R. Reuven Margulies II
…he began publishing his own books. Many of his early books focus on hassidim. One of his early works, a biography on R. Hayyim ben Attar (Ohr haHayyim haKodesh) included…
Lithuanian Government Announces Construction of a $25,000,000 Convention Center in the Center of Vilna’s Oldest Jewish Cemetery
…the Gaon of Vilna to be exhumed so that his remains could be transferred to the Holy Land, R. Chaim Ozer was livid. For, explained R. Chaim Ozer, by acquiescing…
A nay bintl briv: Personal Reminiscences of Rabbis Baruch ha-Levi Epstein and Aaron Walkin from the Yiddish Republic of Letters
…years after his column on the Hafets Hayyim appeared, Rabbi Aaron B. Shurin penned another essay, entitled “The Mistake of the Austrian Emperor” and about the meaning behind the observance…
Crafting the Commandments
…rather than commands. Supporting these with scriptural proof texts, he labels them with the solo term mitsvah, a label that he also uses to designate rabbinical directives. The scriptural mitsvot…
On some new seforim, Copernicus, saying Ledovid , Moses Mendelssohn and other random comments
…the sugyah of Elu Ve-elu Divrei Elokim Chayim (pp. 308-323). A few years ago I wrote a few comments (here) about Rabbi Bloch’s work against Copernicus. I recently revisited the…
More About Rashbam on Genesis Chapter 1 and Further Comments about ArtScroll
…does Or ha-Hayyim actually say this? Here is Or ha-Hayyim on the verse. As you can see, Or ha-Hayyim does not say that everyone is responsible according to how many…
