R. Isaac Arama, R. Kook, Mordecai Kaplan, and more
R. Isaac Arama, R. Kook, Mordecai Kaplan, and more by Marc B. Shapiro 1. In the last post I discussed R. Isaac Arama. In his Conversos, Inquisition and the Expulsion of the Jews…
The Enigma of Abraham Rosenberg, R. Yitzchak Scheiner, Mordecai Kaplan, and Prof. Marvin Fox
…a good place to add another point about him. Kaplan’s father, R. Israel, was close to R. Isaac Jacob Reines. (Mordecai Kaplan was actually born in Svencionys, where R. Reines…
Tracing the “Footsteps of the Messiah”: From Li-Nevukhei ha-Dor to Maamrei ha-Rayah
…example, https://seforimblog.com/2010/10/marc-b-shapiro-new-writings-from-r-kook/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/02/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted-3/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/02/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted_22/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/04/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted-2/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/08/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted/. [4] Available for purchase at https://kodeshpress.com/product/rav-kooks-guide-for-todays-perplexed/. [5] Some knew of its general existence, and its purpose, but it is not clear to what extent…
An Unpublished 1966 Memorandum from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Answers Questions on Jewish Theology
…of Commentary,” Tablet Magazine (18 October 2017), available here. [2] A complete biographical portrait of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan remains a scholarly desideratum. For appreciations of his writings, see “Rabbi Aryeh…
Purim and Parodies
Purim and Parodies by Eliezer Brodt Happiness During the Month of Adar and its Discontents More…(drag mouse) Next Tab Forward Page Bottom Toggle Bookmarks Close Tab Back Page top The…
The Birkhat ha-Mazon as an Early Modern Supplementary Prayerbook
…Spanish, and the text is completely translated with facing pages of Hebrew and Spanish. This edition was prepared for the recently organized community in Amsterdam whose members had a low…
