Borders, Breasts, and Bibliography
…Cross-Cultural Perspectives (2006), 61. See there also illus. 2.2. [3] For reproductions of the image see Chaya Benjamin ed., The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art (1987), 157; Elliott Horowitz,…
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…
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…
New Seforim, books, random comments and Benny Brown’s Work on the Chazon Ish
…especially against works written by maskilim (or people whom he claimed were maskilim). Among the topics he wrote about were R. Moshe Kunitz, the Cheshbon Hanefesh and Benjamin Franklin, R….
Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process, part 3
Forgery and the Halakhic Process, part 3 By Marc B. Shapiro I thought that I had exhausted all I had to say about Rabbi Zvi Benjamin Auerbach’s edition of the…