A Footnote on What the Chasam Sofer Did Not Say
…that he served as Chief Rabbi of Pressburg (today: Bratislava) and simultaneously as Rosh ha-Yeshiva of the Pressburg Yeshiva – with thousands of disciples during his long reign (1806-1839) –…
Keter Shem Tov: A Study in the Entitling of Books, Here Limited to One Title Only
…of the kabbalist Sar Shalom Sharabi. Gaguine, who received semicha (ordination) from R. Hayyim Berlin, served as a dayyan in Cairo, rabbi and dayyan in Manchester, England, Rosh Yeshivah of…
Comments on This and That, part 2
…on Adon Olam I dealt with Artscroll, so here is as good a time as any for some assorted Artscroll comments. The custom on Rosh ha-Shanah is to sound additional…
Book Review: Pischei Tefilah u-Mo’ad by Y. S. Spiegel
…Speigel in a separate book via Ofek. In this collection the Halachos of tefillin and Rosh Hashana were printed. Other articles are various Shu”t from manuscript on a wide range…
The Religious-Zionist Manifesto of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Don Yahya
…membership included such illustrious scholars as Moshe Mordechai Epstein of Bakst,[7] Menahem Krakovsky,[8] and Isser Zalman Meltzer. Moshe Mordechai Epstein would eventually become Rosh Yeshivah of Slabodka. Menahem Krakowsky would…
Book review – Nafshi BiShe’elati: The Halakhot of Mental Health
…quote heavily on Israeli poskim. Readers will be introduced to poskim such as Rabbis Eliyahu Abergel, Reem Hacohen (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Otniel), Yuval Cherlow (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hesder…
