The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 2
…that sex is forbidden on Hanukkah and Purim and any day that you don’t recite tahanun (!).[37] בחנוכה ופורים נראה דאסור וכ”ש שאר ימים שאין נופלין על פניהם בהם דאסור…
Response to Criticism Part 4; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and the Hazon Ish
…well. Furthermore, all sorts of phony stories about “yeshuos” are included in these appeals. However, I don’t recall ever seeing such a blatant falsehood as what appeared right before Purim…
Legacy Judaica Spring 2021 Auction
…Chaim Volozhin to do so. About Item #18 Messechtas Purim see our discussion earlier on the blog here. Item #25 is Peirush Megilas Achashverosh, Venice 1565. The description states: R….
The Rogochover and More
…Kanievsky. Derekh Sihah (Bnei Brak, 2004), 487. [6] R. Abraham Weinfeld, Lev Avraham, no. 98. [7] See R. Chaim Rapoport, “Sipurim Temuhim . . .,” Hearot u-Veurim 33:2 (2013), pp. 55-67, for an excellent discussion of the…
The Anatomy of an Auction: A Previously Undissected Body of Literature on the History of the Jews and Postmortem Dissection
…miraculously persuaded the Venetian government to subdue the outburst. The Jews of Padua declared the 10th day of Elul as their Second Purim in gratitude for their miraculous salvation. This…
Israel ben Shabtai [Hapstein]. ‘Avodat Yisrael – Book review by Bezalel Naor
…[Esther 3:8]. The Rabbis, of blessed memory, commented on the word ‘yeshno,’ that Haman alleged ‘their God is asleep.’” (Rabbi Hayyim Vital, Sha’ar ha-Purim, beginning chap. 5) The Holy Maggid…
