Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל
Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל A Closer Look At One of the Greatest Defenders of the Common Jew in Modern Times[1] Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Chochmei Lublin,…
Rav Gorelick, the Rav, and Revision by Omission
…outstanding Gedolei haTorah… At that time, the renowned Gaon, Harav Shimon Shkop, zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah of Grodno, was in America for a fundraising visit and briefly served as a Rosh…
New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 5
…in an earlier post and referred to what R. Avraham Shapiro said about it. R. Avraham, before he became known as the Rosh Yeshiva of Merkaz ha-Rav and Chief Rabbi…
Young Rabbis and All About Olives
…thing that will be seen as respectful in traditional circles. It is one thing to write about more recent sages being fooled by Besamim Rosh and the Yerushalmi on Kodashim, but when…
Controversial Book on the Development of the Siddur
…is R. Ya’akov. [2] Satnow was not the only one; according to some, R. Saul Berlin, in the Besamim Rosh, offered similar hints to his authorship of this controversial work….
Listing of New Seforim
…a name that a wicked person had such as Yismael. The author does not cite to or quote the Shu’t Besamim Rosh on the topic. Whose pronouncement has broad implications…
Upcoming December Auctions
…R. Berlin was R. Saul Berlin’s (publisher of Besamim Rosh) father. Although not as rare as the blue paper Bomberg, Kestenbaum has a complete copy of the Slavita, 1817-22 Talmud…
Concerning the Zohar and Other Matters
…points to a post-rabbinic date. I also found that Saul Berlin notes, in the introduction to his Kasa de-Harsana (his commentary to Besamim Rosh), that unlike all other ancient Jewish…
Attack on Rabbinic Judaism and Historical Orthopraxy
…Saul Berlin the author of the noted forgery Besamim Rosh as the author of this. However, that has been discredited. In the end, whom ever the author maybe this work…
Neturei Karta; ArtScroll, Arius, and Orangutans; Suicide and the Law of Rodef
…Rosh and on!) dictate that one committing suicide be viewed as a victim rather than a perpetrator. Speaking of the laws of rodef, there is another astounding passage in R….
Shnayer Leiman – The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations
…Her collected writings were published in 4 volumes in Hebrew in Tel Aviv, 1955-60. b) Rabbis. 1. R. Shneur Kotler (1918-1982) succeeded his father, R. Aharon Kotler, as Rosh Yeshiva…
Lekah Tov – What’s in a Name?
…is a subject of considerable interest, varying as it does from the more common manner of labelling comparable works. Book titles generally reflect a book’s subject matter. In contrast, however,…
Marc B. Shapiro – Clarifications of Previous Posts
…it is certainly possible for Sutton to reject R. Isaiah, but it becomes very hard to label the practice as nothing less than idolatry when an outstanding rishon justified it…
Notes on the Book of Samuel, and the Eternal Sanctity of the Temple in Maimonidean Thought
Notes on the Book of Samuel, and the Eternal Sanctity of the Temple in Maimonidean Thought By Rabbi Avi Grossman avrahambenyehuda.wordpress.com Rabbi Label Dulitz, who passed away last week, was…
Hebrew Printing in Lissa (Leszno), A Brief (Perchance) Transitory Moment
…She’arim is in three parts, as noted on the title-page, that is, hallah, niddah, and lighting Sabbath candles; Shabbat and Rosh Hodesh; and the Yamim Nora’im. The text, set in…