Was Avraham a Lamdan?
…the entry “Avos.” An interesting question that was first posed by R’ Pinchas Horowitz, one of the rebbeim of the Chasam Sofer, in his commentary on the Torah, Panim Yafos,…
Open Orthodoxy and Its Main Critic, part 1
Open Orthodoxy and Its Main Critic, part 1 Marc B. Shapiro Please note: The conversation in the comments, while of importance, does not fit the focus of the Seforim Blog….
Leket Yosher – A Closer Appraisal in Light of a Recent Controversy
…Ashkenaz be-Shelei Yemi HaBenayim, Jerusalem, 1984, pp. 303-5; Zevin, Soferim veSeforim, vol. Teshuvos, p. 14; R. P. Horowitz, Sefer HaBrit, p. 162, discussing the phenomenon of fictional responsa. See also…
Do you recall Hrubieszow? Hrubieszow, Home to an Active Early Nineteenth Century Hebrew Press
Do you recall Hrubieszow? Hrubieszow, Home to an Active Early Nineteenth Century Hebrew Press[1] Marvin J. Heller A barely remembered Hebrew press, one credited with as many as forty books,…
Change Has Come To Modena
…Horowitz [2] Ibid. [3] This matter is in contention and is based on the question of when the book was first printed. S. wrote me “When was the Kitzur first…
The sukkah on Shemini Atzeret controversy
…century, when Rav Isaiah Horowitz, the Shelah HaKadosh, was Rav, in his sefer Yosef Ometz was still able to state that a family, descendant of Troyes, who does not sit…
