ArtScroll and More
…earlier post here I dealt with this picture which appears in the Venice 1574 edition of the Mishneh Torah. Jacob D. called my attention to Shlomo Zalman Havlin’s comment in…
A Mild Case of Plagiarism: R. Abraham Kalmankes’ Ma’ayan Ha-Hokhmah
…more properly labeled today as paragraphs. Thus, several of the “chapters” consist of no more than15 lines of print (and, sometimes, even less). Scattered throughout the book are occasional comments…
The Agunah Problem, part 2; Wearing a Kippah; More Censorship by ArtScroll
…and Profs. Shlomo Zalman Havlin and Israel Moshe Ta-Shma on the other. I was incorrect in this, as R. Zevin actually agrees with Havlin and Ta-Shma. Thanks to Rabbi Dovid…
The Agunah Problem, Part 1; Incarceration and Free Speech
…idea.[4] But are Rabbis Brodie and Zevin correct? Israel Moshe Ta-Shma and Shlomo Zalman Havlin say no, and see this as a serious mistake. According to them, the last case…
New Writings from R. Kook and Assorted Comments, part 3
…men named Jesus. See also Meiri, Seder ha-Kabbalah, ed. Havlin (Jerusalem-Cleveland, 1992), pp. 69-70, and especially Havlin’s lengthy note. This was also Rabbenu Tam’s opinion, although it has been censored…
Marc B. Shapiro – Forgery and the Halakhic Process
…the Thriteen Principles as determining who is a heretic. Notes: A future post will deal with other issues of this controversy, and at that time S. Z. Havlin’s article on…
