ArtScroll and More
…43a. [4] See his letter in Moshe Chaim Ephraim Bloch, Heikhal le-Divrei Hazal u-Fitgameihem (New York, 1948), p. 8. For more opposition to publishing the censored talmudic texts, see Eliezer…
New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 3
…text interesting. It is by the kabbalist R. Moses Valle, who was an older colleague of R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto in Padua. (Although Luzzatto was the leader of their circle,…
Some Recently Published Seforim
…already upon line), Eitz Chaim and Heichel Ha-Besht. 11. Volume three of Iggerot R. Hayyim Ozer. In the academic world there also has been some activity. Of note from Ben…
Seforim for Sale, List II
…are related to Chumash Vayikra, Bamedbar and Devarim. [As an interesting note, R Chaim Kanievsky quotes this work in his writings.] This edition was annotated by E.E. Auerbach and includes…
Chanukah Controversies, Customs and Scholarship: A Roundup & Update
…miracle, the oil burning for eight days, became the center of a 19th-century controversy involving the polyglot Chaim Zelig Slonimsky. Both Zerachya Licht (“חז״ל ופולמס חנוכה“) and Marc Shapiro (“The…
Ba-Yamim ha-Hem Ba-Zeman ha-Zeh: Were Jews Involved in Iran’s First Political Upheaval?
…of the historicity of Esther (and Daniel), Chaim Heifetz posited that Gaumâta—as a magus-priest and religious absolutist linked to the ancient Median religion—was engaged in a religious conflict against the…
Gems from Rav Herzog’s Archive (Part 1 of 2): Giyus, Professor Lieberman and More
…sentencing. This reading of the gemara in Makot is certainly plausible, although it does run contrary to the reading of the Noda B’Yehuda (Orach Chaim 34, s.v. ela), who assumes that the gemara is…
Some Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2018
…ששון עם מקבילות מקורות הערות ושינויי נוסחאות, מהדיר: יהונתן עץ חיים. תורת חיים תהלים, ג’ חלקים This work is a continuation of their excellent Toras Chaim series which is very…
Towards a Bibliography About Realia and Chumash, specifically relating to the Mishkan and Bigdei Kehunah
…Baraita De-Melekhet Ha-Mishkan A much earlier “neglected” work important to use when learning these parshiyos is Baraita De-Melekhet Ha-Mishkan. For Meir Ish Shalom’s edition see here. R’ Chaim Kanievsky commentary…
Interview with the Authors of “The Science Behind the Mishnah”
…force behind our collaboration was the shul’s late Rav, HaRav Chaim Zev Malinowitz ztz”l. He had been my rav, rebbe, and chavrusa for more than 10 years—in fact, I moved…
There is No Bracha on an Eclipse
…OC 4:20:27, but find the view of the Aruch Hashulchan OC 202:3 more analytically compelling. c. Both the suggestions of Rabbi Chaim David Ha-Levi (Responsa Aseh Lecha Rav, 150) that…
What is wrong with Artscroll?
…the second part of the Sefer are completely different. No longer only the classical commentaries are mentioned. Mari K’ra, Orchos Chaim, Shem Shmuel, Artscroll’s own edition of Rav Schwab, and…
Some Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2017
…מקורות הערות ושינויי נוסחאות, מהדיר: יהונתן עץ חיים. This is a critical edition of this Geonic work. A few years back, the editor, Yonason Etz Chaim put out a volume…
There is No Bracha on an Eclipse
…Iggrot Moshe OC 4:20:27, but find the view of the Aruch Hashulchan OC 202:3 more analytically compelling. c. Both the suggestions of Rabbi Chaim David Ha-Levi (Responsa Aseh Lecha Rav,…
A Note on the הסכמות of the חפץ חיים
…מיטב הגיון [Vilna, 1913] was intended for Lithuanian Jewry and carried an enthusiastic הסכמה from R. Chaim Ozer Grodzenski.) The letters of approbation by Rabbis Yoffen and Hirshowitz not only…