Eliezer Brodt – The Origins of Hamentashen in Jewish Literature
…– not to mention different customs in regard to how and when to eat them. Rosh Hashanah in renowned for the different fruits and vegetables eaten as physical embodiments symbolizing…
Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction
…Chaim Volozhin to do so. About Item #18 Messechtas Purim see our discussion earlier on the blog here. Item #25 is Peirush Megilas Achashverosh, Venice 1565. The description states: R….
To Censor or Not to Censor, that is the Question
…Gedolot (BeHaG). This copy contains hundreds of unpublished glosses, citations, and cross-references. This copy establishes that the Netziv was not the only Rosh Yeshivah of Volozhin who was involved in…
Kadesheinu beMitsvotekha – The Function of the Mitsva
…for renewal and rededication. But the Shofar of Elul and Rosh HaShana and the fasting of Yom Kippur are the clarion call to re-evaluate the purpose and message of our…
The Source for the Recitation of LeDovid
This post is a followup of an earlier post which discusses the origins of reciting le-dovid hashem ori from rosh hodesh Elul through Simchat Torah. In this post I show…
Mishloach Manot of Rabbis and Scholars
…authority of Ashkenazi Jewry served as rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva in Cracow. In 1556 he was forced to leave Cracow because a plague ravaged the city. He moved temporarily to…
