An Appreciation of HaRav Gedalia Dov Schwartz, zt”l
…the local newspaper took some beautiful pictures of our community while we were reciting Tashlich on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. The pictures appeared in the next day’s paper….
New Seforim, books, random comments and Benny Brown’s Work on the Chazon Ish
…R. Edelstein also knew the Chazon Ish, and his brother is one of the Roshei Yehsiva of Ponevezh today. R. Edlestein said at this hesped, after quoting the famous Rav…
Pini Dunner — Mercaz Agudat Ha-Rabbanim Be-Lita, Kovno, 1931
…pieces from his personal collection. Mercaz Agudat Ha-Rabbanim Be-Lita, Kovno, 1931 Pini Dunner (London, England) In the mid-1920s the rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Slabodka, R. Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866-1934),…
The Mother Haggados: Models for Modern Analysis of Printed Jewish Illustrations
…images with their artists as follows: Artist A: King on chair (p. 2, 3,36, 37, 42, 70), Jeremiah (p. 9), praying man (p. 9, 14), four sons (p. 10-11), Rosh…
Surrounding Independence Day
…on the day of the week on which the third day of Passover falls, Rosh Hashanah falls. Dalet-Kuf (ד”ק) = on the day of the week on which the fourth…
Open Orthodoxy and Its Main Critic, part 1
…but also shows his contempt for them by generally refusing to even mention their names. Instead, he refers to an unnamed Open Orthodox rosh yeshiva or rabbi and you don’t…
