Book Announcements: Five recent works
…his recent works he thanks Rabbi Shaul Alter, Rosh Yeshiva of Ger who has started reading and commenting about his material. This volume was also read by R’ Alter. Reviews…
“Whence Worry?” – On the Murky Trail Of An Aphorism
…This past Rosh Ha’Shanah, my friend A.F. showed me a collection of various homilies of the Rav related to the days of Awe, “prepared, translated and edited by B. David…
Another Obvious Mistake, More Grammatical Points, Bubbe Mayseh, Apostates and the Zohar
…on the נ. This word is commonly mispronounced, and neither ArtScroll nor Koren place the accent where it should be.[5a] I found another mistake in the ArtScroll Machzor for Rosh…
Megilat Rut: The night of Boaz and Rut Revisited
…Rishonim already noticed that at least some of “halacha leMoshe miSinai” statements should not be taken literally see for instance Rosh in the beginning of Mikvaot, see also Pesachim 110b….
New Writings from R Kook Part 1 by Marc B. Shapiro
New Writings from R Kook and Assorted Comments, part 1 by Marc B. Shapiro 20 Marheshvan,[1] 5771 I now want to return to R. Kook and discuss some of his…
Mayer I. Gruber — How Did Rashi Make a Living?
…founded by Rav in 219 CE in Sura. Likewise, Rashi’s title was Rosh Yeshivat Geon Yaakov, “Head of the Yeshivah of the Glory of Jacob.”[24] Also, like the heads of…
Torah Genius, Infallibility and Augmented Intelligence
…error and retraction. E.g., “The statements I told you were my error,” in Shabbat 63b; Eruvin 16b/104a; Chulin 56a; Niddah 68a. E.g.2, “What I said was incorrect,” in Rosh Hashana…
Review of Ha-Sefer ha-Kollel (Kitāb al-Ḥāwī) by Rabbi David ben Saʿadya al-Ger
…contents; see Y. Tzvi Langermann, “The Topic of Rosh Chodesh—Chapter 18 from the Composition ‘Issur ve-Heter’,” Kobez al yad 24 (34) (2016): 161-180, esp. 165-166 (Hebrew). [19] See Abraham Harkavy,…
New Sefer Announcement
…eat meat on Rosh Hashana (“RH”). I deal with how the Maggid could have forgotten a Mishna which says one is supposed to eat meat on RH and a gereal…
Daf Yomi: Seforim on Yevomos and R’ Eliyhau Gutmacher
…(earlier we discussed Yerushalmi Shekalim [here], Yoma [here], Rosh Hashanah [here] Taanis [here] Megillah [here] and Moed Koton part one [here], part two is here, and part three is here)….
Rabbi Yehuda Henkin — Opposite of Plagiarism
…Torah in NY. I have some of vol. 1 and a few more of vol. 2.) [3] Not to be confused with the rosh yeshiva of the same name, but…
Yaakov Mark and Two Episodes from Vilna’s Great Synagogue Related to Yom Kippur
Yaakov Mark and Two Episodes from Vilna’s Great Synagogue Related to Yom Kippur David Livni was born in Vilna in 1870. He was educated in traditional Orthodox schools and joined…
מנהג ה’תשליך’ מאת ר’ איתם הנקין הי”ד
מנהג ה‘תשליך‘ מאת ר‘ איתם הנקין הי“ד [הותקן לפרסום מתוך רשימה מכת“י] .מנהג התשליך מוזכר באופן ברור לראשונה בסוף המאה ה-14, בספר המנהגים לרבי יצחק אייזיק טירנא (סוף מנהגי ראש…
אמירת ‘שלש-עשרה מידות’ בשבת בהוצאת ספר תורה של ימים נוראים
Note: This post is an updated version of this one from 2013. אמירת ‘שלש-עשרה מידות’ בשבת בהוצאת ספר תורה של ימים נוראים* מאת: אליעזר יהודה בראדט בליל יום הכיפורים תשס”ה, שבאותה…
The Custom of Reciting l’Dovid HaShem Ori
A fairly universal custom is to recite the passage from Psalms l’Dovid Hashem Ori twice a day during the month of Elul. A question which has received renewed scrutiny recently…