Torah mi-Sinai and More
…a responsum no. 378 from R. Joseph Hayyim’s Torah li-Shemah. As you can see, the sexual abuse of a child under nine years old was not regarded by him as an…
The 1526 Prague Haggadah and its Illustrations
…wrote a letter to his son, Rabbi Chaim Berlin, urging him to use it for maror instead of sharper vegetables, especially after fasting and drinking wine.[23] There are also numerous…
Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction
…of R’ Chaim Sofer known as ‘the Hungarian R’ Chaim,’ on the work Sharei Torah. See also Item #61 which has glosses from R’ Hirsch Berlin. Item #79, is the…
Legacy Judaica: Astrological Title Pages, R. Hutner, and Other Items of Note
…Division, European Quartermaster General Depot, United States Army. Interesting personal copies one is R. Chaim Ozer’s Achiezer with his inscription (lot 176), R. Chaim Keanievsky’s personal siddur (lot 181), and…
Zvi Hirsch Masliansky: Memoirs from the Hebrew Periodical Ha-Doar
…– Chaim who was named for my father. The question of our “tachlith” – our practical purpose in life – became even more acute. Ha-Doar, vol. 14, 1934-5, no. 9,…
The Identity of an unknown Yiddish Prayer Book (From Zürich to Zürich)
…was printed in 1544 by Chaim Schachor in the small Bavarian town Ichenhausen, of which a single copy survives today in Munich (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek). It is likely that earlier Yiddish…
