Shnayer Leiman: Did a Disciple of the Maharal Create a Golem?
…was misled by the source he quotes, namely R. Menahem Mendel Krengil (d. 1930) in his commentary to R. Hayyim Yosef David Azulai’s Shem Ha-Gedolim.[10] In turn, Krengil was misled…
The Ethics of the Case of Amalek: An Alternative Reading of the Biblical Data and the Jewish Tradition
…Hayyim 685:7. [52]296; see Finkelstein edition, p. 314, l. 8, with n. 8. [53]Guide for the Perplexed 3:41 (ed. Pines, p. 566). [54]See Zohar 3:281b. The approach gained currency in…
Hillel Noach Magid Steinschneider’s Ir Vilna
…Hayyim would add ימ”ש (may his name be erased). But, at the end, the publishers explain they decided that even though there was “פסולת” (lit. chaff) the good content outweighed…
Wrestling with the Ketsot – Review of ‘New Heavens: The Ketsot ha-Hoshen and the Rise of Lamdanut’, by Noam Samet
…the top of its agenda and admitted no other pursuit. This was the approach of the Vilna Gaon, as described by his disciple R. Hayyim of Volozhin: the Gaon worked…
Uncensored Books (Dr. Marc B. Shapiro)
…was published by Yeshivat Or Etzion in Israel, whose Rosh Yeshivah is R. Hayyim Druckman. It is obvious that the editors have no knowledge of American Jewish history, otherwise, the…
Rabbinic Insults and Bibliographical Errors
…was forced by the Rabbis to print this apology, just like R. Moshe Hayyim Luzzato.” Roest, op cit. Thus, according to Roest, the apology was not brought about from Hanau’s…
