Reading Over the Brisker Rav’s Shoulder
…writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Chaim Grade, and Abraham Sutzkever (who was among the heroes who saved and recovered some of the Strashun’s holdings); artist Marc Chagall; the “Chofetz Chaim” Rabbi…
Comments on This and That, part 2
…596:1; Sefer Zikaron Divrei Shelom Hakhamim (Jerusalem, 2003), p. 264. [14] Otzar ha-Hayyim, Tevet 5695, pp. 87-88. [15] Ner Maaravi 2 (1925), pp. 227-228; Divrei Menahem, vol. 4, no. 13….
KEDUSHAH, KEDOSHAH, OR B’K’DUSHAH in KEDUSHAH D’YESHIVAH?
…Joseph Karo (Bet Yosef on Tur, Orah Hayyim 59, s.v. katuv) cites the Orhot Hayyim who accepts the first view and adds “I heard that the leading authorities of the…
Cemeteries and Response to Criticism
…my response (and it looks like it will take many posts before I am finished, unless I first tire of this endeavor). [1] Sipurim me-ha-Hayyim: Kitzur Shivhei ha-Ben Ish Hai…
Open Orthodoxy and Its Main Critic, part 1
…commentary attempts to explain what occurs at the beginning of parashat Va-Era. For example, “Or HaChaim comments that God’s essence is represented by the name HASHEM.” This makes no sense,…
Marc B. Shapiro – Responses to Comments and Elaborations of Previous Posts III
Responses to Comments and Elaborations of Previous Posts III by Marc B. Shapiro This post is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Chaim Flom, late rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Ohr…
