Kabbala, Halakha and Kugel: The Case of the Two Handed Blessing
…R. Abele in 1806 R. Landau took over the position as Rosh Av bet Din of Vilna.[8] The position was first offered to R. Akiva Eiger but he turned it…
Review of a new edition of the Sefer Chasidim
…Nitzozei Or p. 158) proving that sometimes it says Rosh Hashanah and it refers to Yom Kippur affirming the statement in the Sefer Chasidim –again no mention at all on…
Book Review: Rav Aharon Lichtenstein’s Minchat Aviv
…essays authored by HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and 2014 Israel Prize laureate for Torah literature, is cause for celebration for all lovers of Torah. For…
Eliezer Brodt – A Lively History of Reprinting Rabbeinu Yeruchem
…of the 14th century) who was a student of R. Asher ben Yechiel (Rosh), R. Shlomo ben Aderet (Rashb”a), and R. Abraham ibn Ismaeil – author of Chiddushei Talmid HaRashb”a…
The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 2
…Rosh Ha-Shanah (and tavo alav berakhah if one can abstain for the entire Ten Days of Penitence), Hoshana Rabbah, the three days preceding Shavuot and also on Shavuot, from Rosh…
Reuven Elitzur, Saul Lieberman, and Response to Criticism, part 2
…an explicit passage of the Talmud in Rosh ha-Shanah 17a which lists these three classes of heretics as those who lose their portion in the World to Come. They are…
