Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process, part 3
…of the outstanding Roshei Yeshiva who became so popular, but he was never able to find his place. He publicly declared – and in his Shabbat ha-Gadol derashah no less…
The Agunah Problem, Part 1; Incarceration and Free Speech
…Many of his words are taken from She’elot u-Teshuvot ha-Rosh 43:8. [13] Piskei Din shel Batei Din ha-Rabaniyim be-Yisrael, vol. 1, p. 139. R. Eliezer Waldenberg had a different approach. See Tzitz Eliezer, vol. 4,…
Elliott Horowitz — Isaiah Berlin on Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) and Saul Lieberman
…be elected to a fellowship at Oxford’s All-Souls College, from Jerusalem to his parents in London on the first day of Rosh Ha-Shana, 1934 (pp. 96-98). Among the Jerusalemites he…
The Yom Tov Lecture of R. Eliezer Hagadol
…Berakot 31a taught an approach to prayer based on Hannah’s prayer, then maybe Rava, who was a descendent of Eli the Priest (Rosh Hashana 18a – manuscripts), like his forbearer,…
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, ruler of the universe, for having not made me Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein[1]: Traditional Orthodoxy at a Crossroads
…with the mashgiach who parlays with the Rosh Yeshiva who makes a call to Israel.[2] Clearly, the spreading of wisdom has lead to epidemic levels of confusion in certain circles.[3]…
The censorship of Rav Kook and other Hebrew books on Hebrew book databases
…number of jelly beans in a jar contest. [9] On the use of obscure abbreviations see Ya’akov Shmuel Speigel, “Ha-Shimush be-Kitzurim ve-Roshei Tevot Shanom Shichim,” Yeshurun 10: 2002, pp. 814-30….
Toil of the Mind and Heart: A Meditation in Memory of Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine
…99 that the first discourse of Yom Tov Shel Rosh Hashanah 5666 (“Samach Vav”) makes an appearance.[61] Given the immensity of Grunwald’s project, as editor of this volume and its…
Screen for the Spirit, Garment for the Soul
…from the Yom Kippur war to become a popular RaM at Yeshivat Hakotel, even filling in as interim Rosh ha-Yeshiva when R. Yeshayahu Hadari took a sabbatical. R. Shagar, known…
Daf Yomi: Seforim on Masseches Megilah
…of any sort are appreciated. This is the fifth such conversation I have had with him of this kind this year (earlier we discussed Yerushalmi Shekalim [here], Yoma [here], Rosh…
Book on Yeshivot
…internal upheaval. This internal strife was caused by R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) attempting to install his son as Rosh haYeshiva. At Telz a similar fight broke out also…
The Haftarot for Behar and Behukkotai
…never got there in the first place. For instance, they read Dirshu (Isaiah 55:6) as the haftara for the Sabbath between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in years when there…
Review: Contemporary Uses and Forms of Hasidut, edited by Shlomo Zuckier
…transported to Yeshivat Har Etzion (in Gush Etzion), when Rabbi Yosef Dov’s son-in-law Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein became rosh yeshivah there in 1971. The Soloveichik Family, descendants of Rabbi Hayyim of…
New Book List December 2007
…printed before. A new sefer called Nasiach BeChukechah was just printed by the Rosh Kollel of the kollel in Palo Alto, California, Rabbi Avi Lebowitz. This work is an excellent…
The Customs Associated with Joy on Chanukah and Their More Obscure Sources
…of the 13th century) from the nephew of the Rosh, writes that although during the rest of the year it is prohibited to tell jokes (pg 12) or play musical…
Hot Tears For A Close Friend: Rabbi Eitam Henkin HY”D
…honesty was ever-present, in every field and topic, be it in Torah study, academic research, or this-worldly life. Our final conversation took place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I…