Legacy Auction, agunot, censorship, and other notable items
…, whose title leaves no doubt as to its position. The book includes an important letter from R. Chaim Ozer and other rabbis. According to some, the book was a…
Review of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits, Jewish Women in Time and Torah
…the father of one of his early teachers, R. Akiva Glasner,[6] and Rabbi Chaim Hirshensohn.[7] Despite his “confession,” R. Berkovits’ approach has powerful antecedents that a reader of Not in…
Aryeh A. Frimer Review of Daniel Sperber’s Darka shel Halakha
…including R. Yair Hayyim Bachrach, R. Meir Simha of Dvinsk (Source 17), R. Jeroham Perlow, R. Moses Feinstein, R. Chaim Zev Reines indicate that the “dishonor” that is engendered must…
More on “New Notes Added in the Koren Talmud”
…concert with the previous cycle. In a Seforim Blog post, Chaim Katz pointed out that the new English edition included some additional notes based on Rav Kook’s Ein Aya, and…
New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 2
…Orah Hayyim 98, has a different perspective. He writes, after describing how one should pray: ואחר שיעשה כל זה מובטח לו שתתקבל תפלתו R. Joseph Karo must have also found…
Of Clowns, Giants, Mules, and Centaurs: The Enigmatic Anah
…See, however Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Menuchas Shalom Vol. 4, Pg. 78, who proves quite convincingly that it was not written by Rashi. [40] Matnas Kehuna Ad loc., Rabbi Shimon…
To Censor or Not to Censor, that is the Question
…to a few international) rabbis participated in the journal. For example, R. Chaim Ozer Gordzinsky’s older cousin and with whom he studied, Zevi Hirsch the rabbi of Omaha, Nebraska, wrote…
A Third Way: Iyyun Tunisai as a Traditional Critical Method of Talmud Study
…a contention. The first piece of evidence is R. Mazuz’s comments on R. Yehiel Ya’akov Weinberg’s critique of R. Chaim Soloveichik’s “Brisker” approach; these comments were posted by Marc Shapiro…
At a Holiday Celebration with the Lubavitchers by Elie Wiesel (1963)
…Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, sits up front and toasts “l’chaim!” before the hundreds of Hasidim and yeshivah students, who sway while singing and close their eyes while listening to his homily….
Forthcoming Genazym Auction
…important and well-known, if not relied upon, responsum of R’ Chaim Ozer Grozensky on gelatin. This copy includes unpublished materials. For some sources on this topic see R’ Spitz collection…
Further On A Forged Letter of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
…Joseph B. Soloveitchik. It was recently brought to my attention that various readers of the Seforim Blog have expressed skepticism regarding the determination that the letter found in President Chaim…
Keser vs. Kesher: What’s In A Name?
…115 years. During that time, KI has been blessed with outstanding rabbinic leadership: The famed Rabbi Eliezer Silver[2] first headed the congregation from 1911-1925. He was followed by Rabbi Chaim Ben…
Review of a Recent work of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky
…R. Chaim Ozer’s father for a few years. It is interesting to see what he writes about his younger cousin R’ Chaim Ozer: ואת הגאון ר’ חיים עוזר ז”ל הייתי…
The Customs Associated with Joy on Chanukah and Their More Obscure Sources
…חנוכה שהיה על ידי משתה. It is unclear, however, what the source in Chazal for this statement is. R. Chaim Bright in his pirish on the Kad haKemach called Tzipchas…
The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction & the Cairo Genizah
…on Tisha Bav. The piyut, however has become famous for a different reason.[7] In the Artscroll commentary on the Kinos, R. Avraham Chaim Feuer writes: An ancient manuscript states that…