New Writings from R Kook Part 1 by Marc B. Shapiro
…Moses Ibn Tibbon, who is quoted by R. Levi ben Hayyim.[19] According to Ibn Tibbon, the years given for people’s lives are actually the years of the dynasties they established.[20]…
Rambam The Poet?
…Geshuri asserted the same claim[12] and he was likewise cited by the celebrated Hayyim Schirmann.[13] The Magen Avot was first published in Livorno 1785. Here[14] is the page: Alternatively, here…
The Rav as a Mechadesh Halacha: One Small Example From Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
…of the Amida, the Rav felt that we should follow the opinion of the Magan Avraham (Orah Hayyim 126:3) that even an individual should not repeat the Amida of Shaharit…
The Yeshivah and the Academy: How We Can Learn from One Another in Biblical Scholarship
Hayyim Angel’s latest book, Peshat Isn’t so Simple, has just been published. The Seforim Blog is happy to present this excerpt. The Yeshivah and the Academy: How We Can Learn…
The Anatomy of a Mystery: Kohanim, Dissection, and Medical Training Throughout History
…of time. More problematic is that some of the Kohen Padua graduates were outstanding Torah scholars and prolific authors, such as Isaac Hayyim Cantarini,[31] Tuviya HaRofe (AKA Tuviya haKohen),[32] and…
Review of Ma'amar al Yishma'el
…writes that only after he completed working on this sefer did he find out that Chaim Zalman Dimitrovsky printed it already with notes – had he known he never would…
