Jews, Drinking & Kiddush Clubs
…life went on to teach at JTS. However, after Telz relocated to the United States, he helped with the publication of the Teshuvot R. Eliezer from R. Eliezer Gordon, Rosh…
Meir Hildesheimer – Historical Perspectives on Rabbi Samson Rapha
…as “the guardians of his childhood, the guides of his youth, and the companions of his mature years.”[2] His grandfather, Mendel Frankfurter, a great Talmudic scholar and serving as Rosh…
Rav Kook’s Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal
…Conclusion “It is well known that the person who heads the above [body]” supports Keren Hayesod The philosophy of Rav Elĥanan Bunem Wasserman, follower of the Ĥafetz Chaim and Rosh…
Jacob’s Dream: Reproducing a Talismanic Illustrated Title Page
…machzor and as such four holidays, Sukkot, Pesach, Shavout, and Rosh Hashana, are represented on the top encased in circles, and underneath the columns. On one side of the bottom…
Book Review: ‘After Revelation: The Rabbinic Past in the Medieval Islamic World’, by Marc D. Herman
…(Jerusalem, 2025), 39-40 (Hebrew). It is surprising that R. Sheilat, who serves as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe alongside R. Sabato, does not reference in this context Rav Saadya’s…
Dr. Samuel Vita Della Volta (1772-1853): An Underappreciated Bibliophile and his Medical “Diploma”tic Journey
…arm. (The obligation to wear tefillin shel rosh remains undisturbed.) Support for this position comes from Rama, the Bach and Maḥzik Brakhah. Della Volta argues that this would not apply…
Sixty Years Since Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Yacov Weinberg, the Seridei Eish: A Fire the World Still Needs
…westward to Germany, where he became Rosh Yeshiva and effectively rector of Rav Esriel Hildesheimer’s Rabbinerseminar in Berlin, shaping a generation of rabbanim who carried Torah with courage, thoughtfulness, and…
Sale On Hebrew Book Harddrives
…to be updated on or about Rosh Chodesh Sivan (June 4). They will also be having a BIG sale at that time. Anyway, if you could post the above I’d…
Book announcement: New work on Tefilah
…phenomenal scope allows him to connect seemingly non-related halachos, weaving an intricate tapestry worthy of both Rosh Yeshiva and scholastic. He has written over 140 articles and three books (here,…
Reading Over the Brisker Rav’s Shoulder
…a Hasidic rebbe but also mocks Hasidic miracles. From the yeshivish hagiographies that were later written about Reb Velvel, one would never guess that the Litvak rosh yeshiva would read…
Rabbi Joseph Hertz, Women and Mitzvot, Antoninus, the New RCA Siddur, and Rabbis who Apostatized, Part 1
…way ibid., Hilkhot Rosh ha-Shanah 584 (p. 35a). [40] See Benayahu, Ha-Tenuah ha-Shabta’it be Yavan, p. 119. For sources regarding Zacuto, see Gershom Scholem, Mehkerei Shabtaut, ed. Yehuda Liebes (Tel…
Daf Yomi: Seforim on Masseches Taanis
…appreciated. This is the fourth such conversation I have had with him of this kind this year (earlier we discussed Yerushalmi Shekalim [here], Yoma [here], and Rosh Hashanah here). …
The “Holy Woman” in Jewish Literature
…ben Ha-Rosh received a similar query in that he was asked whether the position “of some people who say that they should force the prostitutes out of the Jewish area…
The Origins of Hamentashen in Jewish Literature (Revisited)
…obligatory – not to mention different customs in regard to how and when to eat them. Rosh Hashanah in renowned for the different fruits and vegetables eaten as physical embodiments…
Answers to Quiz Questions and Other Comments, part 2
Answers to Quiz Questions and Other Comments, part 2 by Marc B. Shapiro 1. In my previous post, in discussing the words in Ecclesiastes 2:8 עשיתי לי שרים ושרות, I…