Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY”D: סנגורם של ישראל
…as well corresponding on Torah topics.[11] When the Avnei Neizer passed away in 1910, his son R’ Shmuel Borenstein[12], the “Shem Mi’Shmuel” was crowned the heir to his father’s chassidic…
Censorship in the Sefer Chofetz Chaim?
Censorship in the Sefer Chofetz Chaim? (Another chapter of R. Shmuel Ashkenazi‘s Latest Work) Unfortunately, the amount of responses regarding assisting the publication of R. Ashkenazi‘s work was underwhelming (we…
Zafenat Pane’ah—A Further Example in the Titling of Hebrew Books
…entitling their books Ẓafenat Pane’aḥ. I Abraham Menahem Rapa mi-Porto (Rapaport) Ashkenazi, Sabbioneta , 1555: Our first title, appropriately enough, is a work on cryptography by R. Abraham Menahem ben…
Comments on This and That, part 1
…in dating the text. Incidentally, R. Moses Isaac Ashkenazi, Ho’il Moshe: Hamesh Megilot ve-Sefer Mishlei (Livorno, 1880), pp. 80-81, states that you can also find some Aramaic words and expressions…
Benefits of the Internet: Besamim Rosh and its History
…contains some very basic errors, many of which have been pointed out by Shmuel Ashkenazi in his notes that appear after the introduction. Difficulties in Authentication Today, various…
Renewal of the Hakhel Ceremony in Jerusalem and New York
…Motzei Shmitah year for a public reading by the king of certain parts of Deuteronomy.[4] Present at the event at the Kotel were numerous dignitaries, including the Ashkenazi and Sefardi…
