Jewish Communal Workers, Preacher’s Kid Syndrome, and Sefer Shmuel
…2:12-22 and Shmuel I, 8:1-5. ↑ See for example the ideas mentioned in Rashi to Shmuel I, 2:22 and Radak to Shmuel I, 8:2. ↑ Ralbag (רלב”ג) is the acronym…
A Few Comments Regarding The First Woodcut Border Accompanying The Prague 1526 Haggadah
…Rokeah published in Fano in 1505.[6] But that title page is really one of the more basic forms of the title page, known as a “label title page” providing only…
Rav Shmuel ben Hofni Gaon
Rav Shmuel ben Hofni Gaon by Rabbi Yosaif Mordechai Dubovick The 25th of Av of this year marks 1000 years since the passing of Rav Shmuel ben Hofni, Gaon Sura…
The Fish Motif on Early Hebrew Title-Pages and as Pressmarks
…century) Mishlei Shu’alim (1557-58) popular collection of fables, and a Haggadah with the Mars and Minerva title-page (1568). The Shalit pressmark also appears on the title-page of several books printed…
Book Announcement-Sale: Iggrot Shmuel, by Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi
Book Announcement-Sale: Iggrot Shmuel, by Rabbi Shmuel Ashkenazi By Eliezer Brodt אוצר כתבי ר‘ שמואל אשכנזי, אגרות שמואל, אלף חסר תליסר מכתבי תורה וחכמה, א, תש“ב–תשל“ה; ב, תשל“ו– תשנ“ה; ג,…
The History behind the Ashkenazi/Sephardi divide concerning lighting Chanukah candles
…Ashkenazim follow the opinion of the Rambam. Some have taken this as proof of cross-cultural interaction between Sephardim and Ashkenazim. Beit Yosef does indeed say that Sephardic custom is based…
