New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 5
…R. Baruch Ber sat on R. Hayyim’s lap. Just like he sat on R. Hayyim’s lap when he was a young student, R. Hayyim wanted R. Baruch Ber to sit…
Quiz Answers; Response to Criticism; Rav Schwab Writes to the Rogochover
…to one example where R. Hayyim suggests that the text of the Mishneh Torah is in error. See Hiddushei R. Hayyim Halevi, Edut 21:9. R. Hayyim supports his suggestion by…
Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius
…such works. A sample listing of some of those works that benefited from him before going to print include recent editions of: Sefer Zechirah, Kav Hayasher, Sefer Hachayim and many…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and Yeshiva Students being Drafted to the Army, views of women, and more
…the grammatical rules it should not be there? R. Aaron of Lunel in his Orhot Hayyim offers an explanation. He states that if there was a dagesh people would read…
Some Assorted Comments and a Selection from my Memoir. part 1
…Amsel (Monsey, 2008), p. 262. [14] See R. Yaakov Hayyim Sofer in Moriah, Nisan 5769, p. 150. [15] R. Chaim Rapoport provides some of these sources in his article in…
Tevie Kagan: The Enigmatic R. David Lida
…R. Hayim Ben Abraham Ha-Kohen’s (c.1585-1655) [7]Toras Chessed. For instance, R. Hayyim Yosef David Azulai, ,writes “truthfully [Migdol David] is the work of R. Hayim Kohen, author of the Tur…
