Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process, part 3
…of the outstanding Roshei Yeshiva who became so popular, but he was never able to find his place. He publicly declared – and in his Shabbat ha-Gadol derashah no less…
The Agunah Problem, Part 1; Incarceration and Free Speech
…Many of his words are taken from She’elot u-Teshuvot ha-Rosh 43:8. [13] Piskei Din shel Batei Din ha-Rabaniyim be-Yisrael, vol. 1, p. 139. R. Eliezer Waldenberg had a different approach. See Tzitz Eliezer, vol. 4,…
Elliott Horowitz — Isaiah Berlin on Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) and Saul Lieberman
…be elected to a fellowship at Oxford’s All-Souls College, from Jerusalem to his parents in London on the first day of Rosh Ha-Shana, 1934 (pp. 96-98). Among the Jerusalemites he…
The Yom Tov Lecture of R. Eliezer Hagadol
…Berakot 31a taught an approach to prayer based on Hannah’s prayer, then maybe Rava, who was a descendent of Eli the Priest (Rosh Hashana 18a – manuscripts), like his forbearer,…
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, ruler of the universe, for having not made me Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein[1]: Traditional Orthodoxy at a Crossroads
…with the mashgiach who parlays with the Rosh Yeshiva who makes a call to Israel.[2] Clearly, the spreading of wisdom has lead to epidemic levels of confusion in certain circles.[3]…
The censorship of Rav Kook and other Hebrew books on Hebrew book databases
…number of jelly beans in a jar contest. [9] On the use of obscure abbreviations see Ya’akov Shmuel Speigel, “Ha-Shimush be-Kitzurim ve-Roshei Tevot Shanom Shichim,” Yeshurun 10: 2002, pp. 814-30….
