To Censor or Not to Censor, that is the Question
…R. Shmuel Salant and in 1894 emigrated to the United States. He held a handful of rabbinic positions, eventually, in 1906 becoming the chief rabbi of St. Louis. Abramowitz sought…
New Sefer Announcement: The Collected Writings of R’ Moshe Reines
…Yaakov Reines to Berdeshevsky, Shlomo Buber, and Shmuel Finn. All of these letters have never been printed before. Over the course of my research, I discovered that some additional letters…
The Vilna Gaon, part 3 (Review of Eliyahu Stern, The Genius) by Marc B. Shapiro
…Chaim Rabinowitz of Telz. This book (which I do recommend) has an approbation by R. Shmuel Kamenetsky in which he writes that “everything in it is true.” I am inclined…
The Vilna Gaon, part 2 (Review of Eliyahu Stern, The Genius)
…all the blame on one side, does anyone have any doubt that if Degel ha-Torah was running the show that R. Shmuel Auerbach would right now be under house arrest…
The Identity and Meaning of Chashmonai
…to complete form earlier than most of the other tractates. See Abraham Goldberg, “The Mishna- A Study Book of Halakha,” in The Literature of the Sages, vol. 1, ed. Shmuel…
An Illustrated Life of an Illustrious Renaissance Jew Rabbi Doctor Shimshon Morpurgo (1681-1740)
…anonymous Italian manuscript on treifot with detailed illustrations and anatomical notes. Could this somehow be related to Morpurgo? [3] Ruderman, op. cit. [4] See Sonne, op. cit; Yaakov Shmuel Speigel,…
Hasidism in America
…Mukavchevo, 1848-1948 (New York, 2007), p. 172; Shmuel ha-Kohen Weingarten, “Pulmus Munkács-Belz,” in Yehudah Erez, ed., Entziklopedyah shel Galuyot: Karpatoros (Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, 1959), p. 230; and my Changing the Immutable (Oxford, 2015), p. 229. [9] See…
The Mysteries of Hoshana Rabbah
…See R’ Yosef Dubovick, ‘MiTorat Rav Shmuel Ben Chafni Gaon: Inyanei Aravah Beyom Shvi’i Shel Sukkos,’Asifat Chachamim Boyan 12 (2013) pp. 13-22 R. Shlomo Y. Zevin, Moadim Bahalacha, pp. 142-146;…
Another Case of Historical Censorship at Volozhin or Simply Poor Research?
One of the more important sources for the history relating to the famed Volozhin Yeshiva is Moshe Shmuel v’Doro, by R. Moshe Shmuel Shapiro (Shmukler), which is is full of…
A Final Note Regarding Rav Simcha Zelig Reguer’s Position on Opening a Refrigerator on Shabbat
…by the editor, Rav Shmuel Pardes, which reads as follows[6]: תשובה זו מוסב על השאלה הנדפסת בהפרדס, אם מותר לפתוח תבת קרח מלאכותי בשבת, או לשום מים בתיבה לעשות קרח…
Review of My Father’s Journey by Sara Reguer
…R. Moshe Shmuel Shmukler-Shapiro in his ר’ משה שמואל ודורו,[14] where he even identifies the student who was chastised, and the year when the event occurred (1878). (Interestingly, according to…
On Libraries, Bibliophiles & Images: Taj Auction 13
…page adorning Birkas Shmuel, Frankfurt, 1782 (lot 152). Birkas Shmuel, Frankfurt, 1782 Note the Cross on the Top of the Temple Amsterdam was home to another significant library, the Rosenthaliana….
Which Direction is North?, Geographical Mistakes, and our Woke Universities
…R. Natonek’s position is summarized by Shmuel Weingarten.[26] הרב נטונק מוכיח איפוא שה“אתנחתא” בדברי החת“ס צריכה להיות אחרי המלים “שבין צפון” והוו של והלבנון אינה ו‘ החבור (konjunktiv) אלא ו‘…
‘And How Can One Behold a Sefer Torah in Distress?’ On the Relationship between Rabbi Chaim Heller and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
…Halakhic Rulings and His Practices,” ha-Doar, vol. 40, no. 24 (6 May 1960): 460-461 (Hebrew). ↑ Joseph B. Soloveitchik, “Rabbi Chaim Heller: The ‘Shmuel ha-Katan’ of Our Generation,” ha-Doar, vol….
Book announcement: Special sale
…is a collection of material never published before from the Cairo Genizah has been collected by Professor Shmuel Glick. Most of the material is responsa of Egyptian rabbonim, the earliest…