Dr. Leiman’s Post – Two Cases of Non-Jews with Rabbinic Ordination
…and was intent on serving professionally as a rabbi and rosh yeshivah. The lower level of rabbinic ordination bestowed the title “Haver” on the recipient. It was usually awarded to…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and the Army, and Joe DiMaggio
…Elefant, late Rosh Yeshiva of the ITRI yeshiva, but first, here is his picture. And now, R. Elefant speaks: I called Sholom Spitz in Queens the other day. I gave…
Rav Shmuel ben Hofni Gaon
…987 it was decided to re-open the Suran Yeshiva, which had closed with Rav Saadiah’s passing in 944.[6] The first Rosh Yeshiva of the newly reopened Sura was Rav Zemah…
Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet
…Land of Israel. Only after R. Kook’s death did R. Bengis become Rosh Av Beit Din of the Edah Haredit in Jerusalem. His life-long admiration for R. Kook, even in…
On Libraries, Bibliophiles & Images: Taj Auction 13
…copy of the Rosh ha-Shana and Yom Kippur machzorim with his kabbalistic additions.) Iggeres Ayyeles Ahahuvim From the Gross Family Collection Razeil ha-Malakh From the Gross Family Collection There are…
New book announcement: Yeshurun volume 36
…write a review below, but rather just highlight some of the topics in the volume. Normally, Yeshurun is a bi-annual, with a new volume published before Rosh Hashanah and Pesach….
