Review of Professor Daniel Sperber’s Netivot Pesikah
…Emden’s positions.] Sperber offers an example how censorship from the censors causes a wrong Pesak on topic of halakhot of lo sichanam. He has a small discussion about the Besamim…
How the “Songs of the Day” Were Chosen
…and will not concern us here. But what about the remaining six weekdays? What connection do these Psalms have with the various days of the week? The Gemara in Rosh…
Mysteries of the Magical Fifth Passover Cup (II): The Great Disappearing Act
…Maharil cited the genuine text version of Rosh.[6] R. Hilewitz’s hunch was correct, as we find in an early manuscript of Rosh (Asheri) written in Spain in 1325 during the…
Review of My Father’s Journey by Sara Reguer
…young Rosh Mesivta of Karilov, R. Yechezkel of Trestina. The latter was later to become famous in his capacity as Rosh Yeshiva in the preparatory mesivta in Slabodka and his…
Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל
Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל A Closer Look At One of the Greatest Defenders of the Common Jew in Modern Times[1] Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Chochmei Lublin,…
Rav Gorelick, the Rav, and Revision by Omission
…outstanding Gedolei haTorah… At that time, the renowned Gaon, Harav Shimon Shkop, zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah of Grodno, was in America for a fundraising visit and briefly served as a Rosh…
