New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 2
…of the rekindling of the Lamp of True Religion in their time. There is no mention of this passage in Benjamin J. Elton’s recent wonderful discussion of Hertz’s theology and…
Notes on RASHI, ArtScroll Censorship, and Emendation of Rabbinic Texts
…of the Talmud. Referencing the classical Ashkenazi source Sefer ha-Yashar and academic discussions by Joseph Weiss and Benjamin Lewin, Faur explains that RASHI’s famous “Hachi Garsinan” – the code term…
Modesty and Piety: Improving on the Past
…the Orthodox public nowadays. Benjamin Shlomo Hamburger’s recently published magisterial three volume history, Ha-Yeshiva ha-Rama bi-Fiorda (Bnei Brak, 5770) is a rich, learned study by one who has dedicated many…
Charles H. Manekin — Moritz Steinschneider’s Indecent Burial
…our Time and Other Essays, ed. A. Shapira (Philadelphia and Jerusalem, 1997), pp. 51-71. Scholem, who planned to publish a similar critique in Walter Benjamin’s journal in the early 20’s,…
Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process
…Zvi Benjamin Auerbach (1808-1878), one of the leading German rabbis of his time. He was also the most prominent member of the famous Auerbach rabbinic family, which together with the…
From Medina Raḥamim to Elul Seliḥot: Toward a Prehistory of Nocturnal Penitential Prayer
…Abdelwahab Meddeb and Benjamin Stora, eds., A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the origins to the present Day (Princeton University Press, 2013), 58-77, available here (https://www.academia.edu/37423214). [14] Ilkka Lindstedt, Muḥammad…
