New Auction Catalog
…218). There is a book on agunah that was Chaim Heller’s copy. (lot 245) R. Shlomo Dubno’s copy of Meskhtat Derekh Erets. (lot 265) And, then there is R. Nathan…
Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2020, New Rabbi Tovia Preschel volume
…to Halacha, Minhag, bibliography, Pisgamim, history of Gedolim, book reviews, travels and personal encounters and essays about great people he knew or met (e.g.: R’ Chaim Heller, R’ Abramsky, R’…
Review of Professor Daniel Sperber’s Netivot Pesikah
…sources. Of great interest to note is his tremendous Bikiut in all the seforim of R. Yaakov Chaim Sofer. This volume is also full of many nice stories and anecdotes…
A Response to Dr. Shapiro: A Defense of the Torah Temimah
…Shel Gedolei Torah” – Y. Mark on R’ Chaim Soloveitchik for a further description of the Tsemach Tsedek’s actions at the conference. [8a] In Mekor Baruch he writes that the…
On the History and Development of Nirtza
…This hagada was printed as a fundraiser for Yeshiva R. Chaim Berlin. [26] https://oupress.org/product/hasidus-meets-america/ [27] My thanks to Dr. Josh Lovinger for bringing this reference to my attention. [28] Hebrewmanuscripts.org/hbm_712.pdf…
Chanukah Customs and sources
…money as well. R. Chaim Palache (Pellagi) (1788-1869) is the first to mention giving children money. He offers a kabbalistic reason “as children are representative of נצח והוד (eternity and…
Review: Daniel Sperber, On Changes in Jewish Liturgy
…on the topic worthy of mention, regarding adding Zachrenu Lechaim during Aseret Yemei Teshuvah can be found in R. Dovid Zvi Rothstein, Sefer Torah Menukod, in Kovetz Ohel Sarah Leah,…
Elliott Horowitz — Isaiah Berlin on Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) and Saul Lieberman
…parents that “there were some serious social complications about the Sedarim this year (428).” Among those who had invited him were Chaim Weizmann (sometimes referred to as “Charles” in Berlin’s…
Review of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky’s Taharas Yisroel
…more famous second-cousin, Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky zt”l, he then spent most of his adult life serving as the chief rabbi of Omaha, Nebraska for almost 60 years (1891-1947). [2]…
Textual Emendations in Minhag Anglia
…Teumim’s Higayon Lev. R. Yaakov Emden[5] and R. Chaim Elazar Spira[6], amongst others, argue against it on the grounds that whereas ערלים are not obligated to keep the mitzvah of…
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, ruler of the universe, for having not made me Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein[1]: Traditional Orthodoxy at a Crossroads
…of thousands who attend Gateshead and Chofetz Chaim and Ner Yaakov and Yeshiva University are trembling, for these shock troops have “quietly slipped into pulpits around the country” and are…
Special book offer: Besamim Rosh
…For a valuable post about the subject see here. For some very recent work on the BR see the three-part series by Rabbi Chaim Tessler, (PDF’s available upon request). On…
Vayikra Perek 23 Rashi on Pasuk 35 or 27 A “Misplaced” Comment of Rashi
…הכפורים is not found in any early edition Here is an example of the words “ביום הכפורים” appearing in parentheses Malkah Shel Torah (Jerusalem 1990) Chumash Torat Chaim (Jerusalem 1993)…
The Haftarot for Behar and Behukkotai
…Humshei Torah Im Peirush Rashi,” V’im Da’at Mikra” Ed. Menahem Bula. Jerusalem: Mosad Harav Kook, 1991. Jacob ben Jehuda Hazan of London. “The Etz Chaim” ed. Israel Brodie. Jerusalem: Mosad…
Recommended Summer Reading
…ר’ יעקב חיים סופר, מנוחת שלום, ד’ חלקים, כולל מפתחות Rabbi Yakov Chaim Sofer is one of the most prolific writers of our generation and his expertise in all areas…