The Chanukah Omission
…bearing the title Maseches Chanukah, but it was written as a parody, similar to Maseches Purim of Rav Kalonymus[24]. Rebellion, Romans, and the Power of Tradition Another explanation for the…
The Customs Associated with Joy on Chanukah and Their More Obscure Sources
…1576), the reason that only on Purim do we celebrate with a seudah and not on Chanukah is because שעם היות שהמלחמה חשמונאי נצחה, ועל ידו היתה הרוחה אף גם…
Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל
…Teshuvot, Purim, Siman 695:5 Note 24. Where this responsa of RATF is brought as an example of an opinion that defends the practice of starting the Purim feast close to…
Towards Decoding Ha-Yeriah Ha-Gedolah (The Great Parchment), A Cryptic 14th Century Italian Kabbalistic Text
…the tool to assist in transcribing additional manuscripts. [15] Although YG is called in some manuscripts “Iggeret Sippurim”, “sippurim” in this context likely means “sections”, as pointed out by Gottlieb….
Talmudic Humor and Its Discontents
Talmudic Humor and Its Discontents by Ezra Brand In honor of Purim, I’d like to discuss a few aspects of humor in the Talmud[1]. But first, a short overview of…
Rabbis &: History A Review of the Koreh HaDorot, Ahavat Shalom ed
…Elliot Horowitz has a excellent extremely comprehensive chapter on local Purims throughout history. One of the Purims he discusses is the Purim of Cairo (pp. 286-89) he mentions that we…
