Hebrew printing in Altdorf: A brief Christian-Hebraist Phenomenon
…Ba’alei Tosafot, was a student of R. Judah ben Isaac (Sir Leon), whom he succeeded as rosh yeshivah in Paris. Among Jehiel’s students was his son-in-law, R. Isaac of Corbeil…
A Third Way: Iyyun Tunisai as a Traditional Critical Method of Talmud Study
…in The Seforim Blog in the name of an anonymous rosh yeshiva, but they are in fact the comments of R. Mazuz. R. Weinberg accuses R. Chaim of inventing elaborate…
R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot: A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro
…Mishneh Torah as a test case for traditionalist attitudes towards girsaot. Lipschitz’s son, R. Uri Lipschitz, is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Siach Yitzchak, founded by Rav Shagar. [7] See…
The Perils of Ignoring Precedent: Alterations in the Kaddish Prayer
…Roma; 1527, Venice, Machzor k’Minhag Aram Soba, 1527 Prague; 1527 Pissarro; 1528 Constantinople, Seder k’Nusach Romania, 1530 Prague; 1532 Constantinople, Machzor l’Rosh HaShana v’Yom Kippur k’Minhag Sefardim; 1551 Lublin; 1562…
TU BISHVAT: TREE AND THOU
…Kitov, in Sefer ha’Toda’ah, explains why the fifteenth of Shevat is considered a rosh ha’Shanah and celebrated, “…because [Tu Bishvat] has an aspect of praise of the land, as this…
Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg Eulogizes Rabbi Shlomo Goren
…it was R. Moshe Mordechai Epstein, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chevron Yeshiva, who recommended to the young Shlomo Gorontchik that he learn seven blatt a day. R. Epstein said…
Benjamin Richler: “Putting the Pieces Together: The ‘discovery’ of Gershon b. Meir Heilprin (Heilbronn)”
…manuscript. It contains a 24 page eulogy (“hesped”) on R. Avraham Tiktin written or composed in Schwersenz on the eve of Rosh Hodesh Shevat 5581=January 3, 1821 by גרשון היילפרין…
Hasidism in America
Hasidism in America Marc B. Shapiro There is a tape of R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik in the 1950s saying that there is no real Hasidism in the United States. He…
Dr. Leiman’s Post – Two Cases of Non-Jews with Rabbinic Ordination
…and was intent on serving professionally as a rabbi and rosh yeshivah. The lower level of rabbinic ordination bestowed the title “Haver” on the recipient. It was usually awarded to…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and the Army, and Joe DiMaggio
…Elefant, late Rosh Yeshiva of the ITRI yeshiva, but first, here is his picture. And now, R. Elefant speaks: I called Sholom Spitz in Queens the other day. I gave…
Rav Shmuel ben Hofni Gaon
…987 it was decided to re-open the Suran Yeshiva, which had closed with Rav Saadiah’s passing in 944.[6] The first Rosh Yeshiva of the newly reopened Sura was Rav Zemah…
Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet
…Land of Israel. Only after R. Kook’s death did R. Bengis become Rosh Av Beit Din of the Edah Haredit in Jerusalem. His life-long admiration for R. Kook, even in…
On Libraries, Bibliophiles & Images: Taj Auction 13
…copy of the Rosh ha-Shana and Yom Kippur machzorim with his kabbalistic additions.) Iggeres Ayyeles Ahahuvim From the Gross Family Collection Razeil ha-Malakh From the Gross Family Collection There are…
New book announcement: Yeshurun volume 36
…write a review below, but rather just highlight some of the topics in the volume. Normally, Yeshurun is a bi-annual, with a new volume published before Rosh Hashanah and Pesach….
Book announcement: Roots and Rituals: Insights into Hebrew, Holidays, and History by Mitchell First
…the meaning of “Maccabee,” identifying Achashverosh and Esther in secular sources, and the original three questions in the Mah Nishtannah. On Hebrew Language: the origin of the words brit, boker,…