Comments on This and That, part 2
…on Adon Olam I dealt with Artscroll, so here is as good a time as any for some assorted Artscroll comments. The custom on Rosh ha-Shanah is to sound additional…
Book Review: Pischei Tefilah u-Mo’ad by Y. S. Spiegel
…Speigel in a separate book via Ofek. In this collection the Halachos of tefillin and Rosh Hashana were printed. Other articles are various Shu”t from manuscript on a wide range…
The Religious-Zionist Manifesto of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Don Yahya
…membership included such illustrious scholars as Moshe Mordechai Epstein of Bakst,[7] Menahem Krakovsky,[8] and Isser Zalman Meltzer. Moshe Mordechai Epstein would eventually become Rosh Yeshivah of Slabodka. Menahem Krakowsky would…
Book review – Nafshi BiShe’elati: The Halakhot of Mental Health
…quote heavily on Israeli poskim. Readers will be introduced to poskim such as Rabbis Eliyahu Abergel, Reem Hacohen (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Otniel), Yuval Cherlow (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hesder…
Special Italian Haftarah for the “Shabbat Kallah”
…is which was read in most communities on the Sabbath before Rosh Hashanah, and in some others on the Shabbat between Yom Kippur and Sukkot in the event that there…
A year in Berlin: The Beginning of Hebrew Printing in Berlin in c. 1699
…from the beginning until the end, on the Talmud, Rashi, Tosafot, Rif, Rambam, Rosh, his son the Ba’al ha-Turim, and others on the laws of kiddushin (betrothal). After the iyyun…
R. Nathan Nata ben Moses Hannover: The Life and Works of an Illustrious and Tragic Figure
…to Kabbalah; Tikkun Kriat ha-Torah; Tikkun Kriat Shema with the appropriate kavvanot; Tikkun shel Erev Rosh Hodesh; and Tikkun Malkhut on Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom ha-Kippurim. Text is in a single column in rabbinic type, with…
Cherubim: Winged Celestial Beings on the Title-Pages of Early Hebrew Books
…principles of faith attributed to R. Machir ben Isaac Sar Hasid, a student of R. Judah ben Asher, son of the Rosh. Printed in octavo format (80: 18 ff.), perchance…
Review of Shaul Stampfer, Families, Rabbis & Education
…R. Yitzhak Dadon’s new book, Rosh Devarkha. This is the follow-up to his earlier book, Imrei Shefer, both of which record the teachings of R. Avraham Shapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of…
Will the Real Shas Kattan Please Stand Up
…400 Nazir 44 78.29 350 Keritot 44 71.54 356 Nedarim 43 75.32 372 Temurah 41 70.45 407 Shevuot 41 72.19 591 Rosh Hashanah 40 68.45 312 Moed Katan 37 63.70…
New Book Announcement: Esther Unmasked: Solving Eleven Mysteries of the Jewish Holidays and Liturgy by Mitchell First
…. . . . . . 118 8. Achashverosh and Esther in Secular Sources . . . . . . . . 129 9. Mah Nishtannah: The Three Questions ….
Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros
…recent book is Hasidism Incarnate Hasidism: Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism (Stanford University Press, 2015), and his previous post at the Seforim blog is entitled: “‘Uman, Uman Rosh…
A Quotation Fabrication: What the Rema did Not Say on Wearing Leather Shoes on Yom Kippur
…whether one may shecht on Rosh Hashana. It is clear from Tanach (Nechemia 8:10) and the Mishna (Hullin 5:3) that meat was commonly eaten on Rosh Hashanah. Nonetheless, Rav Aszod…
Review of Dovid Bashevkin’s Sefer Berogez Racheim Tizkor
…and fear at the same time is discussed extensively in the context of the nature of the day of Rosh Hashana. See Rav Eliezer Menachem Man Shach, Michtavim Uma’amarim (volume…
R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, Tikkat Shofar on Shabbat & plagiarism (of course)
Menachem Mendel has a very good post discussing the issues and the history regarding the propriety of blowing the shofar on Rosh HaShana when it falls on Shabbat. A central…