Recent Notes On Hebrew Pronunciation
…up until the common era, decisors would represent the western sound of “OW” (as in “brown” and Ashkenazi surnames with “baum” in them) in Yiddish and Yiddish-influenced written Hebrew as…
Comments on This and That, part 2
…them. [And so they remained] until the men of Hezekiah came and interpreted them. I already quoted a couple of times from R. Moses Isaac Ashkenazi’s Ho’il Moshe, so let…
Disputatious Divorces: Public Controversies over Gitten and Couple Relations
…controversial divorce known as the Tamari-Venturozzo Affair, after its participants, Samuel (Shmuel ha-katan) ben Moses Ventura of Perugia, known as Venturozzo and Tamar, the daughter of Joseph ben Moses ha-Kohen…
The Pew Report and the Orthodox Community (and Other Assorted Comments), part 1
…by their community to marry Ashkenazim. (Poor Sephardim were also given a higher charity subsidy than Ashkenazim.) [3] See Be’er Moshe, vol. 4, no. 146:26-27, where R. Stern speaks very…
The Cup for the Visitor: What lies behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu?
…some Ashkenazi Jews that leave an empty glass in the middle of the table for the leftovers of each cup of wine, and they call it Kos Shel Eliyahu. He…
Kuntres ‘al Inyan Shabbat HaChatuna – A “Found” Book
…but left off perhaps the most comprehensive discussion of this usage in R. Shmuel Ashkenazi’s Alfa beta kadmita, pp. 210-18. In all, Shmuel Glick should be commended for an excellent…
