New Book Announcement: Esther Unmasked: Solving Eleven Mysteries of the Jewish Holidays and Liturgy by Mitchell First
…. . . . . . 118 8. Achashverosh and Esther in Secular Sources . . . . . . . . 129 9. Mah Nishtannah: The Three Questions ….
Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros
…recent book is Hasidism Incarnate Hasidism: Christianity, and the Construction of Modern Judaism (Stanford University Press, 2015), and his previous post at the Seforim blog is entitled: “‘Uman, Uman Rosh…
Marc B. Shapiro: A Tale of Two Lost Archives
…Yehezkel’s son and current Rosh Yeshiva of Hevron (the Geula branch) if it is true that his father once spoke harshly to R. Zevin about Habad. He told me that…
Pandemic Bibliopenia: A Preliminary Report of Disease Eradication
…Lev, vol 1, E. H., n. 57, p. 114b Hayyim Biyad n. 79, p. 98a In a letter to Rabbi Hayyim Yehudah Avraham, published in the latter’s Ahi vaRosh[20] Palachi…
A Tribute to Rav Shlomo Elyashiv, Author of Leshem Shevo v-Achloma: On his Ninetieth Yahrzeit
…Foundational Text Within the Hasidic world of contemporary Kabbalah study, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Morgenstern – rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Torat Chochom – has consistently incorporated the works of the Leshem…
Of Clowns, Giants, Mules, and Centaurs: The Enigmatic Anah
…[25] Vayishlach 178b [26] Rabbi Nathan Adler, Nesinah La’Ger [27] 14,5 [28] Bereishes Rabba 26,7 [29] Genesis 6,4 [30] See Rokeach; Midrash brought by M.M. Kasher, Torah Sheleimah; Rosh; Ibn…
