Review of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky’s Taharas Yisroel
…supercommentary to Rashi on the Torah. Another noteworthy reference is Rav Grodzinsky’s discussion of a comment by the “Besamim Rosh,” (p. 215) attributed to R. Asher b. Yechiel (“the Rosh”)…
“Ha’Rotzeh Lichanek, Hitaleh B’Ilan Gadol”: Notes on some Literary forgeries of Jewish works in the the Late Modern Period (1756-1965)
…and bibliography Divrei Gad Ha’Chozeh Leopold Immanuel Jacob van Dort 1756 10 Mishle Asaf (haskamot) Isaac Satanov 1783-1791 11 Besamim Rosh Saul Berlin 1793 12 Ramschak Chronicle Marcus Fischer 1828…
On the History of the Custom to Announce Upcoming Fasts in the Synagogue on the Shabbat Preceding the Fasts
…they regularly announced Tzom Gedaliah on Rosh Hashanah, even when Rosh Hashanah coincided with the Shabbat prior, or the reverse. Both this source and general topic requires much further study…
The Haftarot of the Sabbaths of Hanukkah and the Haftarah of the Sabbath of Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet
…by Rosh Ḥodesh and Hanukkah. According to both customs, the haftarah there is for Hanukkah.[14] From all the above, we see multiple differing customs regarding the Sabbath of Rosh Ḥodesh…
Identifying Achashverosh and Esther in Secular Sources
…these sources, we have to point out that an important clue to the identity of Achashverosh is found in the book of Ezra. Achashverosh is mentioned at Ezra 4:6 in…
Deciphering the Talmud: The First English Edition of the Talmud Revisited. Michael Levi Rodkinson: His Translation of the Talmud, and the Ensuing Controversy
…Sefat Emet (London, 1879), pp. 1-2. [2] Joseph Dan, “A Bow to Frumkinian Hasidism,” Modern Judaism XI (1991), p. 184 [3] Rosh Hashana, pp. xiii-xiv. [4] Rosh Hashana, p. xv….
