Baranovich Auction
…of the Hafetz Hayim, Vilna 1873, lot 72 is available. For earliest mention of the Ba’al Shem Tov see lot 81, Maayim Hayyim , discussed at length here. Finally, for…
A Young Man Holding a Torah Scroll and a Young Woman Holding a Book: The Life and Afterlife of Two Illustrations
A Young Man Holding a Torah Scroll and a Young Woman Holding a Book: The Life and Afterlife of Two Illustrations By Rachel Manekin Rachel Manekin is Professor Emerita of…
Censorship in the Sefer Chofetz Chaim?
Censorship in the Sefer Chofetz Chaim? (Another chapter of R. Shmuel Ashkenazi’s Latest Work) Unfortunately, the amount of responses regarding assisting the publication of R. Ashkenazi’s work was underwhelming (we…
Lag B’Omer through the eyes of a Litvak in 1925
…descriptions available is found in a letter written by a student of R. Chaim Ben-Attar (1696-1743) in which he writes that R. Chaim went to Meron the day after Purim…
Using the works of Shadal and R. N. H. Wessely
…few more names toRabbi Posen’s list of people who used Shadal. Shoel Umeshiv[3], R. Yosef Zechariah Stern[4], R. Pesach Finfer[5], Dikdukei Sofrim[6], Seridei Eish[7], R. Chaim Heller[8], R. Kalman Kahana[9],…
ArtScroll’s Response and My Comments
…printing the dagesh should be removed. If ArtScroll is looking for something to censor in the newly released volume, Or ha-Hayyim to Ex. 31:16 probably fits the bill. In this controversial passage Or ha-Hayyim states that…
