Anim Zemorot: A Modern Purim Parody
…Gottlieb Zornberg’s books on Chumash (co-authored with Chaim and Shari Saiman) and particular pieces that have focused more on current events or community politics than the timeless nature of the…
The Origin and Evolution of a “Rashi Yashan”- In Praise of Artscroll Rashi Breishit 12:2 – “ואעשך לגוי גדול”
…(1867 and 1905).[11] It is not included in Mikraot Gedolot HaKeter, and in Torat Chaim of Mosad Harav Kook. (1993), and it is not included in the text of Rashi…
The Eighth and Final Volume of Daniel Sperber’s Minhagei Yisrael Has Appeared
…a long quote from Rabbi Chaim Williamowsky. This quote, typifies the vast majority of Professor Sperber’s articles in this volume. R. Williamowsky notes that it is important to trace the…
Book Announcement
…some times even by the same authors e.g. Vered Noam on Megilat Tannit or Chaim Milikowsky on Seder Olam. However, many of the chapters are new or are written by…
Moshe Idel — Kabbalistic Manuscripts in the Vatican Library
…by Prof. Chaim Wirszubski, of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His groundbreaking inquiry, Pico della Mirandola’s Encounter with Jewish Mysticism (Harvard University Press 1987), opens the way for a much…
Book announcement: Two books on Karlin-Stolin Chasidim
…great way to compare them, based on Chaim Liberman’s classic essay “Keitzad Chokrim Chasidus BYisrael?” (Ohel Rochel, 1, pp. 1-49). The first volume is from Dr. Benny Brown, renowned for…
