Do We Cut Off or Bury One’s Head in the Sand?
…willing to label any perceived enemy of Jews as deserving of the harsh consequences of Amalek. Some of these examples are rather disturbing. After dealing with the Book of Esther…
Yigdal: A Case Study in Modern Customology
…on Friday night has a clear precedent.] We now must turn to see if there are other issues with the recitation of Yigdal which would label it as “modern.” Admittedly…
A World War II Liberator’s Letter to his Hometown Rabbi
…was a member of the heroic cohort which journalist Tom Brokaw reverently labeled as “The Greatest Generation”. On several occasions, I had the opportunity to hear him speak about some…
Saul Lieberman and his Ketubah, Driving on Shabbat, an Unusual Marriage Practice, Girls born on Friday, and More
…the head of Eretz Hemdah, also replied, and he followed the approach already approved by R. Yisraeli. If the bus is clearly labeled as a ‘Shabbat bus,’ is announced as…
Le-Tacen Olam (לתכן עולם): Establishing the Correct Text in Aleinu
…erroneously printed לתקן. [10] See their Fragments from the Cairo Genizah in the Freer Collection, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1927, plate XLIII (opposite p. 194). The fragment is labeled…
Lekah Tov – What’s in a Name?
…is a subject of considerable interest, varying as it does from the more common manner of labelling comparable works. Book titles generally reflect a book’s subject matter. In contrast, however,…
