Further On A Forged Letter of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Further On A Forged Letter of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik By Mosheh Lichtenstein Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein is a co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion. He is a grandson of Rabbi…
Engaged Couples, צעירים, and More
…col. 259; Hiddushei ha-Ritva: Rosh ha-Shanah 28a, Mossad ha-Rav Kook ed., col. 264. [15] Birkei Yosef, Orah Hayyim 649:3. R. Moses Sofer also refers to Zech. 13:7. See the Makhon…
Kalir, False Accusations, and More
…five.) R. Shapira also wasn’t provided with a short biography, presumably because then his position as Rosh Yeshiva of Merkaz ha-Rav and Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel would…
Daily Birkat Cohanim in the Diaspora
…the Rif and the Rosh, and that there is no issue of a berachah le-vatalah, etc. We shall not repeat his detailed argumentation, which is beyond the scope of this…
Marc B. Shapiro – Rabbis and Communism
…Torah Personalities (Jerusalem: Hamesorah Publishers, 2002), 400, quotes a source that “he was considered the third-greatest rosh yeshiva of his time – after R. Hayyim Soloveitchik and R. Itzel Ponivezher.”…
Answers to Quiz Questions and Other Comments, part 1
…would even assume that that there were some roshei yeshiva who saw it. Until the 1980s there was no problem with Modern Orthodox synagogues sponsoring trips to Broadway musicals. My…
The Valmadonna Broadside Collection: a Review Essay
…(id., p. 597). This one, fortunately, was published. (This is from Scholem’s personal copy.) Kabbalistic Tefilos for Rosh Hashanah This broadside from Mantua 1790, reproduced in the book (p.43), is…
How much Greek in “Greek Wisdom”? On the Meaning of Hokhmat Yevanit
…Rashba, seeמנחת קנאות מכתב צג . [30] The Rashba himself apparently did not agree with the Rosh about the scope of the Talmudic prohibition, and felt that his decree was…
A Picture and its One Thousand Words: The Old Jewish Cemetery of Vilna Revisited*
…Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik is currently Rosh Yeshiva of the Brisk Yeshiva in the Givat Moshe (also called: Gush Shemonim) section of Jerusalem. A descendant of R. Hayyim of Volozhin (d….
Evening Prayer Revisited
…the danger to go outside at night as their synagogues were outside of the city). [4] As many do today when praying early Maariv. [5] See also Rosh (Brachot 1:1)…
Menachem Kellner – Who is the Person Whom Rambam Says Can be ‘Consecrated as the Holy of Holies’?
…known the liturgical poem (piyyut) unetaneh tokef.[11] The poem is based on Mishnah Rosh Ha-Shanah 1.2, which in turn is based on Ps. 38:15. It is a safe bet that…
The Discovery of a Hidden Treasure in the Vatican and the Correction of a Centuries-Old Error
…of the Talmud in Rome on Rosh Hashanah, 1553,” The Talmud Blog, https://thetalmud.blog/2011/09/28/the-burning-of-the-talmud-in-rome-on-rosh-hashanah-1553-guest-post-by-menachem-butler/ (September 28, 2021), accessed November 3, 2021. Not all scholars connect the copyright controversy with the Talmud…
Is there a rotten apple in the Tu-BeShevat Fruit Basket?
…discussions regarding Tu-beShevat do not mention any holiday associated with the day. The first Mishna in Rosh Hashana, identifies the 15th of Shevat as the new year for trees. This…
Chaim Rapoport – From Ma’adanei Eretz to Kitvei Ma’adanei Eretz (5704-5767)
…Ma’adanei Eretz apparently presented no cause for concern, even amongst the most chareidi Jews. Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864-1953), then Rosh Beth Din of the ultra-Orthodox Edah Chareidit in Jerusalem,…
Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn – A Multi-faceted Erudite Scholar
…1604). The colophon dates completion of work to Friday, Rosh Hodesh Adar “and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac ויהי אך יצא יצא יעקב מאת פני…