R. Yitchak Al-fasi’s Anti-Qaraite Legislative Activity
…quite natural that we find many instances of anti-Qaraite legislation in his writings. Below are four such cases: 1) R. Al-fasi had the shofar blown on Shabbos Rosh HaShanah in…
Translating the Aruch HaShulchan with AI: Method and Lessons
…words of the Rosh there, and the Tur here, it does not appear so, see there. (See Ketzot HaChoshen there, letter 100, who elaborated on this.) — ## Low Thinking…
The Haftarot in the1806 Lopez Calendar
…York attending services there in 1789, noted that they read the parasha from a Humash rather than from a sefer torah.[6] Upon his return there for Rosh Hashana in 1790,…
Post on my sefer
…is a simple announcement and book description. Last year I posted a chapter from my sefer about the minhaghim of Rosh Hasnaha. I was hoping to complete that work this…
Self-Censorship in the Arukh ha-Shulhan, ArtScroll’s Latest Betrayal, and Other Assorted Comments
…where R. Weinberg stood on this issue, and that for all his love and respect for the haredi roshei yeshiva, intellectually and spiritually he was not part of their world….
Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius
…first article which dealt with tracing everything about the custom of not sleeping on Rosh Hashanah. One of the earliest sources quoted was in the name of a Yerushalmi which…
Two Editions of R. Chaim Berlin’s Responsa: An Egregious Example of Censorship
…issue of reciting the tefilah of Birkat Rosh Chodesh in light of the general prohibition against praying for one’s livelihood on Shabbos. R. Chaim Berlin writes (#23 old version): ע”ד…
Pets on Shabbat, Rabbi Morenu, and Epidemics
…בעלמא לפי שהולך אחריה שלא נחשדו ישראל על הזכור ועל הבהמה וגם אין אסור להתייחד (The Taz’s words should be examined in the Machon Yerushalayim or Rosh Pinah editions which…
Dovid Bashevkin – Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin on his 110th Yahrzeit
…tenure as administrator and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Torah V’Daas.[4] The works of Reb Zadok also deeply influenced the works of R. Eliyahu Dessler,[5] R. Gedaliah Shor,[6] and R. Yitzchak…
Abraham’s Chaldean Origins and the Chaldee Language
…between selections of Tosafot to differing tractates is not considered a contradiction because they were authored by different people. However, Tosasfot HaRosh, which was ostensibly written by one person, namely…
Yehuda Azoulay’s Maran: The Life and Scholarship of Hacham Ovadia Yosef
…was the rosh yeshivah, his closest relatives were the boys beside him on the bench, and the library, his playground. It was from the yeshivah that he embarked, protected by…
Review of Mada Toratekha: Studying Gemara in Broad-based Depth
…the fifth chapter: One may only stand and begin to pray from an approach of gravity and submission (koved rosh). There is a tradition that the early generations of pious…
Conservative Conversions, Some Grammatical Points, and a Newly Published Section of a Letter from R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik
…an ezrat nashim, women never attend on Shabbat, only on Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, and Purim. The popular Modern Orthodox notion that it is important for women, especially unmarried ones,…
Simchas Torah & a Lost Minhag of the Gra
…we do on Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur. When he asked for the source of this Minhag he was told it comes from the Gra. When he visited Vilna sometime…
Woe Is Unto Whom?
…ושרפתי את היכלי והגליתים לבין אומות העולם Early Talmud printings (e.g., Soncino, Bomberg), the Rosh, Rav Hai Gaon and Rabbenu Chananel have it slightly differently: אוי שהחרבתי את ביתי ושרפתי…