Jacob’s Dream: Reproducing a Talismanic Illustrated Title Page
…Asher Lemle Liebermann, Mattat Yah, in 1698 in R. Benjamin Ze’ev Wolf ben Samuel Romaner’s Ir Binyamin, in 1699 in Ohel Yaakov, and in 1602 in Yisrael b. Aaron Yaffa,…
The Meaning of the Word Hitpallel (התפלל)
…Testament 36.3 (2012), pp. 279-296, and Benjamin J. Noonan, “Abraham, Blessing, and the Nations: A Reexamination of the Niphal and Hitpael of ברך in the Patriarchal Narratives,” Hebrew Studies 51…
Kalir, False Accusations, and More
Kalir, False Accusations, and More by Marc B. Shapiro 1. I now want to return to Kalir and the criticism of me. To recap, I had earlier mentioned how Artscroll…
Mossad HaRav Kook Sale 2016
…Musar book which has “ties” to Benjamin Franklin (a subject I will hopefully return to). This volume begins with a very good introduction and includes many useful notes throughout the…
The Pros and Cons of Making Noise When Haman’s Name is Mentioned: A historical perspective (updated)
…of this work printed in 1997, p. 67. [59] Benjamin Gordon, Between Two worlds: The Memoirs of a Physician, p. 37. [60] M. Zunser, Yesterday, p.42. [61] The Enemy at…
“Seeing the Infinite in Torah” A Memorial to the Gaon Rabbi Shelomo Fisher (Author of Beit Yishai)
…was a disciple of Rabbi Abraham Samuel Benjamin Schreiber of Pressburg (Ketav Sofer) and of Rabbi Isaac Dov (Seligmann Baer) Bamberger (Würzberger Rav). When Rabbi Fisher assumed the rabbinate of…
