…the grammatical rules it should not be there? R. Aaron of Lunel in his Orhot Hayyim offers an explanation. He states that if there was a dagesh people would read…
…R. Hayim Ben Abraham Ha-Kohen’s (c.1585-1655) [7]Toras Chessed. For instance, R. Hayyim Yosef David Azulai, ,writes “truthfully [Migdol David] is the work of R. Hayim Kohen, author of the Tur…
…Amsel (Monsey, 2008), p. 262. [14] See R. Yaakov Hayyim Sofer in Moriah, Nisan 5769, p. 150. [15] R. Chaim Rapoport provides some of these sources in his article in…
…Hayim in Or haHayyim (pg 443) mentions that he never found evidence of Modena’s change of heart in any manuscripts of Modena’s autobiography. [Divlitski alludes to Hayim, but like the…
…Hayim 31:2 he writes straight out that it is forbidden to wear t’fillin on Hol Hamoed. This is the kabbalistic opinion, and he does not mention at all the opinion…
… Stories of R. Simcha Zelig’s relationship with R. Hayyim Soloveitchik and R. Velvel are legendary. While R. Hayyim and R. Velvel focused on theoretical Torah study, R. Simcha Zelig…
…also affirmed by R. Chaim Rapoport.[4] Not only is this the peshat in the Rambam, but no other understanding works within the context of his philosophical system. That is, the…
…Chajes[7] argues that it is forbidden to call a rabbinic edict a biblical prohibition because it violates not only bal tosif but also mi-devar sheker tirhak. Similarly, R. Chayim Hirschensohn[8] charges those rabbis who forbid…
…near future B”n. [40] See Tosas Chaim, 2008 p. 79. In the back of this edition there is a lengthy Peirush Ir Hachaim, pp. 245- 249 and for in-depth discussion…
…Chaim Berlin, Shut Nishmat Hayyim, 3, pp. 375-377. [14] Shut Nishmat Hayyim (2002), pp. 149-151; Otzar Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Shut Nishmat Hayyim, 2, pp. 135-136. See also the 1993 edition of the Meishiv Davar where this Teshuvah…
…Hafetz Hayim’s Rulings on Libel and Gossip”, for Rabbi Dr. Brown’s discussion the works of the Hafetz Hayim at length and who discusses RATF’s discussion as well. [55] Shaarei Teshuva,…
…sins that had been done secretly, but that they would be liable for transgressions committed openly (Or HaChaim). According to the ArtScroll summary, R. Hayyim Ben Attar, the author of…
…non-Jewish. SeeMishpetei Uziel, vol. 1,Orah Hayyim, no. 9, Mahadura Tinyana, vol. 1, Orah Hayyim, no. 32. At the end of his book, R. Cohen offers a different suggestion, namely, a…
…is descended from both R. Hayyim of Volozhin and his brother R. Simcha. While everyone knows that R. Hayyim became the student of the Vilna Gaon, Gulevsky tells us the…
…Leib Sossnitz, Ha-Maor (Warsaw, 1889), p. 103. [5] Ye’arot Devash, vol. 2, Derush 6 (p. 95 in the Jerusalem 1988 edition). See R. Chaim Rapoport, “Shitat ha-‘Ye’arot Devash’ be-Inyan Rabbi…