Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius
Rav Shmuel Ashkenazi: a Hidden Genius By Eliezer Brodt This Monday night is the first yahrzeit marking the passing of a unique Talmid Chacham, R’ Shmuel Ashkenazi of Yerushalayim, at…
Should we celebrate birthdays or not? Is it better to ignore them?
…by Rav Harfenes in Beit Vaad LaChachamim (adar 2009, p.356), Shut Lehorot Natan (IX, §5, 9),[10] Gdulat Yehoshua (Chelek 2, Hakdama), Rav Shmuel Mohliver (Midei Chodesh BeChodsho, II, Jerusalem 1957,…
R. David Nieto’s Matteh Dan, Life on Other Planets and Jewish Reactions to Copernicus
…of England Transactions, vol. XII (1931) pp. 26-27. All of the various versions of the first edition include a drawing of Rabenu Hakodesh on the title page which some speculate…
R. Chaim Vital and his Unknown Work Sefer ha-Pe'ulot
…Ashkenazi, Avnei Chain, pp. 221-253; C. Hamberger, Three Worlds, 3:7-10; Ish HaEmunah, p. 81. See also Yuval Harrari, Ha- Kishuf ha-Yehudi ha-Kodom, pp. 298-302 and his piece in The Literature…
Cherubim: Winged Celestial Beings on the Title-Pages of Early Hebrew Books
…and the Shmuel Bukh are composed in the same verse-meter. Moreover, the title-page states that “Shmuel is the first part of the book Melokhim, for it is all related.” Nevertheless,…
The Birkhat ha-Mazon as an Early Modern Supplementary Prayerbook
…Title Page. This edition is missing the title page and several pages at the beginning. Bibliographical information is taken from NLI catalog entry. 2. Contents. 1. Birkhat ha-Mazon. 2. Tehinnah…
