Torah mi-Sinai and More
…volume Binyamin Ze’ev (Venice, 1539), by R. Benjamin Ze’ev of Arta. The answer to the second question is the word אתכה in Ex. 29:35. It is spelled and vocalized the way it is in…
In Praise of the Soncino Talmud
…I am grateful to Dr. Marc Shapiro, who provided me with very interesting information on some of these men, and who also referred me to Rabbi Benjamin Elton, of the…
Parshat Tetzaveh. Greek letter Chi and Tav in Paleo-Hebrew
…Yevanit. [3] See additions to Aruch by R. Benjamin Mussafia (Erech כי יונית) and Tiferet Yisrael on Menachot 6:3 and after the last Mishna in the 10th perek of Zevachim….
New book announcement; He-Gedolim
…ליר, 968 עמודים The Gdoilim: Leaders Who Shaped the Israeli Haredi Jewry, Edited by Benjamin Brown, Nissim Leon, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, Van Leer Institute, 968 pages For the…
“Why are the Books of Ruth and Esther so much alike?”
…Benjaminite (2:5). In the end, the prominence of the younger heroines, Ruth and Esther, yields to that of the older mentors, Naomi and Mordechai. The plot of The Book Ruth…
Altering of Rabbinic Texts?, Shlomo Rechnitz and the Eighth Principle of Faith, R. Yair Hayyim Bacharach, the Ridbaz and “Chemistry,” and R. Yitzhak Barda
…prior post. It is worth noting that Benjamin Brown defends Lieberman’s suggestion that the Ridbaz’s words were directed against Reines.[15] However, as I have written, I see no justification for this. Daniel…
