Special Italian Haftarah for the “Shabbat Kallah”
…is which was read in most communities on the Sabbath before Rosh Hashanah, and in some others on the Shabbat between Yom Kippur and Sukkot in the event that there…
A year in Berlin: The Beginning of Hebrew Printing in Berlin in c. 1699
…from the beginning until the end, on the Talmud, Rashi, Tosafot, Rif, Rambam, Rosh, his son the Ba’al ha-Turim, and others on the laws of kiddushin (betrothal). After the iyyun…
R. Nathan Nata ben Moses Hannover: The Life and Works of an Illustrious and Tragic Figure
…to Kabbalah; Tikkun Kriat ha-Torah; Tikkun Kriat Shema with the appropriate kavvanot; Tikkun shel Erev Rosh Hodesh; and Tikkun Malkhut on Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom ha-Kippurim. Text is in a single column in rabbinic type, with…
Cherubim: Winged Celestial Beings on the Title-Pages of Early Hebrew Books
…principles of faith attributed to R. Machir ben Isaac Sar Hasid, a student of R. Judah ben Asher, son of the Rosh. Printed in octavo format (80: 18 ff.), perchance…
Review of Shaul Stampfer, Families, Rabbis & Education
…R. Yitzhak Dadon’s new book, Rosh Devarkha. This is the follow-up to his earlier book, Imrei Shefer, both of which record the teachings of R. Avraham Shapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of…
Will the Real Shas Kattan Please Stand Up
…400 Nazir 44 78.29 350 Keritot 44 71.54 356 Nedarim 43 75.32 372 Temurah 41 70.45 407 Shevuot 41 72.19 591 Rosh Hashanah 40 68.45 312 Moed Katan 37 63.70…
