…his own understanding, while only in the notes does he reveal the authorities who disagree. (R. Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg defends the Minhat Hinnukh‘s position in his Mishmeret Hayyim, vol. 1, pp. 125-126. But…
…he was forced out of his rabbinic position. There is a good deal online about Zion, and entries in English and Hebrew on Wikipedia. Rabbi Hayyim Asher Hoffmann was another…
…believed, “Elu ViElu divrei Elokim hayim” – These and those are the words of the Living God.[23] Both the “Torah Only” approach of the majority of gedolei yisrael, and the…
…from rabbinical luminaries, R. Yosef Dov Solovetchik (Beis ha’Levi) (lot 198), R. Yitzhak Ze’ev Solovetchik (Brisker Rav) (lot 199), R. Hayim Ozer (lot 172), R. Kook (lot 183), R. Henkin,…
…of how lighting Chanukah candles has been practiced and attempt to explain why in fact Ashkenazim and Sephardim do as they do. The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 671:2) records the…
…Karo and the Rema – seem to imply a more monistic halakhic approach. A ringing defense of pluralism is to be found in the words of Rabbi Chaim ben Rabbi…
