Zvi Hirsch Masliansky: Memoirs from the Hebrew Periodical Ha-Doar
…– Chaim who was named for my father. The question of our “tachlith” – our practical purpose in life – became even more acute. Ha-Doar, vol. 14, 1934-5, no. 9,…
The Identity of an unknown Yiddish Prayer Book (From Zürich to Zürich)
…was printed in 1544 by Chaim Schachor in the small Bavarian town Ichenhausen, of which a single copy survives today in Munich (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek). It is likely that earlier Yiddish…
Translating the Aruch HaShulchan with AI: Method and Lessons
…the Shulchan Aruch: Orach Chaim, Yoreh De’ah, Even HaEzer, and Choshen Mishpat. The translation was produced using Google’s Gemini 3 Flash model at its MINIMAL thinking level. Translation quality is…
On the Maxwell House Haggadah
…brief survey of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, founded in 1912.” [By 1970, Yeshiva Chaim Berlin sponsored/published five haggadahs. See Yudolov, Otzar ha-Haggadaot, index, sub. Yeshiva Chaim Berlin.] Some corporate…
Shnayer Leiman: In Appreciation*
Shnayer Leiman: In Appreciation* Yitzhak Berger and Chaim Milikowsky אוצר נחמד ושמן בנוה חכם (משלי כא,כ) In multiple ways, the above-cited biblical phrase, on which the title of this volume…
Two Jewish Temples in Egypt
Two Jewish Temples in Egypt Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the newly-released work God versus Gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry (Mosaica Press, 2018). His book…
Akiva Leiman: Gravely Mistaken
…R’ Chaim of Volozhin (d. 5581 – 1821), the most esteemed student of the Vilna Gaon, and he is buried next to his mentor.”[7] But, R’ Chaim is actually interred…
Some Notes on Censorship of Hebrew Books
…Arbol de vidas [sic; the error is perhaps due to an unconscious influence of the Hebrew plural hayim, “life”) appeared and was also immediately condemned, or more specifically the “conclusions”…
Review: The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History, and Commentary
…is as an inscription on Moshe’s staff, and was only imported into the hagaddah at a later date; see also p. 24 of R. Hayim Hischenson’s Motza’ei Mayim, here). His…
Jews, Drinking & Kiddush Clubs
…Of course, while leavened bread is prohibited there is no related prohibition on fermented wine.[1] Professor Hayim Solovetick has shown that historically Jews were involved in the wine business and…
Jacob’s Dream: Reproducing a Talismanic Illustrated Title Page
…of R. Hayim Moshe Karinal, Yemin Moshe. [6] Bezalel Naor, Post-Sabbatian Sabbatianism, (Spring Valley, NY: Orot, 1999),79-82. [7] See Shnayer Leiman, “Sefarim ha-Hashudim be-Shabbta’ot: Rishimat shel ha-Gaon Yavet”z Tzal,” in…
The Meaning of the Word Hitpallel (התפלל)
…[14] Rav Hirsch views התחנן as “to seek to make himself worthy of concession.” See his comm. to Deut. 3:23. This is farfetched. Hayim Tawil observes that there is an…
Purim, Mixed Dancing and Kill Joys
…Hayim Yosef Azulai in his travelogue, Ma’agel Tov, records that the Jews in Amsterdam would party all night long on the Friday night after Purim. Although R. Minz was a…
New Book on Rabbinic Authority
…Hayim Volhzin says the Gra said this is not the case and that ever Rav should just do what they see fit irrelevant of the opinion of the Shulkah Orakh…
Shaving on Chol HaMo’ad the Never-ending Controversy
…this topic. The reaction was summed up by R. Hayim Yosef Azulai, the Hida (Yosef Ometz, no. 7), ואולם בו בפרק ראיתי אשר תיכף אזרו חיל הגאונים רב של ברלין…