux By Benjamin Richler In a previous post at the Seforim blog, Shnayer Z. Leiman reviewed New Encyclopaedia Judaica (NEJ) and…
…the Key Concept of Tzimtzum (Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2015), 35-58. [25] Leshem Shevo v-Achloma: Klalei Hitpashtut v-Hitklalut (Barzani, 2010), 3. [26] M.D. Chechick, “Aryeh d’Bei Illah,” 787n16. See also Benjamin…
…Auerbach when he was working on his teshuvos about opening a refrigerator on Shabbos. Another article of interest is from Benjamin Richler where he discusses the history of the Institute…
…(Leiden: Brill, 2015), 1-33. See also the multi-page-footnote in Elliot R. Wolfson, “Eternal Duration and Temporal Compresence: The Influence of Habad on Joseph B. Soloveitchik,” in Michael Zank and Ingrid…
While we have previously discussed how the Besamim Rosh to this day remains an enigma, there are two important texts which may have bearing on this issue. Benjamin Richler has…
