Review of Mada Toratekha: Studying Gemara in Broad-based Depth
…the fifth chapter: One may only stand and begin to pray from an approach of gravity and submission (koved rosh). There is a tradition that the early generations of pious…
Conservative Conversions, Some Grammatical Points, and a Newly Published Section of a Letter from R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik
…an ezrat nashim, women never attend on Shabbat, only on Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, and Purim. The popular Modern Orthodox notion that it is important for women, especially unmarried ones,…
Simchas Torah & a Lost Minhag of the Gra
…we do on Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur. When he asked for the source of this Minhag he was told it comes from the Gra. When he visited Vilna sometime…
Woe Is Unto Whom?
…ושרפתי את היכלי והגליתים לבין אומות העולם Early Talmud printings (e.g., Soncino, Bomberg), the Rosh, Rav Hai Gaon and Rabbenu Chananel have it slightly differently: אוי שהחרבתי את ביתי ושרפתי…
Rabbi Eliezer Brodt on Haggadah shel Pesach: Reflections on the Past and Present
…Rosh Yeshiva. He wrote much, however, aside for this Haggadah nothing else of his was printed until 1977.[1] And, although some has been published, much of his work remains in…
The Fish Motif on Early Hebrew Title-Pages and as Pressmarks
…where Mirkevet ha-Mishneh was finally completed in the first part of 1496. The title page, dated 5311 Rosh Hodesh Sivan (Wednesday, May 16, 1551) is comprised of an architectural border…
