The Customs Associated with Joy on Chanukah and Their More Obscure Sources
…חנוכה שהיה על ידי משתה. It is unclear, however, what the source in Chazal for this statement is. R. Chaim Bright in his pirish on the Kad haKemach called Tzipchas…
The Legend of R. Yehuda Halevi’s Death: Truth or Fiction & the Cairo Genizah
…on Tisha Bav. The piyut, however has become famous for a different reason.[7] In the Artscroll commentary on the Kinos, R. Avraham Chaim Feuer writes: An ancient manuscript states that…
Lighting Shabbat Candles in Jerusalem 40 Minutes Before Sunset
…sunset. Among aḥaronim who maintain such a viewpoint are R. Nosson Adler,[8] R. Yaacov Lorberbaum, the Ben Ish Chai, R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, among many others. While the endpoint of Ramban…
“Ha’Rotzeh Lichanek, Hitaleh B’Ilan Gadol”: Notes on some Literary forgeries of Jewish works in the the Late Modern Period (1756-1965)
…Friedlander 1907–1909 20 Genizat Kherson 1922 21 Der Prager Golem (1917); Kovetz Michtavim Mekori’im MiHaBesht VeTalmidav (1923); Heichal LeDivrei Chazal (1948); Sefer Dovev Siftei Yeshenim (1959-1965) Chaim Bloch 1917-1965 22…
Evening Prayer Revisited
Evening Prayer Revisited Chaim Sunitsky There is a dispute in Tamud Bavli (Brachot 4b) as to whether one should say Shma with Brachot before or after Shmone Esre during the…
Avunculate Marriage in the Bible
Avunculate Marriage in the Bible By Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew [available here]. His book is…
