Some Assorted Comments and a Selection from my Memoir, part 2
…crucial. He spoke at the beit midrash dedication, as did the Boston Rosh Kollel. There were also some minor conflicts related to the beit midrash. Although it was the Orthodox…
‘And How Can One Behold a Sefer Torah in Distress?’ On the Relationship between Rabbi Chaim Heller and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
…before settling in the United States.” More than a decade later, his name was even floated by Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung as a potential successor as Rosh Yeshiva of RIETS…
R. Yudel Rosenberg, R. Mordechai Elefant, and Sexual
…times of danger. 3. Readers of the Seforim Blog might recall that on a few occasions I cited passages from the memoir of the late R. Mordechai Elefant, Rosh Yeshiva…
Shnayer Leiman – The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations
…Her collected writings were published in 4 volumes in Hebrew in Tel Aviv, 1955-60. b) Rabbis. 1. R. Shneur Kotler (1918-1982) succeeded his father, R. Aharon Kotler, as Rosh Yeshiva…
Lekah Tov – What’s in a Name?
…is a subject of considerable interest, varying as it does from the more common manner of labelling comparable works. Book titles generally reflect a book’s subject matter. In contrast, however,…
Marc B. Shapiro – Clarifications of Previous Posts
…it is certainly possible for Sutton to reject R. Isaiah, but it becomes very hard to label the practice as nothing less than idolatry when an outstanding rishon justified it…
