Concerning the Zohar and Other Matters
Concerning the Zohar and Other Matters Marc B. Shapiro 1. In the last issue of Milin Havivin I published an article dealing with the Zohar and the supposed obligation to…
Marc B. Shapiro – Responses to Comments and Elaborations on Previous Posts
…strong attacks on Ratsaby, even accusing him of plagiarism. He also mentions how Ratsaby, when he needs to quote something from R. Yihye Kafih (known among his followers as מו”ר…
Seforim Blog Pesach Roundup
…that many important and old Haggadot are available online. VII. Pesach Journals, Had Gadyah, Plagiarism & Bibliographical Errors 3.27.2007. Discusses Yeshurun’s special Pesach issue. The author of one of the…
Machnesi Rachamim – Praying to Angels
For those interested in the topic of the permissibility of praying to angels and the controversy surrounding this topic see the post on Machnesi Rachamim and Plagiarism which has been…
Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process
…Albeck in Poland, to expose the chief scholarly work of the late Rabbi B.H. Auerbach of Halberstadt (Ha-Eshkol, with commentary and notes, Nahal Eshkol, Halberstadt, 1861), as a plagiarism and…
More on Chaim Bloch
More on Chaim Bloch By Marc B. Shapiro In a previous post I mentioned how the non-Jewish Austrian minister Leon Bilinski was descended from the rav of Posen, R. Samuel…
Kosher Tube: TV Series on the 13 Principles
TV Series on the Thirteen Principles by: Marc B. Shapiro My next post will, God willing, appear after Pesah (in three parts). In the meantime, I wanted to let readers…
Romm Press, Haggadah Art, Controversial Books, and other Bibliographical Historica
Legacy Auctions: Romm Press, Haggadah Art, Controversial Books, and other Bibliographical Historica Legacy Judaica’s fall auction is next week, September 13, and we wanted to highlight some bibliographical historica. Lot…
חכמים הזהרו בציון מקורותיכם – חוסר עיון במקורות ועל ראשי תיבות
חכמים הזהרו בציון מקורותיכם – חוסר עיון במקורות ועל ראשי תיבות מאת עקביא שמש לאחר שקראתי את הפוסט המעניין מאוד של פרופ’ מרק שפירו, אמרתי כי עכשו הזמן להוסיף עוד…
Artscroll = Pornography?!
I recently received a sample of the new Artscroll work “A Daily Dose of Torah.” This work, which is more or less a modern-day Hok l’Yisrael, parcels out 18 minute…
Tevie Kagan: The Enigmatic R. David Lida Part II
The Enigmatic R. David Lida Part II by Tevie Kagan R. David of Lida and Sabbateanism The case for Sabbatean leanings in R. David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida’s works…
Rabbi Joseph Hertz, Women and Mitzvot, Antoninus, the New RCA Siddur, and Rabbis who Apostatized, Part 1
Rabbi Joseph Hertz, Women and Mitzvot, Antoninus, the New RCA Siddur, and Rabbis who Apostatized, Part 1 Marc B. Shapiro 1. In my last post here, in discussing R. Joseph…
Attack on Rabbinic Judaism and Historical Orthopraxy
What is perhaps one of the more intreging sefarim ever published. Behinat HaKabbalah is two books in one. The first, Kol Shakal (the voice of a fool), is a scathing…
Anonymous Sefarim
Although, taken for granted today, there is a rather interesting discussion regarding putting ones name on one’s sefer. The early Jewish books we have- Tanak, Mishna and Talmud, the authors…
A Footnote on What the Chasam Sofer Did Not Say
A Footnote on What the Chasam Sofer Did Not Say By Shnayer Leiman The Problem. I’m the proud owner of a copy of Rabbi Shimon Finkelman’s Rav Pam: The Life…