R. Chaim Vital and his Unknown Work Sefer ha-Pe'ulot
…מדות, עליית הטבע, אות ז, עמ’ 242). See also J.J. Schacter, “Rabbi Jacob Emden’s Iggeret Purim,” in Studies in Medieval Jewish History,2, p. 444. A very interesting bibliographic; piece was…
Tu Bishvat and The Symmetry Between Aesthetics and Eros
…mishna in Tractate Ta’anit 4:8. Said Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, There, were no festive days in Israel like the 15th of Av (Tu B’Av) and Yom Ha-Kippurim. On those days…
Neturei Karta; ArtScroll, Arius, and Orangutans; Suicide and the Law of Rodef
…astounding. If you had described it to me without me seeing it “inside”, I would have thought it was Purim Torah, or perhaps a halakhic paradox of the sort I…
Torah Reading for Zochor and Parah
Torah Reading for Zochor and Parah By Eliezer Brodt The following is a chapter of my PHD dissertation related to the upcoming Torah Reading for Zochor and Parah קריאת פרשת…
?להשתכר על ידי יין בפורים, זו מצוה או עבירה
להשתכר על ידי יין בפורים, זו מצוה או עבירה? נכתב ע”י משה צוריאל Editor’s Note: Rabbi Moshe Zuriel’s latest book, Le-Sha’ah u-le-Dorot (two volumes) has just appeared. At over 800…
New Book Announcement: Esther Unmasked: Solving Eleven Mysteries of the Jewish Holidays and Liturgy by Mitchell First
The Seforim blog is proud to announce the publication of our contributor Mitchell First’s newest book, Esther Unmasked: Solving Eleven Mysteries of the Jewish Holidays and Liturgy (Kodesh Press, 2015),…