New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 5
…modern and revolutionary as that which it sees itself as fighting against. [25] See Zvi Weinman, Mi-Katovitz ad Heh be-Iyar (Jerusalem, 1995), pp. 52ff. [26] E. Horowitz, Orhot Rabbenu (Bnei…
R. Nathan Nata ben Moses Hannover: The Life and Works of an Illustrious and Tragic Figure
…recent research, to place “events in a misleading light.”[10] In counterpoint, Simha Assaf quotes R. Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz, son of R. Isaiah Horowitz (Ha-Shelah ha-Kadosh, c.1565–1630), who writes concerning gezerot taḥ…
Running on the Inclined Plane of the Altar in the Second Temple
…Mekilta, Horowitz-Rabin edition, (end of Yitro) p. 245 (line 2) and is visible online here. R. E.Z. Melamed in Essays in Talmudic Literature (Heb.) Iyunim b’Sifrut HaTalmud) published in Jerusalem by…
Censorship: The Autobiography of R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz, ADeReT
…a small portion of his life), Gershom Scholem, From Berlin to Jerusalem, tr. Harry Zohn, New York, 1980. Elliot Horowitz discusses Scholem’s autobiography in Horowitz’s article, “Confessions of a Jewish Autobiography…
Everything is Illuminated: Mining the Art of Illustrated Haggadah Manuscripts for Meaning
… To be continued… but until then see these posts Halakha & Haggadah, and regarding some illustrations in the iconic Prague 1526 Haggadah, here and also Elliot Horowitz’s discussion. [1] E.L. Sukenik, The Dura-Europa…
A Woman's Place Is In The Home
…enough to deny the husband his right to say צאי מעשי ידיך במזונותיך. Rav Avraham Ya’akov Ha’Levi Horowitz rejects this position of Hasam Sofer, that a woman who leaves the…
