Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius
…first article which dealt with tracing everything about the custom of not sleeping on Rosh Hashanah. One of the earliest sources quoted was in the name of a Yerushalmi which…
Two Editions of R. Chaim Berlin’s Responsa: An Egregious Example of Censorship
…issue of reciting the tefilah of Birkat Rosh Chodesh in light of the general prohibition against praying for one’s livelihood on Shabbos. R. Chaim Berlin writes (#23 old version): ע”ד…
Pets on Shabbat, Rabbi Morenu, and Epidemics
…בעלמא לפי שהולך אחריה שלא נחשדו ישראל על הזכור ועל הבהמה וגם אין אסור להתייחד (The Taz’s words should be examined in the Machon Yerushalayim or Rosh Pinah editions which…
Dovid Bashevkin – Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin on his 110th Yahrzeit
…tenure as administrator and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Torah V’Daas.[4] The works of Reb Zadok also deeply influenced the works of R. Eliyahu Dessler,[5] R. Gedaliah Shor,[6] and R. Yitzchak…
Abraham’s Chaldean Origins and the Chaldee Language
…between selections of Tosafot to differing tractates is not considered a contradiction because they were authored by different people. However, Tosasfot HaRosh, which was ostensibly written by one person, namely…
Yehuda Azoulay’s Maran: The Life and Scholarship of Hacham Ovadia Yosef
…was the rosh yeshivah, his closest relatives were the boys beside him on the bench, and the library, his playground. It was from the yeshivah that he embarked, protected by…
