New Seforim and books 2014
…the censored edition had a Haskamah from Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach while the new edition is uncensored, based on the advice of Rabbi Steinman and Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. 14. ר’ יהודה…
כעומד לפני השכינה בשעת ער לערנט: Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein on the Divide Between Traditional and Academic Jewish Studies
…was a predecessor, in a certain sense, to our yeshive, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a yeshive known as Yeshiva University, was the Etz Chaim Yeshiva, founded in 1886….
Mishloach Manot of Rabbis and Scholars
…to study medicine in Padua, Italy. During his stay there he became a disciple of R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. After his return to Poland he resided in Grodno and Brest…
Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger and Warder Cresson
…Schwartz 24(First hand knowledge of the incident) : Rabbi Abraham Bornstein; Avnei Nezer, Yoreh Deah 351: Rabbi Yeshua Shimon Chaim Ovadyah; Yismach Levav, Yoreh Deah 33: Aryeh Leib Frumkin in…
The Identity and Meaning of Chashmonai
The Identity and Meaning of Chashmonai [1] By Mitchell First (MFirstatty@aol.com) The name Chashmonai appears many times in the Babylonian Talmud, but usually the references are vague. The references are…
Sinful Thoughts: Comments on Sin, Failure, Free Will, and Related Topics Based on David Bashevkin’s new book Sin•a•gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought
…are punished for thought only, but not when action takes place, See Rashi to Devarim 19:19. See also Chidushey Rabbenu Chaim HaLevi, Hilchod Edus chapter 20, and the comments of…
The Gaon’s Impact on the Interpretation of both Primary Sugyot in Zemanim
…footnote 5. [9] This seminal point was made explicitly by R. Chaim Sonnenfeld in teshuvah 33 (an approbation to a sefer on zemanim) in a recently published volume of his…
Lecture Announcement: Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber
…subject is likewise “Orthodox and Rabbinic Responses to the Balfour Declaration. It will take place in Monsey at Ohr Chaim Learning Center, 20 Forshay Road, (head upstairs). This lecture is…
A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Brown on the Publication of ‘Hasidic Leadership in Israel: Past and Present, Spirit and Matter’
…behavioral paradoxes, such as the contradiction between the principled and surprising statement of the Divrei Chaim that Admorut is not inherited like rabbinate but rather derives from the Tzaddik’s inherent…
The Vanishing Note: Devorah, Women Dayanim, and a Missing הערה in Hilchos Dayyanus
…the Midrash at its word and proposes female and even mixed batei din. And R. Chaim David HaLevi (Aseh Lecha Rav, vol. 8, pp. 247–248) offers two answers: first that…
New Hard Drive
…the person who started HebrewBooks.org, Chaim Rosenberg, which originally was devoted to American seforim and since has moved to encompass a significant amount of other seforim – as the drive…
Guide and Review of Online Resources – 2022 – Part II
…the following publishers: Yad Ben-Tzvi Bialik Sifriyat Heileil Ben-Chaim A few of the hundreds of books that are available there (all in Hebrew, as mentioned): M. Kahana et. al (ed.),…
Milah Books & Manuals
…on the topic including R. Chaim Solovetick’s and R. Aron Kotler’s opinions (p. 224). Another sefer of interest is called Meshiv Nefesh first printed in 1906 and recently reprinted by…
Eli Genauer: The Evolution of a “רש״י ישן” as Presented by Artscroll Rashi Breishit 12:2 – “ואעשך לגוי גדול”
…include it in either of his editions of Zechor L’Avraham (1867 and 1905)[17]. It is not included in Mikraot Gedolot HaKeter, and in Torat Chaim of Mosad Harav Kook (1993),…
New book announcement: Yeshurun volume 36
…this subject. This section also contains some manuscripts of the MB and some new letters by the Chafetz Chaim. The next section is devoted to R’ Refael Shmulevitz ztz”l. Having…