Tobacco and the Hasidim and a Comment on Artscroll
…power, and can do harm, to the majority of men, since it dries up the [bodily] fluid. [11] Similarly, another reliable source records that Jacob Isaac Horowitz, the Seer of…
The Origins of Hamentashen from the Evidence of Jewish Literature: A Historical-Culinary Survey Revisited (yet again)
…על כל זה אצל E. Horowitz, Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence 2006, pp. 9. 218-219, 228 ). אנו רואים אפוא שמנהג אכילת ‘אזני-המן’ בפורים רווח ברבות…
The Vilna Gaon, part 3 (Review of Eliyahu Stern, The Genius) by Marc B. Shapiro
…if no evil had befallen him, asserting that his son had caused his own death.” See Elliot Horowitz, Reckless Rites (Princeton, 2006), p. 154. [2] See Divrei Eliyahu (Israel, n.d.),…
The Vilna Gaon, Part 1: How Modern Was He?
The Vilna Gaon, Part 1 How Modern Was He? by Marc B. Shapiro Eliyahu Stern, The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism (New Haven, 2013) Eliyahu Stern has set…
Upcoming Auctions
…as well. The Siddur Sha’ar ha-Shamayim from R. Isaiah Horowitz, the Shelah (lot no. 174) and R. Y. Emden’s Siddur, (lot no. 101). Another important first edition of a liturgical…
Ghosts, Demons, Golems and their Halachik Status
…Sefer Yetzirah and thus was able to feed them both this meat and milk at the same time. R. Isaiah Horowitz in his work Sheni Luchot HaBrit (Shelah) similarly understands…
R. David Nieto’s Matteh Dan, Life on Other Planets and Jewish Reactions to Copernicus
…the time (over twenty are printed and he received even more) amongst them the Adres, R. Eliezer Moshe Horowitz, R. Eliezer Gordon and R. Eliyhua Chaim Miesles.[See also Archos Rabenu,…
Kitzur Shelah, Sabbatianism, and the Importance of Owning Old Books
…Shelah, authored by R. Yehiel Michel Epstein, which although its title implies is merely an abridged version of the Shelah (Sheni Luchot HaBrit) by R. Isaiah Horowitz, is much more…
Zafenat Pane’ah—A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books
…ha-Defus (Jerusalem, 2014), pp. 115-16 [Hebrew]. [11] Ch. Friedberg, Bet Eked Sefarim, bet 341. [12] Yehoshua Horowitz, “Auerbach, Isaac Eisig ben Isaiah,” Encyclopaedia Judaica, vol. 2, pp. 654-655. [13] Concerning…
Plagiarism, Halakhic Paradox, and the Malbim on Kohelet
…See R. Yaakov Avraham Cohen, Emek ha-Mishpat, vol. 4, nos. 2, 24; R. Yaakov Hayyim Sofer, Hadar Yaakov, vol. 5, no. 38. R. Isaiah Horowitz, Shenei Luhot ha-Berit: Masekhet Shevuot, no. 71, writes about…
On Libraries, Bibliophiles & Images: Taj Auction 13
…Torah applied a more systematic approach to Jewish literature. R. Shabbetai Seftil, the son of R. Yeshaya ha-Levi Horowitz (Shelah or Shelah ha-Kodesh), traveled from Frankfurt to Pozen via ship….
R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, Tikkat Shofar on Shabbat & plagiarism (of course)
…בלבד). (p. 19) Additionally, he chides his former countrymen on their aversion to move to Israel. He says R. Isaiah Horowitz in the 16th century moved to Israel although it…
Of Twice-Told Tales and Ockham’s Razor: A Response to R. Moshe Haberman
…mesader kiddushin at the wedding of Elaine Ackerman to Jerome L. Horowitz, a.k.a “Curly” of the Three Stooges) from the 1920s until his death in 1954, who claimed to have…
Zvi Hirsch Masliansky: Memoirs from the Hebrew Periodical Ha-Doar
Zvi Hirsch Masliansky: Memoirs from the Hebrew Periodical Ha-Doar By Zviah Nardi Introduction. Zvi Hirsch Masliansky, known as “The National Preacher” (1856-l943), was a member of the Hibbat Zion movement in Russia…
‘And How Can One Behold a Sefer Torah in Distress?’ On the Relationship between Rabbi Chaim Heller and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
‘And How Can One Behold a Sefer Torah in Distress?’ On the Relationship between Rabbi Chaim Heller and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik by Aviad Hacohen and Menachem Butler This…